Most Popular Laptops for October 2009

Each month we compile data for the number of times a particular notebook is viewed on this site's product pages to get an idea for what mainstream consumers are looking at and thinking about buying. While these laptops aren't necessarily the most popular in terms of sales, they are the most popular based on the number of times our visitors clicked on them.

In that sense, think of this list as the "most clickable laptops of the month" ... the notebooks that most of the people visiting this site are interested in learning about. Keep in mind that clicks directly on the "Most Viewed Laptops" list do not count toward the total in order to keep the list as fair as possible each month. The only clicks that count toward the monthly totals come from web searches like Google or from visitors who have clicked on a laptop after visiting our "Notebook Database" or inside our forums.

This month a huge increase in search engine traffic resulted in some pretty interesting changes to our most popular list. The Acer Aspire One family of netbooks continues to hold the number one spot, but the ASUS G51 series gaming notebook, Dell Latitude E4300 business notebook, and the Toshiba Satellite L500/505 series have each made the jump into the Top 10 list. Meanwhile, the Dell Inspiron 11z, HP ProBook 4510s and Lenovo ThinkPad X200 have all dropped down into the top 20.

	1. Acer Aspire One (Still holding #1) - The Aspire One is the latest "netbook" from Acer, offering a convenient, compact design at a budget price. The Aspire One features an Intel Atom Processor, 8.9" WSVGA TFT LCD, and a choice of either Genuine Windows XP Home Edition or Linpus Linux Lite version. (36,966 unique views) View NotebookReview.com Review for Aspire One
	2. Asus G51 (New to the Top 10) -The ASUS G51-series is a 15.6" gaming notebook offering dual hard drive bays, NVIDIA GTX 260M graphics, and an optional quad-core processor. To enhance the multimedia experience this notebook offers a 1080p 16:9 display, a backlit Chiclet-style keyboard, and Altec Lansing speakers. (19,703 unique views) View NotebookReview.com Review for Asus G51
	3. Lenovo ThinkPad T400 (Previously #2) - The ThinkPad T400 features an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 14.1" LED-backlight widescreen, up to 8GB of PC2-8500 and integrated Intel X4500 or ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470. (17,639 unique views) View NotebookReview.com Review for ThinkPad T400
	4. Dell Studio15 (Previously #3) - The Dell Studio 15 is a 15.4" screen multimedia laptop offered in multiple colors and configurations. The Studio 15 can be equipped with an Intel Core 2 Duo and dedicated ATI graphics. It comes with a slot-loading DVD drive, backlit keyboard, sleek drop-hinge design, widescreen glossy display and touch sensitive buttons. Software wise the Dell Studio 15 includes a unique Apple Mac OS X launch dock. (14,791 unique views) View NotebookReview.com Review for Dell Studio 15
	5. Dell Studio XPS 16 (Previously #4) - The Studio XPS 16 features premium design with genuine leather accents, anodized aluminum, edge-to-edge display and backlit keyboard, 16" ultrawide 16:9 aspect ratio with 1080p HD support & optional RGB-LED for brighter and more vivid colors, the latest Centrino 2 platform for blazing fast performance, amazing battery life and go anywhere wireless connectivity and premium ATI 512MB graphics delivers incredibly lifelike videos, movies and gaming. (14,647 unique views) View NotebookReview.com Review for Dell Studio XPS 16
	6. Dell Latitude E4300 (New to the Top 10) - The Dell Latitude E4300 is Dell's most powerful ultraportable machine released to date. This 13.3" notebook is powered by low voltage Intel Core 2 Duo processors and boasts an incredible battery life with no compromises in performance. (7,879 unique views) View NotebookReview.com Review for Dell Latitude E4300
	7. Toshiba Satellite L500/505 (Back in the Top 10) - The Toshiba Satellite L500 and L505 share a 15.6 inch HD display. Configurations are available with either Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD Athlon X2 or AMD Turion X2 processor. Other features include DVD SuperMulti drive and up to a 320GB hard drive. (6,894 unique views) View NotebookReview.com Review for Toshiba Satellite L500/505
	8. Lenovo G550 (Previously #10) - The Lenovo G550 is an update to the Value Line G530 with the primary difference being the shift from a 16:10 to a 16:9 screen. Configurations include either Intel Pentium or Core 2 Duo processor and up to 4GB DDR3 installed memory. (6,816 unique views) View NotebookReview.com Review for Lenovo G550
	9. Acer Aspire 4810 Timeline (New to the Top 10) -The Acer Aspire 4810 Timeline is a 14-inch notebook featuring a six-cell battery that offers up to 8 hours of battery life. It features configurations with either an Intel Core 2 Solo or Pentium dual-core processor, 3GB or 4GB DDR3 RAM, a 5-in-1 media card reader, and Intel GMA integrated graphics. (6,650 unique views) View NotebookReview.com Review for Acer Aspire 4810 Timeline
	10. Apple 13" MacBook Pro (Previously #6) -This 13 inch notebook is the smallest of the Apple MacBook Pro family. It features an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, NVIDIA GeForce graphics with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory, up to 8GB DDR3 system memory, and 160 or 250GB SATA hard drive. This system is also equipped with a FireWire 800 port, two USB 2.0 ports, and SD card slot. (6,241 unique views) View NotebookReview.com Review for Apple 13" MacBook Pro

And here's the rest of 'em rounding out the top 20 most viewed and popular on NotebookReview.com for the month of October:

11. Dell Inspiron 11z - 5,928 unique views
12. Dell Vostro 1520 - 5,811 unique views
13. HP ProBook 4510s - 4,762 unique views
14. HP Pavilion dv4t - 4,729 unique views
15. HP ProBook 4310s - 4,631 unique views
16. Acer Aspire 3810 Timeline - 4,401 unique views
17. Dell Vostro 1320 - 4,290 unique views
18. Dell Inspiron 1545 - 4,270 unique views
19. Sony VAIO FW - 4,035 unique views
20. Lenovo ThinkPad X200 - 3,967 unique views

Remember, to get advice on which notebook to buy don't just go with what's popular, visit our What Notebook Should I Buy forum to ask what everyone else thinks you should buy based on your needs. Check out how the current standings for this week's most popular notebooks looks.

Top 20 Threads for October

While we're on the subject of top 20, to give an idea of what the hot topics were in the forums last month, here's a list of the most viewed forum threads posted in October:

1. *OFFICIAL: HP Envy 15 Owners Lounge!* (poster Serg, posted 10/21/2009, 79598 views, 1515 replies)
2. Acer Aspire 1410 and 1810 Timeline (dual core) 11.6" Thread (poster ohiomoto, posted 10/9/2009, 77328 views, 856 replies)
3. ***Official Studio XPS 1645 Intel Core i7 Owner's Thread!*** (poster Cin', posted 10/7/2009, 56004 views, 1003 replies)
4. *OFFICIAL dm3 Owner's Lounge* (poster ubercool, posted 10/22/2009, 31429 views, 437 replies)
5. Vaio Z Windows 7 Official driver available now!! (poster achau, posted 10/18/2009, 21507 views, 197 replies)
6. **OFFICIAL W860CU/NP8690 Owners Lounge** (poster ChinNoobonic, posted 10/8/2009, 20752 views, 353 replies)
7. --->The Official Studio XPS 1340 Owner's Thread<--- *Part 2* (poster BatBoy, posted 10/6/2009, 17325 views, 277 replies)
8. *OFFICIAL* "All Powerful" M15x Owner's Lounge, *Part 2* (poster BatBoy, posted 10/21/2009, 17001 views, 424 replies)
9. Dell XPS M1730 Owner's Lounge, *Part 3* (poster BatBoy, posted 10/6/2009, 16196 views, 489 replies)
10. Official Sony Vaio CW Series Owner's Thread (poster rehangohar77, posted 10/22/2009, 15521 views, 194 replies)
11. M17x Crossfire in 7 (poster zennik, posted 10/21/2009, 14273 views, 479 replies)
12. >> Vaio Z Windows 7 Bios and driver (poster achau, posted 10/23/2009, 13967 views, 182 replies)
13. Howard's Asus G60VX-RBBX05 REVIEW (poster howard911s, posted 10/22/2009, 13957 views, 237 replies)
14. [-OFFICIAL-] Alienware M17x Owners' Lounge *PART 2* (poster Charles P. Jefferies, posted 10/5/2009, 13931 views, 464 replies)
15. **OFFICIAL Sager NP8760 / Clevo W870CU Owners Lounge** (poster babyhemi, posted 10/8/2009, 13024 views, 346 replies)
16. Asus G60VX Lauching on Oct 22, 09 at Bestbuy (poster howard911s, posted 10/15/2009, 12909 views, 309 replies)
17. ASUS G51j-A1 some benchmarks available (poster confuzshuz, posted 10/17/2009, 11895 views, 200 replies)
18. ASUS G51J Review (poster Kevin O'Brien, posted 10/19/2009, 11227 views, 115 replies)
19. UL80v information (poster sighie, posted 10/9/2009, 10502 views, 148 replies)
20. Acer Aspire 1810 Tablets Thread (poster Jayayess1190, posted 10/10/2009, 10486 views, 130 replies)

 

"sysetm memory" might wanna correct that.

Nice, there are finally some new, strangely enough, the Acer Aspire One is still first, the T400 went down, the MBP13 is almost out, wow. Interesting results there.

Funny how the most seen threads are Owners Lounge...

 

Acer Aspire One still playing with a stacked deck.

Can we at least get a rewrite of the description? The Aspire One is the latest "netbook" from Acer would be the 11.6" Z520 Atom with WXGA and Windows Vista not the original 8.9" model.

 

So the Dell E4300 has come to people's notice over a year after it commenced production! However, I'm not sure about the "incredible battery life". I put mine on a par with my E6400.

John

 

Could just be marketing talk...

 

Hm, interesting how much netbooks have fallen off.

Anyone wanna bet by next year 8 of the top 10 will be ULV/CULV notebooks?

 

I fully agree with you Red. Seem like "the rise of the CULV" finally...
Strangely enough, all of them are ultraportable/lighter minus the SXPS16 and the G51...which became that popular due to the i7 IMO