Print, scan, copy and fax with one single device. We put 10 all-in-ones through their paces.

When evaluating multi-function devices there are four determining factors for ascertaining who has really got the goods. These are speed, quality, features and price.

High-capacity desktop drives have never been so affordable. Darien Graham-Smith puts 23 to the test to find the best

There are two areas to look at when testing laser printers: speed and print quality. We used a range of different documents to test the different aspects of each and weighted the results to give the Quality and Speed scores. More detail on each test is also provided online at www.pcauthority.com.au.

Mike Jennings tests a selection of laptops that offer stunning power and fantastic features in a dozen luxurious packages

Are you kicking around an old clunky PC that looks like a relic from the Stone Age? Google Zeitgeist (www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html) tells us that while Windows XP accounted for 46 percent of the OSs used to search Google during February 2004, 24 percent were still using Windows 98 and Windows 95, indicating there are still a lot of late-1990s PCs kicking around. Even if you’re running something from the 1GHz days, it’s probably time to think about an upgrade. But it can easily get to the point where you’re upgrading just about every component. In that case, you should seriously consider looking at the excellent bargains available in new PCs today.

All the current chipsets from both the big gaming guns – ATi and Nvidia – tested, reviewed and rated.

We test three of the latest ultra-portable laptops

Testing anti-virus software is a tricky endeavour at the best of times, due to the inherent nasty nature of the test subject. For this anti-virus roundup, we asked independent anti-virus testing lab, AV-Test.org (www.av-test.org) to conduct the testing for us in their controlled environments. AV-Test.org has access to thousands of viruses, and is a respected anti-virus testing lab.

We test and rate 9 of the best portable presentation devices around.

Got a PC riddled with more viruses than a bus driver’s armpit? The PC Authority Labs team has tested 10 leading anti-virus packages to see which ones really deliver the goods and keep your PC clean.

Stuck for storage space? Upgrade to one of the latest disks and you’ll benefit from better performance too

Portability is key for these light laptops. We test six featherweights from just $1486 to more than $2500.

We know you want to play games, so we've put 18 PCI Express graphics cards under the microscope to see who really does the job the best.

The paperless office may have been a myth, but the portable office is becoming more and more a reality every year. Only a couple of years ago, a mobile computer user had to make significant compromise

It's only a matter of time before CRT monitors are committed to the history books, and when you see TFTs like these, you'll wish it'll happen sooner. The Labs team takes 10 of the best 17in and 18in TFTs, and runs them through the wringer to see which is best.

Great gaming performance has never been so affordable. We test 22 current cards from Nvidia and ATI to find what works and what doesn't

Can you ditch your compact digital camera yet? We test the latest batch of phone cameras to find out.

Hard drives used to be the coolest thing - in the olden days, when all home PCs were slow, a hard drive was often a measure of how 'good' your computer was. For quite sometime, however, processor and graphics technology stole the limelight. Hard drives have been taken for granted - an ambient component that accompanies your sparkling graphics card and gi-normous heat sink.

Whether you're upgrading your existing PC or building one from scratch, the motherboard you choose is of pivotal importance.