How we tested
| Introduction |
| Acer Travelmate 223X |
| Apple iBook |
| Dell Inspiron 2650 |
| IBM ThinkPad R31 26562MM |
| Sony Vaio PCG-FX950 |
| Toshiba Satellite 1400 |
| How we tested |
| Benchmarks |
| Specifications |
| Editor's Choice |
The Reader test mimics the action of reading a single large HTML file -- in this case "War and Peace" -- until the battery is depleted, and delivers a single battery time score. All tests were performed with notebook battery saving features disabled.
All notebooks were also tested with an intensive period of physical testing, covering all aspects of notebook performance. Particular attention was paid to screen quality as observed over a number of hours and keyboard quality from typing in large documents as these are factors that users will have to deal with each and every time they use a notebook.
