When it comes to desktop replacements, the Dell Inspiron 5000 is a case study in portable power.

Dell's long awaited entry into the Eee-class notebook market is a top effort, though not perfect.

Buying a mid-range Dell notebook now means a choice between Dell's Inspiron, Studio and XPS notebooks. We examine the value.

Dell's Inspiron Mini 12 ups the ante in mini-notebooks, with a 12in screen from $999.

They're almost identical in size, so which is the better machine? See the matchup with our photo gallery and first impressions.

Designed to sit between the low-end Inspiron and high-end XPS families, it comes in 15in and 17in flavours and its target audience could be pretty much anyone: few laptops are as customisable as this.

The Dell Inspiron 6000 walks into this roundup with a serious disadvantage – packing only an Intel P-M 1.86GHz and an ATI Mobility RADEON X300 it is easily outgunned by the competition.

From the rarefied heights of Dells Inspiron 8100 (reviewed October 2001, page 71) we take a step back with the Toshiba Tecra 9000. Like the Inspiron 8100 the Tecra is a Pentium III-M CPU, from the Tualatin family of processors, although this is the 933MHz version.

For as long as the Labs has been running, Dell has been a regular participant, and has also been a consistent performer.

They won't be as prevalent as McDonald's, but you'll soon be able to pop into the House of Dell (aka Officeworks) at 104 locations around Australia. Will this inspire love for Dell?

Dell has launched the Inspiron Zino HD overseas, a mini desktop PC that could just give Apple's Mac Mini a run for its money

Not perfect, but the best all-rounder.

The Inspiron 630m is Dell’s first 14-inch widescreen notebook.

The 9300 is reminiscent of its predecessor, the Inspiron 9100, which was pitched squarely at power users and gamers looking for plenty of grunt. This product refresh takes it one step further by using a mobile processor rather than the desktop CPU found in the 9100.

Dell's new Inspiron 5100 delivers a truckload of performance thanks to a 2.8GHz P4 processor, which even managed to outscore the 3GHz Hi-Grade we tested this month.

Fastest Notebook

Dell's 12.1in netbook could have been good, but you'd have to buy one in the US to realise its true potential

Well built, fast and with a great screen, the Dell also has superb battery life.

Well built, fast and with a great screen, the Dell also has superb battery life.

Dell’s new Inspirons are more about colour and value than performance and excitement.