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

Asus' new Eee PC 1004dn steps up in style and features, boasting a DVD-writer, expresscard slot and scrabble-tile keyboard

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

Battery life is turning into a major selling point, as we discover when we tested Toshiba's new mini NB100 netbook.

Classy looks and light weight make for a fine ultraportable, but it’s got some tough competition.

We're worried about the damn hot operating temperature, but otherwise we're blown away by this mini notebook.

Fast, stylish and crammed with features, but you’ll need a fat wallet to afford it

Disappointing ergonomics, but the blend of power and battery life makes it very good value.

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

Slim, good-looking and affordable – and you can even work outside in sunlight. Just note the niggles.

Windows SideShow is a fascinating distraction, but even without the supplementary screen the W5fe is impressive.

Good value, but it needs to decide whether it’s a business or consumer notebook.

Despite some welcome additions and good components, this Acer notebook is left wanting.

A solid but unremarkable notebook offering a good set of features and excellent warranty.

The Pioneer DreamBook Power 900 is a locally built monster – this isn’t a desktop replacement, it’s a desk.

Producing a PC for under a thousand dollars will inevitably lead to compromises – do you go for a better screen or more processing power?

Alienware are fairly new to Australian shores, but for any PC-addict it's been hard to avoid their familiar little-green-men styling on the internet where Alienware cases are extremely popular among case-modding and PC-styling communities. They're finally here now, and the Area-51m 7700 is the first product through the PC Authority Labs doors.

The D900T has to be one the most impressively kitted out notebooks we've ever reviewed. Now, before you go running off with a fist full of readies, this notebook isn't available as such to the general public. Rather, resellers of Todaytech's notebooks can order them in whatever configuration you want. Or if you'd rather -- and we quite like this option -- you can order the notebook stripped of most options, and configure your own from spare parts or cheaper parts if you think you can do better on pricing.

Windows Media Center Edition (MCE) 2005 was launched with quite a bit of fanfare late last year, and not least of all because it was the first time in its 18 month life Australians could buy systems based on the OS.

Nominating Sato as our winner for the desktop machines this month was fairly straightforward, especially when compared to deciding the outcome of the closely-fought notebook war. Because, even though the Sato was outdone by one or two systems in terms of performance, nothing beat it on pure value for money.