The HP Mini 1001TU lid has a silver spiraling pattern across the piano black surface, making it the most attractive netbook we’ve seen.

Solid, but not flashy. However, a great price and decent battery life give it an edge.

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

Stylish, sophisticated and super-portable: this is the netbook you’ll have to hide from your friends.

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

It’s not the most powerful, but its games performance and features help the Toshiba A350 stand out in the price bracket for mid-price laptops

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

It's not widely available, but with this battery life on offer the BenQ Joybook Lite U101 should be

Lightweight, resilient laptop with reasonable performance at a price tag that doesn’t break the bank.

More than just a new coat of paint, the new Wind adds mobility with 3G. While the design and features don't look as cutting edge as they once did, this is still a great netbook

A couple of nifty gimmicks and an extended warranty help give this netbook the boost that its ergonomics don’t.

Neither fish nor fowl, the N10J nonetheless manages to command both graphics and portability

Well designed, solid and well-featured, but the battery life sells it short.

Despite some odd feature choices, this is an affordable powerhouse of a laptop. A great value mid-range Centrino 2 laptop, as long as you're not worried about battery life.

From watching iView on your mobile to live Australian TV while overseas, to Freeview, Foxtel IQ2 and TiVo, Stuart Andrews and Zara Baxter perfect the menu for takeaway TV.

Still not sure whether it's worth upgrading to Vista? We put XP and Vista through the ultimate face-off.

The Vostro may look like a netbook to the inexperienced eye, but its more powerful processor gives it more flexibility and speed

Not quite the consumer/business crossover it aims to be, but there’s a lot to like in this clever mix of old-style business laptop and feature-packed modern machine

Asus's model may not look like the bee's knees, but if you're after features, it's worth a look

Smells like green spirit, and offers performance at a budget price. The ASUS F6V Green is a laptop with something a little different