Lenovo IdeaPad U150

The U150 ships with either a red or a black lid, both of which have a distinctive design laid into them. Check out the image gallery above to see how you feel about it--it's sort of an array of crystal lattice spiderwebs woven into each other. Lenovo refers to it as "Sky Star." I love it, but it's very distinct. You'll probably love it or hate it, and if you hate it, you'll be staring unhappily at it for a while.

On the interior, the screen's bezel is a shiny plastic setting that matches up with the top inch of the interior body. That is, the F keys and above are all a glossy black, while the rest of the keyboard area is a matte silver with the same Sky Star design as the exterior. The machine weighs in at a delightful 2.97 pounds and measures 11.4 inches long, 7.5 inches across, and from 0.5 to 1.35 inches deep. It's not much more weight or size than carrying a large paper notepad, and the Sky Star design looks like the sort of cover an art student's notebook would have.