Selecting a winner from the 11 cameras in the lab was not an easy task. While there was a $1300 variation between the cheapest and the dearest, the difference in quality and features was not as obvious. For example the Samsung D701i, which was the cheapest of the cameras, had more features than some of the cameras that were several hundred dollars dearer. The only problem was a question of reliability because the first unit to arrive at the Labs was inoperable.

The second-cheapest model submitted for the roundup, the $249 price tag is very attractive

Cheap plans, good hardware and excellent results in our speed tests make 3 a deserving winner, in our group test against Telstra Bigpond, Optus, Vodafone, Virgin and Unwired.

Add high-definition reading and writing capabilities to your PC with a Blu-ray drive, or save money with a plain DVD writer

The cheapest way to get OS X, but it has all of the MacBook Pro’s shortcomings and more of its own

The cheapest system to be submitted for review in our performance roundup, it just goes to show that even $4000 will get you a hell of a lot of PC for your money. PCQUEST has also opted to go with a CoolerMaster case, both for its attractive looks and functionality, this housing able to hold a massive five optical drives and four hard disk drives, erring on the side of more is better.

The smallest, cheapest camera on test, but unsurprisingly, it also has the poorest image quality

One of the cheapest Vista SSD notebooks we've seen yet, though we're surprised by the benchmark results.

The second cheapest scanner in our labs roundup this month, the S2W 5000U is designed with Web use in mind. As such, it features a 'Scan to Web' (S2W) and PDA (Palm compatible) quick launch function.

Stylish and packed with features, it is not the cheapest 12 inch notebook available. This said, if you simply must have the features on offer inside this 'book, then this notebook does it all with style.

The XPC SS51G is the cheapest of the Shuttle offerings this month. Again, the ease of hardware installation makes this product fantastically user friendly, given the ability to just pop out the optical storage bay, insert your drive and floppy and whack it back in. No mess, no fuss.

The Notino 3400S is the second cheapest notebook in this roundup. Unfortunately, it's outdone on almost every other front by the opposition.

At $327 Abits BG7 wasnt quite the cheapest Pentium 4 motherboard we examined, but it still proves to be a decent all-in-one solution for power-users on a budget. It has onboard Ethernet, Intels new integrated graphics controller, and USB 2.0 support to boot.

Decent wireless printing, but the poor scanning, copying and speed let the Dell down

Dell's reputation at providing reasonably priced capable 'books shines through in the 510M - the cheapest notebook on test this month.

The only IDE drive we received for testing, it's also the cheapest drive at $240 and works out to a reasonable $1.20 per gigabyte.

The Optio 550 is the first Pentax camera we’ve reviewed in the Labs. It’s the cheapest 5-megapixel device here and, despite the slim dimensions, crams in a 5x optical zoom.

To please audiophiles on a budget at $80 its one of the cheapest surround-capable cards available.

This GeForce2 card has a lot to commend itself. It came in as the cheapest of the 32Mb GeForce2 cards by a long way...

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.