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CNET editors' picks for desktop-replacement notebooks
By Christopher Null (updated September 10, 2004)

It used to be that choosing a notebook over a desktop required a long list of sacrifices, but those days are disappearing. Want a beautiful 17-inch display? A DVD burner? The latest graphics with a whopping 128MB of memory? You can get all that and more in a notebook nowadays. Perhaps that's the reason that more than one out of every four PCs sold in the United States is a notebook. But if getting everything you want in a portable package has gotten easier, choosing the one that's right for your business hasn't, and that's where we come in.

How to buy desktop-replacement notebooks for your business

Big and beautiful
You wouldn't want to lug one of these husky laptops along on a business trip. But for desktop performance you can take home, they'll do just fine.
Dell Latitude D800 Dell Latitude D800
Employees who use the fast and stylish Dell Latitude D800 are bound to be happy in their work.
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Other big and beautiful notebooks
Belt-tightening business notes
While we don't normally recommend low-end laptops for business use, $1,000 will buy you plenty of portable PC these days.
Dell Inspiron 5150 business Dell Inspiron 5150 business
For mainstream notebooks, it doesn't get much better than the old Inspiron 5100--unless it's the souped-up 5150.
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