MSI’s Wind Top AE1900 takes on the touchscreen nettop competition, but singularly fails to excite.

It may be lovely, but Sony’s under-powered P-series costs too much and features features poor battery life.

Sleek and professional, the Hp Mini 5101 is another attractively pitched netbook that can't shake its very poor battery life. When will manufactuers learn that battery life is all-important to netbook success?

Neither cheap nor beautiful, MSI’s Atom powered nettop is sadly second among equals.

An attractive design, but several core flaws keep the Mini 10 far from the top of the netbook pile.

The Asus U6V simply can’t compete with the new breed of Centrino 2 ultraportables

It’s gorgeous, but it can’t match Sony’s own Z-Series for sheer ultraportable excellence.

Superb battery life and features, but poor build quality and an uncomfortable keyboard scupper the Lifebook

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

Eye-catching, but the meagre specification and lack of features harm the Air’s prospects.

NEC’s contribution to the ultraportable market is tougher than most, but it still struggles against the competition

It looks like Pioneer wants the record for one of the cheapest notebook on the market. Take a look.

A stylish mobile way to access the web, but it’s crying out for mobile data capability.

A light and well-built business choice, but despite the low-voltage CPU the battery life disappoints

A poor performer in the face of HP’s similarly-priced, touch screen-enabled rival.

A decent notebook but too expensive for the features on offer.

Looks and feels good, but performance is more super Aguri than Scuderia.

Chunky, powerful and intimidating. Everything you want in a PC, but not what you'd want in a media centre.

The Twinhead Efio is a mixed beast. It has some very good features, such as an all-magnesium casing and ATI Mobility 9700, but it also has some middling features, like a relatively slow 1.8GHz Intel processor and 4:3 screen. The unit is well made and well set out however.

The ASUS is one tough little cookie. Its cover and palmrest are encased in brushed aluminium lending the unit a reassuring sense of rigidity and roadworthiness. The 15.4" screen is bright, and its default resolution of 1680x1050 makes text sharp but a little small to read unless up close. The unit also comes with a built in TV-tuner, and also sports a TV-antenna output.