Acer Timeline - What a Cheap name. But it's thin!

A part from the Best Buy like 'Timeline' name. This notebook sounds and looks a bit fantastic.

Thin, cheap and being Acer, it'll be packed with every feature you can throw at it. You know, the boring Core 2 Duo, the Wi-Fi, 13 inch and bigger, LED etc..

Not so interested but new'ish feature are the 'Smart Power' key which reduces power consumption. I hate power setting features. I dislike those back light dims/time outs, sluggish power saving performance features and all that. Just 'run full power and last for hours' power setting please.

I'm more interested in the gimmicks! You know, the brushed aluminum, less than an inch thick, fun touch sensitive but useless function assigned hot keys, funky but strange 1366 x 768 solution screen and the 'let it be true this time' all day computing on a single charge.

Looking forward to this.

Lenovo IdeaPad Y650 - There is something about it...

There is something about the Lenovo IdeaPad Y650 that makes me want one.

It touts great features such as it's slim size, carbon fibre materials and it's light weight. All goodness, but none of which peaks my interest. After all, I don't want to lug around a 16 incher when a cheap but stylish netbook can get the job done.

When closed, it looks incredibly boring and makes me sleepy. But open it up and POW! The retro colored styling has got me hot and bothered.

Dell Adamo - 'Thinnest Notebook Available' in case no one is convinced.

I was pretty underwhelmed by the Dell Adamo.

The Adamo is actually a really good name and it does have that special foreign meaning. But the Macbook Air makes the Dell Adamo look ordinary.

The Dell Adamo could be thinner than the Air, but does it look it? Not at all. What a shame. It's good to know it is the thinnest, otherwise I would never have known.

Anything Core 2 Duo bores the knickers off me, but when it starts with 1.2 Ghz, it just begs the questions why? Maybe they know Windows 7 will run just fine, but until then it's a Vista machine.

The weight is something I'm not happy with at all. 4 pounds is really quite heavy. A few years ago I would probably never have known, but having been used to travel light netbooks, this is heavy.

It's rated for over 5 hours, but frustrating, you'll never get that. Unless you want to go blind by dimming the LCD to h*ll.

I'm not bothered about the price tag. The price is not an issue. If you are looking for a luxury item, price is not something that you give a hoot about. In fact, secretly the more expensive it is, the better, less middle class students or dads are able to buy it.