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If you find most notebook designs boringly similar, check out Digital Equipment's HiNote Ultra II. Its sleek, angled chassis should turn the head of any individualist. The HiNote Ultra II has a lithium-ion battery that clips onto the rear and two attachable base modules: One is a thin wed ge with a floppy drive, while the larger multimedia base provides speakers and a CD-ROM drive. Do you think Compaq found inspiration here for its new Armada 4100?

Users can often choose from many different peripherals when buying a notebook, but the pointing device usually isn't one of them. The WinBook FX comes standard with a pointing stick between the G, H, and B keys. For an extra $80, however, you can opt for a dual-button touchpad.

NEC's Versa 6030H has two hot-loaded McAfee antivirus software packages -- VirusScan and WebScan -- that guard the system from known viruses and provide virus protection for the most popular Internet services, Web browsers, and e-mail.

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Ultracool Design

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Making Your Point

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NEC's Bug Barrier

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