We put seven NAS drives from the likes of Maxtor, Netgear, Synology, Thecus, Western Digital and Iomega to the test to find out which is best for storing your files

Iomega’s latest shows promise, but it’s outclassed by others

Inexpensive, but a frugal assortment of features

Plenty of storage, but average performance and limited features

Expensive, but the ds209+ is very fast – the NAS to aspire to

A comprehensive set of features and good performance

A fast, sensibly designed three-bay NAS device with RAID5

Oodles of storage and middling performance, but found lacking

Dell's previous 13.3in XPS - the M1330 - was a delightful portable, but the XPS 13 makes it look scruffy by comparison.

With more homes served by their own wired and wireless networks, there’s no better way to store all your music, movies and documents than a NAS box like this

Dell's 12.1in netbook could have been good, but you'd have to buy one in the US to realise its true potential

HP’s latest PC blends power, useful business features and a keen eye for detail

Dell’s latest business model is another superb outing for its recently released Latitude E-series. It’s not cheap, though

Dell’s long-awaited netbook has much to recommend it, but it’s far from the perfect product.

Another good laptop from Toshiba, but the 12.1in Portégé M800 struggles in such fine company.

The Asus U6V simply can’t compete with the new breed of Centrino 2 ultraportables

Lenovo’s diminutive business portable packs in high performance, great battery life and top build quality.

It’s gorgeous, but it can’t match Sony’s own Z-Series for sheer ultraportable excellence.

Apple has given its MacBook Pro a thorough makeover but, for all its charm, it’s still overpriced.

Sony’s Z-Series is an ultraportable to aspire to, even if there are a couple of areas where it could improve.