A stunning piece of design to rival any Apple offering, and the price is surprisingly reasonable

Dell has outed the super-skinny Adamo XPS, complete with specs. But can it hold its own against Apple's almighty MacBook Air?

Dell looks set to introduce a new ultra-thin laptop that is even slimmer than the Adamo model unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show at the start of this year.

Fantastic battery life and a transflective screen aren’t enough to justify a price this high for the everyday business user.

It's very, very thin, and very light. MSI’s X340 somehow manages to be sleek, sexy and undesirable all at the same time.

From budget laptops to ultra-tiny netbooks, ultraportables and high performance, we explain the tricks to finding out the ultimate laptop at the right price.

Dell unleashes more tasty teasers for its ultralight Adamo notebook, their answer to the MacBook Air

A super-light laptop with great battery life, but the screen is both its stand-out feature and, for some, its Achilles heel

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

Glass, metal and LEDs abound in the shiny new Macbook range, including new "Brick" units carved from a single block of aluminium. But Jobs also described Blu-Ray in less than flattering terms.

The bad news is that Sony says these sexy 11.1in Vaio TZ laptops are at risk of overheating. But there is something about Sony's Vaio laptops that should make you happy.

We take each week's best rumours from around the world and list them here in the Weekly Rumour Mill.

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

This impressive ultraportable fills a narrow but significant niche between the MacBook Air and Lenovo X300

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

A new way forward for ultraportables, combining an incredible low weight with unrivalled ergonomic excellence

Gorgeous, expensive and exasperating in equal measure, and yet still desirable despite its myriad faults

Sometimes, it’s expensive being a Mac user. Sometimes, it’s surprisingly cheap. Alex Kidman tries to make sense of Apple’s pricing policies.

Sounds of grinding teeth from Cupertino.