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Rick Rizner, John Goddard
Ultraportable notebooks are small enough to fit inside briefcases, but they rarely offer integrated optical drives, instead sticking you with the hassle of packing a USB-connected peripheral. The 3.2-pound JVC Mobile Mini Note MP-XV841US, however, has a built- in DVD-ROM and CD-RW combo drive--and in fact, the notebook makes a decent DVD movie player. It took a couple of minutes for our disc to launch, perhaps because the Mini Note pulls video memory from main RAM, but after that the movie ran smoothly on the Mini Note's bright 8.9-inch screen. Sound from the stereo speaker outlets, located above the keyboard, was low but clear and adjustable via a side wheel. A set of small silver buttons on the front control track playbacks. With a battery life of 4.7 hours in our tests, the Mini Note would make a great addition to your carry-on for...