Dell Vostro V13 review

With this particular model's performance restrictions in mind, it's hard to give the V13 an unhesitating recommendation.

If you want to use it for much more than simple web browsing and editing you could find yourself up against frequent performance bottlenecks.

While there's little to complain about in terms of portability, the lack of high-end business features mean some companies will have reservations about rolling these out to dozens of users.

But there's no arguing with the V13's good looks or superb build quality - we struggle to think of many laptops on the market that look this good, much less business laptops, and much less business laptops that start at comfortably under £400. Even the higher-end V13, which comes with a dual-core processor and a more comfortable amount of RAM, is a deeply tempting proposition for anyone who wants a machine that will survive a life on the road, even if it doesn't check every box on the features list.