Acer TravelMate 3022WTMi

Acer's TravelMate series of business-orientated notebooks sports a buttoned-down design and normally comes in suitably muted colours. With the ultraportable <a href="http://www.acer.co.uk/acereuro/page4.do?sp=page3&dau22.oid=18196&UserCtxParam=0&GroupCtxParam=0&dctx1=17&CountryISOCtxParam=UK&LanguageISOCtxParam=en&crc=2177372071">TravelMate 3020</a> series, though, the company has let its hair down a little and come up with a strikingly white system. This Core Duo-based notebook (we reviewed the 1.66GHz TM 3022WTMi model) is a good performer and has a neat built-in digital camera. However, we'd prefer an integrated optical drive (even at the expense of a little extra weight).