1. Zepto: Danish for Notebook

The notebook market is, without a doubt, dominated by Asian manufacturers. Acer is a Taiwanese company, LG and Samsung are both Korean, Sony is Japanese and even IBM’s Thinkpad line now belongs to Lenovo, a Chinese firm. Fujitsu-Siemens isn’t actually European, either. Dell, Apple and Gateway form the core of the American market, but even Gateway now belongs to Acer. Have European companies completely given up on the mobile computing sector?

Not quite. They might not be the biggest names under the sun, but there are still companies in Europe making notebooks. One of those companies is called Zepto and is based in Denmark. Zepto has created a little white notebook with gaming ambitions called the Znote 6324W Power, and it weights under 5.2 pounds.

Design

The Znote 6324W is a compact and flat 14.1" model. The Zepto design differs from the typical boring gray or black favored by many competitors: The cover and interior are both white and made of tough plastic. The lower part of the housing, on the other hand, is black. The corners on the front of the housing are rounded and the black company logo is displayed on the cover. An aluminum bar with four function buttons and the model name is affixed in front of the display.

Thanks to its design, the Znote 6324W looks "light" and stands out from the competition in terms of form and color. The only disadvantage to the white case: The white material means that sweaty or grubby hands quickly leave marks on the surface, ruining the clean, polished look. Wiping the Znote’s surface with a wet or damp cloth quickly solves that problem.