In this line of work, there's really nothing quite like the all-too-occasional experience of opening a box from Apple, and unveiling the shiny wonders squirreled away inside. In fact, it's the only event that never fails to draw all and sundry AJB staff from throughout the office into the Labs to catch a glimpse of what the tech company with only 3 percent market share worldwide has managed to innovate this time.

A stunning design backed up by great performance and good value for money.

Apple Time Capsule owners can now access their files from afar thanks to a tie-in with Apple's Mobileme service.

Is Apple good at design? Usabilty? Both or neither? Also, where has all the Firewire gone? Alex Kidman has been testing Apple's new Macbook and gives his first impressions.

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

Apple has given its MacBook Pro a thorough makeover but, for all its charm, it’s still overpriced.

Superpowered and workgroup friendly with great features, but with a steep learning curve for administrators. Find out what the "other" side of the server world looks like

Still one of the best examples of laptop design in the market, but there are compromises

Eye-catching and very well designed, the new iMac is an excellent all-in-one PC system.

It's a little ironic that every new version of Mac OS comes closer to Windows when you consider that Microsoft was originally accused of hijacking Apple's interface. Apple claims to have put 150 new features into Panther, but the two it highlights first are improvements to Finder and the new Exposé[alt+0233 in courier new]. The improvements to Finder bring it one step closer to the Windows menu system, which since 95 has been superior to Apple's. The new one click-reveals-all Finder was sorely needed and makes Panther much easier to navigate than its predecessors.

Beautifully designed with a clear interface, but format support is limited

A promising start for Apple’s living-room takeover, but we’re still waiting for the best bits.

Beautifully engineered and constructed, the Mac Pro is also the fastest PC we’ve ever seen by some margin.

For those users after the shift away from a Microsoft world to an OS X platform, Apple have got a deal for you. Starting at a mere $1699, you can pick up an G4 iBook capable of more than just entertainment uses.

There’s so much to like about this package that it might just be worth switching operating systems to get hold of it.

The design is impeccable, the build superb and the screen extraordinary, but the price is a huge barrier. We ponder the icon that is the Macbook Pro 17in

After all the media speculation, Apple has finally dipped its toe into the world of mobile video with the launch of the new iPod.

Eighteen months after the release of Panther, Apple's Mac OS X 10.4, codenamed Tiger, is finally here, and it has been well worth the wait.

Apple and style are synonymous and the rounded lines and gloss white plastic chassis add to its durability and looks. Its slot-mounting combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW means there are no moving parts to break off in accidents, and serve to provide additional storage space should the comparatively small 30GB hard disk not be enough room for your files.

While you might not immediately think of Apple when it comes to business workstations, the iMac is a solid self-contained package, and does appeal to this market.