Apple Computer has unveiled a version of its market-leading iPod that also plays videos and increased the iMac computer's ability to act as a home entertainment hub by adding a remote control.

Theres no doubt the march of technological advance inside the machine certainly impacts upon its external visual aspects. So-called legacy-free PCs are starting to appear in numbers now, and their str

Leigh Dyer arrives in OS heaven with a triple-booting Intel Mac.

Designer Jonathan Ive and Apple boss Steve Jobs unleashed the iMac - a brightly coloured, translucent desktop computer like nothing the IT industry had seen before. Despite the stunned mutterings and

Apple’s ads may be funny, but they’re woefully inaccurate. Here we reveal dozens of reasons why the PC outclasses the Mac.

We provide the commentary on a bruising eight-round battle between Vista and Tiger.

Are Apple computers worse value than Windows PCs? Alex Kidman does the sums, and finds the truth about which platform is the better deal.

David Moss tackles misbehaving com ports and resolves a windows share issue.

Read & write to your Windows-based drive

Want to break free from a Microsoft world? Leigh Dyer looks at the alternatives.

Barry Collins takes a nostalgic look at the biggest mistakes in the recent history of the computing industry.

Absolutely blitzing the competition, Altech takes out our highly coveted Labs Winner Award, just beating IBM to the top spot. Heavy on both the features and quality, this unit was one of only three units in the roundup to feature a 17in TFT display, with the others, the Pluscorp INTEQ V26 and Apple iMac, falling by the wayside on price, hardware spec and performance.

Apple's success can be measured not only in the improvement to its bottom line but in the number of would-be imitators, all of whom have been sent packing by the courts. It also has shattered once and

“It’s really beautiful”. “Just stunning”. “It’s pretty spectacular”. Thus spake Steve Jobs.

Dell has seen considerable success in the consumer PC market, and has drawn on the expertise gained in that market to drive into the business market over the past several years.

Gateway has made a habit recently of bolstering its offerings in the sub-$2,000 space and this latest model is certainly no exception.

A stylish all-in-one media centre that effortlessly handles all tasks thrown at it. But it’s disgracefully priced.