Sony VAIO BX

Big enough for comfortable use; lightweight enough to travel; includes a decent keyboard, touch pad, and pointing stick; good complement of connections, including Bluetooth; security features include TPM and biometric fingerprint reader; SD card reader.

Crappy speakers; system runs hot; terrible battery life.

Fatally undercut by lousy battery life, the feature-laden Sony VAIO VGN-BX541B otherwise makes a terrific thin-and-light for the mobile business crowd.