Need a good business notebook - please help

[Streifenkarl]

What it must have

12" to 14" screen
Dual Core
SSD
USB3.0
optical drive
WIFI
UMTS ( HSPA/HSDPA/HSUPA )
HDMI
Webcam

Any recommendations? The less weight the better of course, even if it costs more.

[reactivator11]

I have this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Moleskine-La...4931070&sr=8-5

Love it.

[Zoolook]

I just read a review on the HP Folio 13, which was mixed. Seems the Dell XPS 13 is a favorite if you're looking for an ultrabook.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5749/h...rom-the-norm/5

For purely business use, the Lenovos are nice. Can you hold out for Ivy Bridge?

[Quantumdefect]

I just read a review on the HP Folio 13, which was mixed. Seems the Dell XPS 13 is a favorite if you're looking for an ultrabook.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5749/h...rom-the-norm/5

For purely business use, the Lenovos are nice. Can you hold out for Ivy Bridge?

I'll back this up, I have a Lenovo X220 from work, it's about the best laptop I've ever used for what it's for.

[dracom_ma]

I would say you can't go wrong with either Asus or MSI.

No offense to you Quantumdefect, but from personal experience, Lenovo's are the last notebook I would recommend anyone getting. To many issues with them. They put too much bloatware that can cause problems if you try to remove it, and I've seen software conflicts with some of the hardware they use. Primarily the fingerprint readers in some of their models. Lenovo's are the #1 problem notebooks that come across my desk.

[Quantumdefect]

Notice I didn't say all Lenovo notebooks are the best, I said that the X220 is the best business notebook I have used. Current one is running XP pro, one at my last company was a W7 pro, both custom corporate builds so I can't really comment on bloatware.

[Zoolook]

I would say you can't go wrong with either Asus or MSI.

No offense to you Quantumdefect, but from personal experience, Lenovo's are the last notebook I would recommend anyone getting. To many issues with them. They put too much bloatware that can cause problems if you try to remove it, and I've seen software conflicts with some of the hardware they use. Primarily the fingerprint readers in some of their models. Lenovo's are the #1 problem notebooks that come across my desk.

They do seem to have become unnecessarily complicated recently; but you can have them shipped with a clean install.

[dracom_ma]

They do seem to have become unnecessarily complicated recently; but you can have them shipped with a clean install.

Very much so. I would suspect a clean OS that has never had their pre-loaded junk installed might fair better. But I don't think a clean install would help the conflict I keep running into as it seems to be an issue with the USB system Lenovo uses.

[UTGeneral]

Toshibas Ultrabook, do you really need that optical drive?

The HP Folio failed miserably in the CT review.

[russ18uk]

I wouldn't have thought you'd need a permanent DVD drive. A USB Writer is about £20-£25.