From budget laptops to ultra-tiny netbooks, ultraportables and high performance, we explain the tricks to finding out the ultimate laptop at the right price.

Here's our quick guide to buying a cheap laptop that isn't a pile of junk - from CPUs, to graphics, to price and other specs.

We sat down with AMD at CES to see what the company has in store for 2009, and find some things worth getting excited about.

Dell have quadrupled their efforts and released a gaming machine that includes four hard drives, quad GPU and a Quad Intel processor. The price starts at $3,000, which makes us wonder if gamers are still better off going for a whitebox.

New card replaces 8600 GTS and aims for playable DirectX 10 performance without breaking the bank.

Toshiba's business notebooks now include 3 USB sleep-and-charge ports. Good news if you're looking to lighten your travel bag.

At $349 rrp, and likely lower on the street, the MSI X58 Pro claims to be the cheapest Intel Core i7 motherboard on the market.

Buying a mid-range Dell notebook now means a choice between Dell's Inspiron, Studio and XPS notebooks. We examine the value.

Blu-Ray notebooks are the next battleground, and the good news is they're slowly getting cheaper. ASUS is staking a claim with this monstrously powerful behemoth.

The hot items rumoured for this week's show, including nVidia's 9800 GX2 and a new ASUS EeePC.

They’re individually numbered, and only 99 will be sold in Australia - so what’s so special about Acer’s new Ferrari 1100?

We rolled up our sleeves, put on our boots, and trawled the halls of IT's massive trade expo in Sydney looking for tasty tech delights.

New models avoid the el cheapo tag, and it's probably a good thing if you're planning on running Vista.