A rough, tough laptop with serious attitude, but its keyboard proves an Achilles heel.

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

Far Cry 2 is an ugly game, simply because it all too accurately portrays a modern world conflict in a war-torn African nation.

HP’s latest PC blends power, useful business features and a keen eye for detail

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

An impressive touchscreen all-in-one PC for an equally impressive price, but the single-core Atom holds it back

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

Ableton’s flair for innovation shows no sign of diminishing. This is the best version of Live yet.

Empire: Total War is a game that’ll appeal to history nerds and fans of previous Total War titles.

Script triggering and interface changes headline an upgrade that’s good for developers and users alike

Existing export capabilities and new support for dynamic components make this a must for professional users

Simple to use and great performance without being locked to a provider.

Welcome to the first zombie movie we’ve seen that’s actually any good. Left 4 Dead finally gets gaming away from the trigger-point mechanic: you have no idea if a dozen zombies are around the corner, or one, or none.

There’s a lot to like, but it doesn’t stand out from the crowd.

So, the last big name has fallen. HP gave out in April 2008, and both Dell and Toshiba's resistance crumbled by the autumn. But it's taken Sony until the middle of 2009 to produce what it confesses to be a netbook, the VAIO Mini W Series.

A stunning piece of design matched with excellent battery life, but with an Atom inside the price is surely too high

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

It may be lovely, but Sony’s under-powered P-series costs too much and features features poor battery life.