From budget laptops to ultra-tiny netbooks, ultraportables and high performance, we explain the tricks to finding out the ultimate laptop at the right price.

It's something of a contradiction in terms, having Blu-Ray in a tiny 11.1in screen notebook, but it's certainly a brilliant feat of engineering. See the specs and launch pics here.

Our full guide to saving cash-saving secrets is here, from how to get discounts on PCs, to SIM only phone contracts, the best DSLR cameras deals, and discount licensing from Adobe, Microsoft and others.

Sony has announced new VAIO CR and NR series notebooks, as well as a new VAIO “Panel PC".

Blu-ray and HD DVD players will come out fighting this year. We reveal which format is best placed to be DVD’s successor.

Apple’s ads may be funny, but they’re woefully inaccurate. Here we reveal dozens of reasons why the PC outclasses the Mac.

The format wars continue as Blu Ray comes to a monster laptop at a monster price.

Is Sony’s new Vaio P the new Lord of the Mini Notebooks? The tiny mini-me laptop weighs a puny 600grams, with 60GB HDD or 128GB SSD.

Speedy and adequately functional for light use, the UX27– though not perfect – is the best UMPC yet.

Gone is some of the bluster as Microsoft makes a surprisingly down-to-earth Australian launch presentation for Windows 7 today

See our side-by-side comparison of the three big guns in the sub-$1,000 mini notebook race, the ASUS N10, S101 and the Eee PC 1000H.

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

A stylish all-in-one media centre that effortlessly handles all tasks thrown at it. But it’s disgracefully priced.

An incredibly light and practical notebook for frequent travellers, but not without its quirks.

Not quite the consumer/business crossover it aims to be, but there’s a lot to like in this clever mix of old-style business laptop and feature-packed modern machine

If you're wondering if a netbook is the perfect laptop for you, ask yourself this: will you want to work or play on your new laptop for hours at a time whilst viewing a screen 10 inches in size?

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

The first ultraportable notus has landed in Australia, and we're privileged to be the first to look.

A decent multimedia notebook, but it’s not exciting enough for the price.

Great for executives on the move thanks to size and decent battery life, but the missing optical drive disappoints