The myth that ultraportable notebooks command a premium is coming to an end,
thanks to players like Sahara. This low cost, ultraportable notebook has all
regular features such as Bluetooth, WiFi, FireWire and a memory card reader but
it's not the sleekest ultraportable around. However, for a notebook that's less
than 50K, you can afford to carry a few extra kilos. Its touch pad buttons
could've been a little better though, as we found them to be quite rigid to
start with.
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As far as performance goes, you don't expect it to compete with the ones at
the top end of the price bracket, but it competes well with the ones that are
similarly priced. It managed a score of 2782 in PCMark05 which is good for a sub
50K notebook and better than the comparable low cost ultraportable from Zenith,
Presidio which scored 2442. Being a notebook meant for the budget conscious
executive, a lack of a dedicated graphics card is understandable and this is
also the reason for a low score of 389 in 3D Mark06 benchmark test. However, the
amount of battery backup is something a frequent traveler would be more
interested in and at 3 hours, this notebook would surely come in handy.
Bottomline: Ultraportables usually don't come that cheap and so, this is a
worthy contender.