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Reg Hardware have published their review of the Packard Bell EasyNote LM notebook. 'Packard Bell markets the EasyNote LM as providing 'a true cinematic experience', but I wasn't surprised to find the speakers a little lacking. They'll fill a small room, but distortion creeps in at high volume and bass is non-existent. However, movies look great thanks to the 17.3in screen's glossy coating. The display is also bright and produces vibrant colours, but with a native resolution of 1600 x 900 it won't be able to please your eyes with a bit of 1080p HD action. The EasyNote LM can be hooked up to a suitable TV using its HDMI port, though.'

Trusted Reviews have published a review of the Packard Bell EasyNote Butterfly Touch ultraportable. 'This 11.6in mobile machine is essentially an ultra-portable laptop with a swivel touchscreen, which can be folded down over the keyboard to turn it into a tablet. It's by no means a new form-factor or a unique implementation, but what makes the Butterfly Touch special is that, with a retail price of just £499, it joins Acer's similar Aspire models in making convertible laptops affordable. Judging by the hardware, it shouldn't be too much of a slouch either. Its low-voltage, 1.2GHz Intel Celeron SU2300 is a little less powerful than we'd ideally like, but at least it's a dual-core processor so it shouldn't get bogged down like a single-core chip might.'

The Register Hardware have published their review of the Packard Bell EasyNote Butterfly Notebook PC. 'The 13.3in LED screen has a resolution of 1366 x 768 so you can, in theory, watch HD movies. Things are slightly more complicated in practice, as you need to use the USB drive to watch regular DVDs with the bundled copy of CyberLink PowerDVD 8 - complete with nags to upgrade to the new version 9. If you want to watch HD movies, you'll need to use a player such as QuickTime and this is where things get messy; at the native movie resolution of 1280 x 720 the movie fits the screen however the control buttons vanish off the bottom and out of sight.'

A review of the Packard Bell dot m/a notebook has been posted over at Pocket-lint.com. 'The left-hand side of the notebook is also prone to getting hot, much more than the right-hand side, which does give a strange sensation during long periods of use. The heat sink and ventilation holes are on the left (which explains this) and we found the fan ran most of the time so it isn't the quietest of notebooks to use. The screen, however, is impressive. With a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels, Windows Vista Home Basic looked sharp and impressive, with sumptuous colours and plenty bright. The screen does have a glossy finish, so suffers from reflections fairly significantly. A matte version would be much more friendly for those looking to use it on the move.'

A review of the Packard Bell EasyNote Butterfly s notebook PC has been posted over at NotebookCheck.net. 'After lifting the lid of PBs ultraportable notebook our very first positive impression of the Butterfly´s case is confirmed. The precious wrist rest is made of brushed aluminium. The haptically comfortable metal of the lidcase is even after a longer use quite cool. Stylish: Also the black and matt slim keyboard perfectly fits the whole subnotebook. There might be a divergence of opinion about the glare black plastic lid and the display frame. On the one hand glaring synthetic material can look very attracting, but on the other hand it is covered with fingerprints and dust by a blink of an eye.'