Photos: new Windows 7 notebooks

With Windows 7, Microsoft seems to have finally put right most of what was wrong with Vista, which now seems like an extended beta program for Redmond's latest desktop OS. Businesses that held off migrating from XP to Vista are now likely to consider the upgrade, and many will do so by purchasing new notebooks that come with Windows 7 — which is far more laptop-friendly than its predecessor — preinstalled.

There will be a plethora of new notebooks announced around the Windows 7 launch — from small, cheap netbooks to large, expensive desktop replacements. We've cherry-picked some of the more interesting new products for a pictorial round-up. Look out for full reviews of some of these new-generation notebooks in the coming weeks, and keep checking back to this gallery as we update it with new announcements.