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Packard Bell EasyNote XS (aka VIA Nanobook), £399
Originally the Everex Cloudbook, this petite laptop now goes by many different names: 'EasyNote XS', 'VIA Nanobook', and courtesy of some potty-mouthed Cravers: 'horrible pile of turd'. That last bit is very unfair -- the XS is pretty accomplished.

It's tiny: just 230x171x29mm and it weighs 950g. It uses a 7-inch display with an 800x480-pixel native resolution, a 1.2GHz VIA C7-M CPU, 1GB of RAM and a 30GB 2.5-inch hard drive, which puts the 1GB or 2GB models in the Eee or Elonex One to shame.

It's disappointing, then, that it costs a relatively hefty £399. The fact it uses Windows is no excuse -- the Dell Vostro uses Vista and costs £200 less. Still, it's the only 7-inch uber-portable that comes with a decent amount of storage right off the shelf. If you can put up with the frankly unusable mouse thumbpad, it's worth glancing in the EasyNote XS's general direction.

Read our full Packard Bell EasyNote XS review here.