Top 5
Top 5 Mainstream Laptops
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Summary
Want an all purpose, mainstream laptop for home use? Check out the new Dell Studio 14 laptop which might just be what you want.
Interested in a slim 14-inch mainstream laptop that offers over 7 hours of battery life? This is it -- the Aspire TimelineX 4820T.
The new Inspiron 14R gets a brand new design. It's more appealing than any previous Inspiron laptop. And we like its performance.
The MSI CX420 is a 14-inch laptop with discrete ATI Radeon HD 5470 graphics. It's lightweight and offers very good performance.
Acer's mainstream home laptop offering has a nice keyboard, very good performance, and comes with a dedicated graphics card.
PCWorld Rating
85
Very Good
84
Very Good
84
Very Good
82
Very Good
80
Very Good
Price
45,300
38,999
38,900
44,990
37,999
Features & Specifications
Screen
14-inch LED-backlit glossy, 1366x768 res
14-inch glossy LED-backlit, 1366x768 res.
14-inch glossy LED-backlit, 1366x768 resolution
14-inch glossy LED-backlit, 1366x768 res
15.6-inch glossy LED-backlit, 1366x768 res
CPU
Intel Core i3-350M 2.26-GHz
Intel Core i3-330M 2.13-GHz processor
Intel Core i5-430M 2.26-GHz processor
Intel Core i3-330M 2.13-GHz
Intel Core i3-330M 2.13-GHz
RAM
4GB DDR3
3GB DDR3
4GB DDR3 (1333MHz speed)
2GB DDR3
4GB DDR3
HDD
500GB
320GB 5400rpm
500GB
320GB
320GB
Graphics
ATI Radeon HD 5450 (1GB)
Intel GMA HD
ATI Radeon HD 5470
ATI Radeon HD 5470 (1GB VRAM)
ATI Radeon HD 5470 dedicated graphics card
USB Ports
3
4
3
3
4
DVD Writer
Yes (Slot-loading)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Gigabit Ethernet
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Wi-Fi
802.11 b/g/n
802.11 b/g/n
802.11 b/g/n
802.11 b/g/n
802.11 b/g/n
HDMI/eSATA/FireWire
Yes/Yes/No
Yes/No/No
Yes/Yes/No
Yes/No/No
Yes/No/No
Multicard Reader
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ExpressCard Slot
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Weight
2.45-kg
2.07-kg
2.25-kg
2.1-kg
2.8-kg
OS
64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium
64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium
64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium
32-bit Windows 7 Home Premium
64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium
Performance
WorldBench 6
95
81
100
91
93
Photoshop (sec)
685
650
498
708
483
Office 2003 (sec)
360
374
354
368
366
WM Encoder (sec)
293
355
262
282
278
Multitasking (sec)
324
350
304
345
341
3D Mark 06
3440
1465
4576
3771
3715
PC Mark 05
5811
5079
5884
3401
5415
CineBench
6989
6739
7683
5557
6737
PC Mark Vantage
5296
4084
5379
2344
4262
DOOM 3
88.1 fps
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75.5
83 fps
Battery Life (mins)
88
130
68
92
58
HD Playback
Superior
Superior
Superior
Superior
Very good
