Whats a good, portable laptop?

[cchen]

My friend is looking for a new laptop, and portability (weight) is the biggest concern here. The lighter the better. He's looking to spend less than $2000. Any recommendations? Off the top of my head I can think of the Dell 700m

 

[oog]

i recently bought a 700m and find it excellent.

 

[l Xes l]

sager makes pretty decent laptops too.. i own 3790np and pretty happy w/ it

 

[suicidalpigeon]

this would be great if you want it ultra portable. otherwise i would recommend the ibm t42 or x40. no experience with dell laptops.

 

[FlyBono24]

HP 1200 series... they kick ass...

 

[Corporate Thug]

700m

 

[cchen]

Any other suggestions?

 

[Vegito]

I work with dells and find them pretty reliable.. they're plain jane notebook, no special features but they get the job done..

there are dual core notebook in the works from intel.. if you need power.. those are good

dell has the latitude x300/x200, not sure what the new series is but its plain notebook w/o drive and you dock to one... which might be good.. long battery life with 7 hour extended one..

 

[n0cmonkey]

IBM x40.

 

[oog]

the t42 that i have seems well constructed and it's in the right weight range from my perspective (4-5lbs). i do still like the 700m though. the one thing to note with the 700m is that it had poor battery life in a couple of reviews. i ended up getting the extended battery, which boosted the weight up to the 4 lb range.

 

[Fox5]

IBM X41T! Tablet functionality and light weight. 4 pounds with the extended battery. Or you could get the slightly weaker X40 which I think is 3 pounds with the extended battery.
Though HP has a bit better laptop/tablet(better speaker and accepts standard laptop harddrives so you can put a 7200RPM harddrive in) that's only about a pound heavier.

There's also that Dell X1 for an ultraportable.

 

[Oyeve]

IBM T42 series.

 

[ElFenix]

dell latitude x1: 2.5 lbs with battery

 

[BaldAvenger]

I can personally give props for the 700m. It is a no nonsense, lightweight, reliable laptop. That said, this Sony is really nice...http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16834117051 I have only played with one in Best Buy, thou, and the hd is eally slo. IBM, from my limited experience, makes a good laptop, too.