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"They're used to the instrument, they know what to do with it, how to work it, they don't have to learn anything new, all of the numbers are still in it, all of the programs are still in it, so they're usually happy with a new battery," he said.

Simply put, if a laptop manufacturer doesn't have to worry about a removable battery compartment, the design of a laptop is simpler. Without the inset for the Toshiba PA3288U-1BAS battery, the connectors, the catches, the support frame, and so on, a battery can take on different physical forms and be larger than their removable counterparts. That means there's less need to design around the battery's shape and location.

Acer(Acer Aspire 3000 battery) has been generous with the other outputs as well, including four USB 2.0 ports, VGA monitor port and a wired network port. Wireless networking is built into the laptop, so you can surf the internet throughout your house. A DVD RW multi drive rounds off the features set – though with the HDMI port it would have been nice to have a Blu-ray drive included.

Search is a great way to make money, and Google owns a 60% market share. Where else is there to go but to a different platform to sell advertising? Might as well take all that search money and broaden the revenue base. Hey, it worked like a charm for Apple(17-inch PowerBook G4 battery); they went from a PC company to an mp3 player and cell phone company almost overnight.

For business users, the additions and inclusions are superb. Aside from the 80GB SSD that helps extend the Sony VGP-BPS2C battery life and reduce the overall weight, there's an optical drive, slots for smartcards and Expresscard peripherals, a docking port, card reader, and security in the form of fingerprint reader, drive encryption and BIOS lock.

Thanks to an NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated GPU, the new 13? models boast faster graphics performance, up to five times faster versus older models. The power-conscious graphics chip is still balanced to provide exceptional Toshiba PA3307U-1BAS battery life, however, with up to seven hours use possible. Videos and other presentations are no trouble, and rendering and encoding times are more than respectable.