There is some noticeable light bleeding from the bottom It runs at a native resolution ofġ,280x1,024 pixels, and is bright enough to use outdoors despite the Standard-definition video looks absolutely fine on the laptop'sġ5.4-inch widescreen display. Both are HDCP-enabled, but as there's no Blu-ray or HD DVD drive, you can't watch high-definition movies on the laptop. Interesingly, Packard Bell has supplied DVI as well as HDMI video outputs - something seldom seen on laptops. Don't expect it to run all the latest games at high speed, but it won't let you down if you fancy a quick blast of F.E.A.R, Unreal Tournament or Doom 3, as long as it's at low resolution. Packard Bell provides a semi-potent graphics card in the form of an Nvidia GeForce 8600 M.
HDMI and e-SATA ports are a handy addition, as is the 4-in-1 memory card reader Fortunately it can be switched off by hitting a button above the keyboard. It's utterly pointless and becomes annoying - particularly when you use the laptop in dark or dimly lit rooms. Here, white is the new blue, as indicated by the white strip running either side of the mouse trackpad. Packard Bell seem to have missed the memo that says blue LEDs are the 'in' thing. It's gorgeous, but it's too small and bears no resemblance to the shape of the screen, which hinders usability. Then there's the circular mouse trackpad, which mirrors the circular Packard Bell logo on the lid. Other inventive design touches include the left and right mouse selector buttons, cleverly moulded into one piece of plastic. Some of us in the .uk office liked it, others were less impressed, but Packard Bell deserves credit for trying something a little different. It's far from perfect, but the white chassis and orange side stripes seems to work pretty well - if you like orange, obviously. The EasyNote MB is, on the whole, a pretty laptop - and a 'Limited Edition' according to one of the stickers.