Dell's long awaited entry into the Eee-class notebook market is a top effort, though not perfect.

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

Dell's Inspiron Mini 12 ups the ante in mini-notebooks, with a 12in screen from $999.

They're almost identical in size, so which is the better machine? See the matchup with our photo gallery and first impressions.

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.

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?

Dell has launched the Inspiron Zino HD overseas, a mini desktop PC that could just give Apple's Mac Mini a run for its money

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

Well built, fast and with a great screen, the Dell also has superb battery life.

Well built, fast and with a great screen, the Dell also has superb battery life.

Are "free laptop" deals like Vodafone's Dell Inspiron mini 9 offer a great way to save money on a new PC, or a cleverly disguised con? We reveal the truth

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

Ubuntu pre-loaded on Inspiron machines.

With only Dell's disappointing Inspiron Mini 12 so far released, Samsung doesn't have a great deal of competition at this size. The NC20 has six-hour battery life, fine performance and a superb display

There's no annoyingly quirky keyboard. Finger's crossed, but Toshiba's pint-sized mini NB100 notebook looks like it will be a class act when it arrives.

An attractive design, but several core flaws keep the Mini 10 far from the top of the netbook pile.

Like Dell's Inspiron Mini 12, Samsung's new N series model is one of the largest with a 12.1in display

As predicted, Dell has finally stopped months of itty bitty leaks and come clean with their very own Eee PC destroyer, the Mini 9 netbook.

Battery life is turning into a major selling point, as we discover when we tested Toshiba's new mini NB100 netbook.