Designed to sit between the low-end Inspiron and high-end XPS families, it comes in 15in and 17in flavours and its target audience could be pretty much anyone: few laptops are as customisable as this.

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

Decent wireless printing, but the poor scanning, copying and speed let the Dell down

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

Good, but not good enough: it can’t compete with the winners this month

Dell Dimension XPS B733r

Dell Dimension XPS B733r

The Dell U2410f features breathtaking image quality, but the price is steeper than most are willing to pay for it.

Dell's reputation at providing reasonably priced capable 'books shines through in the 510M - the cheapest notebook on test this month.

Dell has seen considerable success in the consumer PC market, and has drawn on the expertise gained in that market to drive into the business market over the past several years.

For this price, the Vostro’s plain looks can be overlooked in favour of its impressive battery life

Dells all-black PowerEdge is certainly one of the coolest-looking systems of the bunch, but the 600SC also packs enough power to be a formidable SMB server

Dell OptiPlex GX150

When it comes to desktop replacements, the Dell Inspiron 5000 is a case study in portable power.

Dell Dimension XPS T550

Dell Dimension XPS

Packed with features, only its value for money lets it escape without an award this month

Managing a very respectable battery life of four and a half hours during a full productivity workload, Dell's Inspiron scored around middle of the pack under PCMark04 but failed to deliver in 3D, bringing up the rear in third last place.

Powered by a 1.6GHz mobile Pentium processor, featuring dual-band 802.11a/g wireless capability and sporting a 15.4in wide-screen display, the Dell D800 represents the best of the Latitude series of notebooks. At around 3.3kg, it is not light, nor is it thin – but is complemented by an exceptional finish and a solid set of technology.

If we were looking for some of the highest benchmark scores we could attain than we'd highly commend this machine