The A700 has excellent image quality, but is let down by design quirks and the high price.

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

This first of a new generation is only a little faster than the old, but its potential is clearly huge

A highly usable all-round security suite, but ultimately a strong runner-up rather than a new champion.

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.

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

The control is simple.

When we think of SiS graphics, we usually think of low cost, low-end cards or integrated offerings for the entry-level 2D market, with the possibility of some rudimentary 3D capabilities thrown in.

An old standard, but one that still provides decent performance at a great price.

Up against some very tough competition, Seagate's Barracuda 7200.7 managed to take out the coveted Labs winner award this month with its fantastic attributes.

The new revised S-Series Platinum S150 puts up a convincing case against Tomtom's One, with a bigger screen and other tricks.

See why this relatively unknown, but simple, efficient and affordable package holds its own against the likes of AVG, Norton, Kaspersky and McAfee.

Designed to sit between the low-end Inspiron and high-end XPS families, it comes in 15in and 17in flavours and its target audience could be pretty much anyone: few laptops are as customisable as this.

The MSI K7N2 is a good nForce2 board overall, scoring well against other nForce2 contenders.

Ranking as one the lightest screens in our roundup, Viewsonic's VG500 holds its ground against "heavier" performers.

Actually the sixth title in the genre-setting Tony Hawk series, Tony Hawk's Underground 2 throws players into a frantic World Destruction Tour against Bam Margera.

Using a Canon lens and sharing a chunky, rectangular design, the 5-megapixel QV-5700 bears more than a passing resemblance to the PowerShot G5. The G5 has a 4x optical zoom against Casio’s 3x, though, and several other features, such as time-lapse shooting, are missing.

This little TFT managed to fight its way into the top 10 of every set of results returned from testing. Quite a feat against the mighty major brands it knocked off.

Acer was one of the few big name manufacturers that were able to meet our stringent pricing criteria. The submitted notebook, the TravelMate, is not a so bad overall, but it couldn't win out against the smaller manufacturer's abilities to get top components at short notice. Where Acer excels is in after-sales support.

We reviewed the Neovo S-15V in our September 2001 issue (page 86) and were so impressed, its been sitting on our A-List ever since. With the precedent set, we were keen to see how the feature-packed M-15V compared against the latest models.