Well built and with astonishing battery life to boot. It’s pricey but decent value.

Durable, powerful and packed with security features. A phenomenal ultraportable.

What can a vendor-controlled comparison of notebook technology teach us? Plenty – but not in the way it was intended. Read on as we expose HP’s notebook ‘Reliability Challenge’.

Reasonable performance, great features and good battery life all make this a decent business ultraportable. But Lenovo’s X60 is better.

The future of Internet access is now. The idea of connecting cables to a computer to enable a connection will soon seem as archaic as manually cranking the engine of an automobile. Ed Dawson samples a cross-section of bleeding-edge wireless broadband services and cuts through the hype.

The single biggest reason for existing laptop owners to upgrade to Windows 7 is something unique to this release: it actually requires less horsepower than Vista. That's good news for netbook owners!

Looks and feels good, but performance is more super Aguri than Scuderia.

Small but perfectly formed, the D420 has hours of battery life and loads of features and great ergonomics.

We test three of the latest ultra-portable laptops

Can’t decide between an Eee and a Wind? A Mini note or an Aspire One? Believe it or not, there’s a bunch of old school smaller laptops that may do the job for less money. We took a look at 7 old school ultraportables.

Everything you need to know about AM2 -- without the headache.