Buying a mid-range Dell notebook now means a choice between Dell's Inspiron, Studio and XPS notebooks. We examine the value.

Apple’s ads may be funny, but they’re woefully inaccurate. Here we reveal dozens of reasons why the PC outclasses the Mac.

World's fastest now even faster.

The next wave of hard drive technology.

For a US$34 billion company with almost 90 percent market share, it might be inappropriate to call Intel "the comeback kid".

What job involves acid baths, robots and space suits? Read about the fascinating world of computer chip fabrication, with PC Authority’s exclusive imagery and insights.

It’s important to choose a power supply that meets your needs. Here we show you what to look out for.

Is online shopping the minefield we're lead to believe? David Kidd takes his chances.

All the acronyms and obscure new technologies got you in a jargon jumble? Tim Dean busts it up to help us make sense of it all.

Since the launch of PC Authority magazine 30 issues ago, we have placed an emphasis on the concept of computing in the real world. This means that all the PC hardware that passes through our Labs is t

Stack your system full of software without paying a penny, with our guide to essential downloads

For the first time since the fourth quarter of 2001, notebook manufacturer Toshiba has lost its top market share position, knocked off in Q2 this year by HP.

Although the mobile marketplace has been changing in the face of Centrino and the slow but gradual tablet PC adoption rate, large form factored (greater than single spindle) notebooks are still the order of the day.

Quicker, more reliable and better energy efficiency than a hard disk.

The price war among Netbooks and mini-notebooks is hot at the moment, especially leading up to Christmas. We source the best prices from around the net this week.

Absolutely jam packed with features, this notebook isn't your run-of-the-mill basic-function productivity laptop. At every turn we found hardware above and beyond the call of duty including a 64MB FX5200 graphics card, sexy widescreen display, 80GB hard disk drive and DVD-RAM/DVD-R/RW slot mounted drive for all your backup and home movie-making needs. A hybrid somewhere between legacy continuation and dismissal, this notebook features three rear-mounted USB 2.0 ports and parallel connectivity.

The most fully-featured notebook we’ve seen, but price will determine just how desirable this stylish notebook really is.

Brief reviews of new products, plus updates on items we've already featured.

So you’re buying a notebook now, and you want to upgrade to Windows 7. What kind of specs should you be looking at? And will Windows 7 be supported by your computer when you get it home?