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

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.

Is Apple good at design? Usabilty? Both or neither? Also, where has all the Firewire gone? Alex Kidman has been testing Apple's new Macbook and gives his first impressions.

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

Consumer laptops upgraded with Core 2 chips.

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

With Macworld underway this week, here is our top five product wishlist.

New MacBook Pro models touted as 39 per cent faster.

Company accused of misleading advertising.

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

The Mac blogosphere is all a flutter with rumours that a new Macbook could soon be on its way, complete with an Nvidia graphics chipset.

'Supermodel' MacBook Air fires opening salvo.

You won’t believe how thin Apple’s breakthrough notebook looks (includes full specs)

Sounds of grinding teeth from Cupertino.