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

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.

Apple has given its MacBook Pro a thorough makeover but, for all its charm, it’s still overpriced.

The design is impeccable, the build superb and the screen extraordinary, but the price is a huge barrier. We ponder the icon that is the Macbook Pro 17in

The cheapest way to get OS X, but it has all of the MacBook Pro’s shortcomings and more of its own

Still one of the best examples of laptop design in the market, but there are compromises

A new design and a fantastic new graphics chip, but this latest offering is as flawed and overpriced as ever.

Apple’s MacBook Pro is a design masterpiece, even if its brilliance is marred by a few annoying niggles.

Eye-catching, but the meagre specification and lack of features harm the Air’s prospects.

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

Impressive in several areas, but other laptops offer better features and more performance for less cash.

We heard that Apple may be changing its slogan from “Think Different” to “CONFORM!”

A super-light laptop with great battery life, but the screen is both its stand-out feature and, for some, its Achilles heel

This impressive ultraportable fills a narrow but significant niche between the MacBook Air and Lenovo X300

A new way forward for ultraportables, combining an incredible low weight with unrivalled ergonomic excellence

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.

Classy looks and light weight make for a fine ultraportable, but it’s got some tough competition.

Windows virtualisation that really works: it isn’t without foibles, but it’s a great way of running Windows from OS X.

Fantastic battery life and a transflective screen aren’t enough to justify a price this high for the everyday business user.

A stunning piece of design to rival any Apple offering, and the price is surprisingly reasonable