Dell's previous 13.3in XPS - the M1330 - was a delightful portable, but the XPS 13 makes it look scruffy by comparison.

A startling achievement: a highly capable mini-laptop for under $700. Only mediocre battery life mars its appeal.

Wondering which netbooks have the best battery life? We've pulled together a big chart showing how 25 different models compare

It's very, very thin, and very light. MSI’s X340 somehow manages to be sleek, sexy and undesirable all at the same time.

HP’s latest PC blends power, useful business features and a keen eye for detail

Gorgeous, expensive and exasperating in equal measure, and yet still desirable despite its myriad faults

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

A comprehensive set of features and good performance

With more homes served by their own wired and wireless networks, there’s no better way to store all your music, movies and documents than a NAS box like this

Another good laptop from Toshiba, but the 12.1in Portégé M800 struggles in such fine company.

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

Lenovo’s diminutive business portable packs in high performance, great battery life and top build quality.

You've seen our first impressions, now here's our full review. Good-looking, usable and keenly priced but, for now at least, poor performance and battery life give the Eee the edge

If there's one thing that our latest netbook group test has left us hankering for, it's an intrepid manufacturer to come in and nail the netbook formula for $650 or less.

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

Dell’s latest business model is another superb outing for its recently released Latitude E-series. It’s not cheap, though

It’s gorgeous, but it can’t match Sony’s own Z-Series for sheer ultraportable excellence.

NEC’s contribution to the ultraportable market is tougher than most, but it still struggles against the competition

Power, strong build and an added splash of style make the Asus G60J a gaming laptop worth paying top dollar for.

We put seven NAS drives from the likes of Maxtor, Netgear, Synology, Thecus, Western Digital and Iomega to the test to find out which is best for storing your files