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Intex M722S
A 12.1 inch notebook that wasn't as compact as we'd like and therefore finds itself in this category.
It's a little thick and rather heavy for a 12.1 inch notebook and aimed squarely at value buyers which is no excuse for such a mediocre build.Also one needs to take care when opening the notebook and extending the lid too far back as the hinge is rather flimsy.
It's got a very basic configuration but if you are looking for something extremely portable for office use and something that can be lugged home with minimal fuss or energy consumption then the Core 2 Duo T2450(2.o GHz) with 1GB of RAM will suffice.The clincher for Intex is the price at Rs.30,900, the M722S is one of the cheapest compacts that money can buy and makes sense for someone looking for frugal mobility.

LG XNote R405
LG's value offering something for the person who wants quality and a good price sans hassles.All XNote's are very well built and the R405 looks like on of those notebooks that will outlast your desire to hold on to it.The color combination on the lid is attractive,white flecks on a smooth black background.The inside is finished in matter antiseptic white that looks well.. a little too clean.It's a rather thick notebook however and not at all compact as you'd expect a 14.1 inch notebook to be.The keypad is well laid out with good spacing between keys and although not bevelled in anyway , it has very responsive feedback.LG has done a decent job of shortcut keys, no complaints with either the WLAN switch or any of the multimedia keys.
The configuration is a common Core 2 Duo T5550(1.83 GHz) which is coupled with 1GB of RAM and a Radeon Xpress 1250 solution.For Rs.40,000, the R405 is well built and rugged and offers a solid portable computing experience sans some of the performance.It's not a high end configuration or even a fast configuration so, demanding mobile warriors will give this a miss.

LG XNote E300
LG's answer for the discerning masses,the E300 is a good looking notebook with a charcoal-grey finish.It's solidly built and the body and finish feels durable enough to last through a couple of years of abuse with relative ease.The keys are well laid out,bevelled and exude a nice,positive,firm feedback which makes using this a pleasure but it's not compact as other 13.3-inches in the market which is why it isn't doing a one-on-one with the XPS M1330 which features in our "ultra compact" category.At 2.04 kg,it's not the lightest of the 13.3-inch notebooks.On a different note, this notebook's left palm rest gets quite hot, presumably because of the fact that LG uses the body of their notebooks as heatsinks.

Still,the heat dissipation should be restricted to the undercarriage of the notebook and working on this for around an hour warmed up our palms quite a bit which is good for winter but isn't appreciated in the month of May.A decent configuration-T7300,2.0 GHz,2GB of RAM, a Radeon Xpress 1250 and a screen size of 13.3 inches-mean the XNote is a good notebook for road warriors and desktop oriented users alike.Although the Radeon chipest won't do gaming or even serious HD playback(at least not without the inevitable skip), the E300 features an HDMI out.
At Rs.52,000,the E300 is an attractive looking solution that finds itself in the wrong category and at the wrong end of a performance war.In this category, the cheaper Dell XPS 1530 easily wins all accolades over this while in the compact category the Dell XPS M1330 easily won.So,it's caught between a rock and a potentially hard place which is why we aren't recommending the E300 to anyone.
LG XNote R200
The XNote 200 is a compact laptop with a 12.1 inch screen and is a good looker.The matter white finish on the inside is eyecatching if not attractive.The R200 feels very well built with excellent fit and finish and the slightly thicker screen holds another small LCD display built into the outer lid.This little LCD has a menu of its own and you are informed of new mails and get important updates on it without even opening the lid.We really like the feel of LG's keyboard;the keys exude a solid feeling of feedback and a keypress feels like your finger is working against a stiff little rubber spring behind each key.The keypad is well laid out too.LG drops in a surprisingly good configuration- a Core 2 Duo T7300(2.0GHz), 2 GB of RAM and a Radeon HD2400 graphics solution with 128 MB of dedicated video memory.The R200 should be good as a desktop replacement except that it's got a small screen and will serve portability nuts well.
At Rs.62,000 the XNote R200 is a well-priced notebook for its configuration and compact size.It's not as compact as the slimmer Dell XPS M1330 which also manages a better configuration.The M1330 also kills it in the pricing department.If you don't mind the stubby profile and like the extra screen as much as to shell out Rs.10,000 more for it then buy this by all means.
Sahara Imagebook 8WS
Sahara's imagebook is a really compact notebook with a huge monitor bezel for some inexplicable reason making it bulky for just an eight inch screen.The first issue is with the build quallity which isn't very appealing neither is the finish a plain steel grey.The second major issue was with the battery retention which leaves some room for play so your battery will move around slightly.While battery contact isn't affected it isn't comforting to have a loose battery.
The screen is not very clear and accounting for the lack of display size this is a double whammy.Sahara could easily have provided an 11-inch screen with such a body size.This was the only notebook to feature an AMD processor, the new power saving Geode LX clocked at 800MHz.What we also couldn't figure out was the lack of memory -the imagebook comes with a paltry 256MB.You can forget about running anything more than Windows XP on this notebook-and that too at a snail's pace.The price is a bit of a life saver though-at Rs14,999 the imagebook 8WS is very,very cheap,shockingly so for a notebook.If you must have a notebook for an unbelievably low price,this has got to be it.