NEC Versa M340

Notebooks aimed at the business sector can be straightforward verging on dull, but NEC’s new Versa M340 has a neat trick of catching your attention. Here it is: a Pentium M (<a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/processorsmemory/0,39024015,10003237,00.htm">Banias</a> core, not the newer <a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/notebooks/0,39023985,39154053,00.htm">Dothan</a>) notebook with 802.11b/g wireless from a tier-one manufacturer -- for under a grand, including VAT (£799 ex. VAT, £939 inc. VAT). Worth a closer look, we thought.