We've put both mini-notebooks through their paces, and while Linux fans may disagree, the winner is clear.

The Athlon XP 2700+ represents a significant leap forward for the Athlon line – it solves a long-term problem by stepping up the default frontside bus (FSB) speed from 266MHz to 333MHz. This means that the Athlon XP can finally run in sync with 333MHz DDR RAM. While most currently available Athlon motherboards support 333MHz DDR, there is virtually no performance boost between this and 266MHz DDR when running an Athlon XP with a 266MHz FSB. The extra speed offered by the RAM quite simply goes to waste, because the CPU can't keep up with it.

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.

The Athlon XP 3200+ will probably be the last Barton-core desktop processor to come from AMD before the launch later this year of the Athlon 64, its desktop 64-bit processor.

An improvement over the Eee PC 900, with longer battery life and sleeker looks – but its rivals are catching up

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Dell's long awaited entry into the Eee-class notebook market is a top effort, though not perfect.

Our pics and first impressions of the hotly anticipated ultra-cheapie, and yes, it's better than the Eee in several ways.

It turns out that Microsoft [I]is[/I] bringing out Windows XP Media Center Edition in Australia, but until such time as it materialises -- and Microsoft Australia is being very sketchy on the dates -- those of us looking to integrate our PC media files with our televisions and hi-fi systems have to turn to bridging solutions.

Stylish, sophisticated and super-portable: this is the netbook you’ll have to hide from your friends.

The HP Mini 1001TU lid has a silver spiraling pattern across the piano black surface, making it the most attractive netbook we’ve seen.

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

The o2 Xphone is one of the first phones in Australia to use Microsoft's new embedded SmartPhone 2003 OS, which is a highly, highly pared down and customised version of Windows XP. Anyone familiar with the Windows interface shouldn't have much trouble operating this phone. Having said that however, it does take some getting used to when navigating the menu systems, but it doesn't actually take long to get up to speed.

Crystal Reports creates structured reports from databases by selecting fields from source data and grouping them appropriately.

When everything from your movie collection to your photo album is digital, why would you want to watch it all on a tiny monitor with tinny speakers while your big television and surround sound sits idle in the lounge room?

MSI’s Wind Top AE1900 takes on the touchscreen nettop competition, but singularly fails to excite.

Battery life is turning into a major selling point, as we discover when we tested Toshiba's new mini NB100 netbook.

Yes, it’s bigger and dearer than ever, but it’s also the most usable and well-made Eee PC yet.

It's not widely available, but with this battery life on offer the BenQ Joybook Lite U101 should be

An improved working environment and ground-breaking colour handling make Illustrator fresher than ever.