Logic would say that businesses often buy business laptops. But a cash-strapped company may not be able to afford to outfit its employees with primo corporate laptops such as the Lenovo ThinkPad T61 Widescreen or Dell Latitude D630. Instead, they would flock to consumer models such as the Dell Inspiron line. Acer, on the other hand, tries to gives you the best of both worlds. The Acer TravelMate 6291 ($1,100 street) is a borderline ultraportable that caters to businesspeople who rarely stay in one place, yet it falls well within the budget constraints of most companies. Still, at this price, you're not going to get the latest Intel components, more than 1GB of RAM (we recommend 2GB in order to handle Vista's hardcore features), or great battery life.