Lenovo IdeaPad U110 
$1,800 
Finally, a Lenovo that doesn't scream "business machine." You'll love its keyboard; the lack of DVD, however, is lame.
Apple MacBook Air $1,800
Most size-zero models could use a sammich. This beauty is skinny and curvy at the same time — too bad performance lags.
Toshiba Portégé R500 $2,100 
Lackluster functionality lands this superslim ultralight at the rear of the pack.
Choosing an ultralight can mean sacrifices: working on a wack keyboard, dealing without drives and ports, or squinting at an Etch A Sketch-size screen. Not so with the LifeBook. The P8010's 12-inch display feels roomy, its solid keyboard has a good layout, the 1.2-GHz processor and 2 GB of RAM are nothing to hate on, and it has nearly all the required ports as well as a DVD burner. It even looks good. This ultralight is ultraright.