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We gaze into a crystal ball and and ponder the future, or possible demise, of some well-known technologies.

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

In a world first, we've managed to get our hands on a review unit of Sony's stunningly thin ultraportable. Most surprisingly, it sports the newest Atom chip from Intel - the Z550 2.0GHz and GMA 500 graphics.

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

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

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

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

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

It may be lovely, but Sony’s under-powered P-series costs too much and features features poor battery life.

As one of Australia's few locally designed netbooks, the Kogan Agora lives up to some lofty netbook ideals, but it’s sadly ho-hum in too many aspects to be seen as a real netbook contender.

Sleek and professional, the Hp Mini 5101 is another attractively pitched netbook that can't shake its very poor battery life. When will manufactuers learn that battery life is all-important to netbook success?

Superb build quality, battery life and usability – quite simply the best netbook around

If you can’t stretch to the Samsung N110, the 1005HA makes an excellent lower-cost alternative

Not the most attractive, but this Eee PC defies expectations. Another machine that's going onto our netbook shopping shortlist

It’s lovely to look at, with a full size keyboard and glorious screen. See why the Benq Joybook Lite U121 is one of the best rated in our latest netbook roundup

A good quality netbook pipped at the post by its own stablemates.

Superb performance in one of the sturdiest and best-looking gaming laptops we’ve seen – the Alienware M17x is worth the expense.

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