So, the last big name has fallen. HP gave out in April 2008, and both Dell and Toshiba's resistance crumbled by the autumn. But it's taken Sony until the middle of 2009 to produce what it confesses to be a netbook, the VAIO Mini W Series.

Battery life lets down this otherwise solid netbook from a local manufacturer

Part laptop and part nettop, the Gigabyte Booktop M1022M is the first netbook we’ve seen that overcomes the ‘3 USB problem'.

Since we saw the HP Mini for our huge netbook roundup in October, a new 6-cell battery has been released.

Apple is prepping a Snow Leopard update that will kill off support for the Intel Atom chipset, preventing users installing the OS on inexpensive netbooks

A new build of Apple's Now Leopard OS has retained its Atom support – but will this be the case in the final version?

Google is bringing out an operating system - Chrome OS. But how will it fare against the likes of Windows?

A stunning piece of design matched with excellent battery life, but with an Atom inside the price is surely too high

Samsung's Q1 was originally touted as an iPod killer and a UMPC style tablet perfect for travelling business users - but it never worked and it never took off. Why? We may have the answer.

Here's what's in store for 2010, including Intel's big gun - the Clarkdale CPU - and the highly anticipated new netbook platform

The cheapest way to get OS X, but it has all of the MacBook Pro’s shortcomings and more of its own

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

Packed with features, only its value for money lets it escape without an award this month

Apple’s MacBook Pro is a design masterpiece, even if its brilliance is marred by a few annoying niggles.

Power, strong build and an added splash of style make the Asus G60J a gaming laptop worth paying top dollar for.

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

Linux is turning up in everything from netbooks to Dell PCs, but is it actually fit to replace Windows? Stuart Turton spends a week with Linux to find out.

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