Top rated business laptops: August 2011

Here are our top 10 highest-rated business laptops for August 2011

Our top rated this month is headed by the Toshiba Tecra R850, which has a wonderful combination of design, performance, battery life and price. It's one of the best 15.6in units we've seen in a while. Lenovo's reliable Thinkpad T420 comes in after it with a 4-star review rating and it's followed by solid offerings from Dell and HP.

We've included the ThinkPad edge in this round-up, too, as it's a terrific little unit for what you pay and we think small business users will love it. For professionals who want lots of power, Lenovo's ThinkPad W520 gets a look in at position eight. Users after a lighter model that still has great features must check out Toshiba's Portege R830 instead.

About our ratings: A star rating is awarded to a product in quarter increments from one star to five stars. The higher the star rating, the better the notebook. Notebooks are evaluated on performance, features, build quality, ease of use, battery life and value for money.

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Fujitsu LifeBook S761

Fujitsu's LifeBook S761 is a top laptop, that's for sure. It's small and light, yet well built and highly specced. We like it a lot but think it could use an SSD drive and a little less (or improved) pre-installed software.

  • Review Date:
  • Reviewer:
  • Manufacturer:
  • 28th July, 2011
  • Elias Plastiras
  • Fujitsu
  • Rating:
  • Price:
  • 3.75
  • $ 2,588.00
  • Pros:
  • Solid build quality
  • Good specs
  • Vrey good screen
  • Cons:
  • No SSD
  • Heaps of pre-installed software
  • Small touchpad
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