Lacks in power, but terrific hardware design makes this an intriguing take on the Eee brand.

Some interesting technology, married with superb performance – and a huge price tag.

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Attractively small and aggressively priced, the Ultra Slim is an interesting proposition for businesses

750GB of storage. Backups may be problem.

This notebook was designed from the ground up with business and security in mind, and it succeeds.

A versatile and compact tablet PC with stunning battery life, but we do have a few usability complaints.

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

A good-looking, ergonomically excellent laptop with a wealth of multimedia capabilities for home users.

A high capacity, low cost per gigabyte drive, with performance that will make it perfect for media PCs.

UMPC-like features and a spacious hard disk make the Archos appealing, but it’s only good for entertainment.

Camcorder, still camera and portable media player all in one sleek package.

A small, classy padlock-style portable drive that's the same size as a Zippo.

Well built and with astonishing battery life to boot. It’s pricey but decent value.

Fast, well built and superbly featured - our business laptop of choice.

A good first stab at the semi-ruggedised laptop market. It isn’t up to the tough standards of others, though.

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A remarkably tough machine that will endure almost anything thrown at it, although this comes at a price.

A big brash, powerful pc with loads of features and a giant screen. It’s a good thing, because the orange case distracts from the DDR5’s true purpose: performance.

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