LG XNOTE P300-S.AP66A2

LG’s XNOTE series of notebooks is a good value for money 13.3-inch ultraportable notebook. The P300 has a stylish striped lid, with black screen bezel, and a silver chassis. Features to watch out for include a fast Core 2 Duo t8100, 2Ghz processor, 3GB of Ram, and a GeForce 8400m Gs graphics card. It also has HDMI and FireWire apart from the standard ports, an external DVD writer, locking port, and a handy external volume switch.

It ranked second on performance in our comparison, scoring a very good 88 on WorldBench. But battery life was average at 180 mins. Despite having the potential for casual gaming, this laptop has poor onboard sound. It has an average keyboard, but a good smooth touchpad. Also the LG P300 doesn’t have any security features, not even a fingerprint reader. For a business notebook, it should have incorporated these features. The build quality was good, but not as great compared to Dell, Lenovo, or HP.

It doesn’t come with any business software, which is again very strange for a business ultraportable of this class. The LG P300 isn’t the lightest notebook at 1.7 kg. But coupled with its good performance, and a dedicated GPU, it fits the bill of a small, all-purpose notebook quite well.