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

Apple’s MacBook Pro is a design masterpiece, even if its brilliance is marred by a few annoying niggles.

A stunning piece of design to rival any Apple offering, and the price is surprisingly reasonable

The HP Pavilion s5180a punches above its weight and provides a welcoming entry point for a starter or low-end upgrade system.

A good quality netbook pipped at the post by its own stablemates.

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

A powerful and well-equipped touchscreen PC, but is Dell's all-in-one really the future of the home desktop? Read our full review

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

A beautifully designed, powerful system that almost no-one will be able to justify buying. If your IT department can find the budget to put a new Mac Pro on your desktop, you're lucky indeed

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

Dell's previous 13.3in XPS - the M1330 - was a delightful portable, but the XPS 13 makes it look scruffy by comparison.

Lightweight, resilient laptop with reasonable performance at a price tag that doesn’t break the bank.

Stylish, sophisticated and super-portable: this is the netbook you’ll have to hide from your friends.

Sony’s Z-Series is an ultraportable to aspire to, even if there are a couple of areas where it could improve.

Superb speakers, a whopping 640GB of storage and decent core components make this a solid choice

Great performance, but variable quality and poor battery life harm the U6’s business ambitions

HP’s Dragon combines fantastic power, comprehensive features and an innovative 20in screen design.

A stylish and usable touchscreen PC that’s right at home in the living room. With Windows 7 promising touch-control, this could be the future of desktop PCs.

Small, funky and fast, the studio hybrid is the pick of the small PCs. You've read our first impressions, now see our full review of the Dell Studio Hybrid.

Despite some odd feature choices, this is an affordable powerhouse of a laptop. A great value mid-range Centrino 2 laptop, as long as you're not worried about battery life.