Glass, metal and LEDs abound in the shiny new Macbook range, including new "Brick" units carved from a single block of aluminium. But Jobs also described Blu-Ray in less than flattering terms.

Is Apple good at design? Usabilty? Both or neither? Also, where has all the Firewire gone? Alex Kidman has been testing Apple's new Macbook and gives his first impressions.

Sometimes, it’s expensive being a Mac user. Sometimes, it’s surprisingly cheap. Alex Kidman tries to make sense of Apple’s pricing policies.

Are Apple computers worse value than Windows PCs? Alex Kidman does the sums, and finds the truth about which platform is the better deal.

Vodafone's grabbed itself an exclusive on the Blackberry Storm, but is it an exclusive that was worth it? We've unpacked a Blackberry Storm and given it a quick spin, and comparison with the iPhone 3G - here's our initial impressions.

Windows Update causing you a headache? Alex Kidman would like to introduce you to as a pain-free zone known as Apple.

Alex Kidman has used (and often broken) just about every technology going, from using an Apple II floppy drive as a doorstop, to giving an Apple rep a near heart attack by throwing a Macbook Air up into the air to see if it would fly. He likes Apple gear because they make machines with personality, operating systems that work (mostly), and because Apple doesn't believe in product activation. Well, at least not yet.