Dell has waited several years to release its own PDA, and now committed to Pocket PC, Dell's main weapon is aggressive pricing that's on the verge of insane.

They won't be as prevalent as McDonald's, but you'll soon be able to pop into the House of Dell (aka Officeworks) at 104 locations around Australia. Will this inspire love for Dell?

A versatile single-socket rack server with a wide range of processor choices, plus a good warranty for the price.

Form and function meet in the middle in one supremely well-made package

A good first stab at the semi-ruggedised laptop market. It isn’t up to the tough standards of others, though.

Not great value for money, but the XPS 700 offers plenty of power and striking looks.

Flawless. Behold, the crème de la crème by Dell.

Whisper quiet, well built and well designed, but a lack of power and expandability will keep enthusiasts away.

Seriously powerful mobile gaming grunt with all the bling, from Dell. Yep, Dell.

An image quality enhancement for the big screen monitor that redefined the category in 2006.

Dell's 6400 is a great value mid-range notebook with very few weaknesses. The support is the icing on the cake.

For as long as the Labs has been running, Dell has been a regular participant, and has also been a consistent performer.

Fantastic design and highly-configurable power make this XPS useful, desirable and good value.

Dell’s first foray into using AMD processors is a modest performer, but fair value.

World's Fastest Notebook.

Not perfect, but the best all-rounder.

Dell’s new Inspirons are more about colour and value than performance and excitement.

The Dell Inspiron 6000 walks into this roundup with a serious disadvantage – packing only an Intel P-M 1.86GHz and an ATI Mobility RADEON X300 it is easily outgunned by the competition.

19in widescreen LCD TV which shows much promise and is Dell’s first consumer offering in Australia. Spec-wise it looks quite good on paper, with 450cd/m2 brightness, 600:1 contrast ratio and 1280 x 768 widescreen resolution, and it doesn’t disappoint when fired up.

When Dell shook the Pocket PC world with the aggressively priced Axim X5 (March 2003, page 41), its rivals could always point out that the X5 was bulkier and uglier than their devices. With its latest Axim, however, Dell has produced a slimmer, more attractive model without compromising on spec, features or price.