These laptops look simple, capable and don't stand out in any particular way.
These laptop have got the traditional corporate look and will definitely blend in within the enterprise environment.
As a student or researcher in the social or physical sciences, these devices provide a good balance of portability and performance so that you're free to roam the labs or libraries with a machine that can competently multi-task your data crunching, "multi-tabbed browsing" and the production of academic content.