While this slide show is devoted primarily to full-fledged laptops, some higher-end netbooks are starting to blur the boundaries. A case in point is Toshiba's NB205-312, which has all the fundamental features of a netbook (a 1.6GHz Atom N280 processor, 1GB of memory, and a 160GB hard drive) plus a netbook-standard 10.1-inch (1024-by-600-pixel resolution) display.
Its impressive battery lasted just 7 minutes short of 10 hours in our tests. Despite its small size, this netbook also has a pleasing keyboard and touchpad, which is unusual in the netbook category. On top of that, the NB205-312 offers a USB pass-through port, which lets you keep your USB devices charging while the netbook's power is off.
Pros: Cheap; long battery life; well-designed keyboard and trackpad
Cons: Not quite as versatile as an all-purpose laptop; lacks Bluetooth connectivity
