Editors' Note: As of January 30, this system will ship with Vista Home Premium. Gateway sent us a separate hard drive with Windows Vista Home Premium loaded. We swapped it out with the Windows XP drive and took it for a spin to compare performance.

Editors' Note: We updated this review on May 4 with the results of the new SYSMark 2007 tests. The update is included below.

Buying a business laptop usually requires some shopping know-how, staying within a budget, and finding vendors that will give you the wiggle room to swap out components. The Gateway NX570X ($1,350 list) offers all that in a stable design that lets you use all of the older accessories (such as transferring the modular hard drives) should you decide to upgrade to a new Gateway laptop in the future. Generally, I'm not crazy about Gateway's bland designs, but the NX570X sports a different look, complete with a scratch-resistant cover and a brushed-aluminum interior.