Best portable laptop money no object.

[Surfer]

So my work have said they will pay for a work laptop for me.

Absolute Must haves:

Mobility
Very light
Excellent battery life

And screen size around 13" or under.

Money up to £2000.

Whats the best?

 

[Surfer]

options so far

Lenovo ThinkPad X300 or the X61

 

[badbob]

laptop with a rucksack of a 5000VA UPS strapped to your back

 

[MTA99]

options so far

Lenovo ThinkPad X300 or the X61

or Sony TZ?

 

[Raikiri]

Voodoo Envy 133.

Edit -

1.8ghz Core 2 Duo
64gb SSD
13.3" 1280x800 LED backlit screen
Thinner than the Macbook Air
2GB DDR2
LED backlit keyboard

$2,899

 

[Hxc]

Sony TZ would be my "money no object" choice.

Thinkpad x61 would be my "thinking mans" choice.

 

[Sarduk]

or Sony TZ?

Rubbish.

The new Sony Vaio Z.

 

[bigredshark]

or Sony TZ?

Nope, horrible performance compared to the Lenovo. Thinkpads are probably the way to go, plenty alternatives but none really as good...

Macbook Air, has to be mentioned but battery life is a concern, as is connectivity.

Toshiba R500 is very mobile and tougher than it feels but it feels very fragile

Dell D430 is a good laptop but is due for replacement.

Sony I just don't trust so I won't even attempt to be objective....

HP 2530p is new and would be on my list but it's a little heavier...

 

[Indy500]

laptop with a rucksack of a 5000VA UPS strapped to your back

Might not be a bad idea

I wouldn't get the IBM, the lack of a touchpad would get annoying surely?

 

[Surfer]

great picks. I need a few choices to put forward anyway as i dont get the final say - have to be a little flexible unfortunately

 

[mcc49]

Sony Z or Lenovo X301 if I need a dvd drive, Sony Z has the better screen but the Lenovo X301 has better build quality and support.

Envy 133 if I dont need one and dont mine waiting awhile to get one as they havent even shipped a single unit yet due to chassis problems.

 

[Ev0]

A Lenovo X series would be my choice, use the X60 and X61 all the time so can vouch for them, the X3xx series does look cracking though Love the design and build of the Lenovos as well, a bit old school but very well built imho.

The small Dell Latitudes like the 430 are also pretty good.

 

[Kristoph]

How about a Dell XPS M1330?

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T9500 (2.60 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 6 MB L2 cache)
Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate SP1 - English
3Yr XPS Premium Warranty Support - Priority Call In and Onsite Support
Tuxedo Black & 0.3 mega pixel Camera for White-LED Display
13.3" UltraSharp™ WXGA (1280x800) White-LED Display (300 nits) with TrueLife™
Biometric Fingerprint Reader
4096MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x2048]
500GB Serial ATA (5400RPM) Hard Drive
128MB nVidia® GeForce® 8400M GS
Fixed 8x DVD+/-RW Slim Slot Load Drive, including SW
Primary 9-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (85 WHr)

£1418 inc vat and shipping - there's 10% discount codes floating around too. So that knocks it down to £1276.20!

Hope this helps.



edit: Although, the Vaio Z does look good

 

[LupoLover]

ONly a 8400 card tho is crap. most of the xps come with gtx's

 

[Hxc]

ONly a 8400 card tho is crap. most of the xps come with gtx's

Most people don't buy ultraportables for gaming or heavy graphics use.

 

[bigredshark]

M1330 is 2KG give or take, which makes it not an ultra portable. Depends what you're looking for in the end...