Powerful, well price and a worthy addition to the A-List. The PacStar Core i7 is a PC we wouldn't be unhappy to take home and spend the weekend gaming on

Dell's previous 13.3in XPS - the M1330 - was a delightful portable, but the XPS 13 makes it look scruffy by comparison.

Looks and feels great, but a hefty price – once you’ve tweaked its specs – means that rivals offer better value

Superb speakers, a whopping 640GB of storage and decent core components make this a solid choice

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.

Attractively small and aggressively priced, the Ultra Slim is an interesting proposition for businesses

An inexpensive laptop that, when it comes to style and quality, more than punches above its weight

Very fast for some applications, but poor gaming performance and strong competition reduces its appeal.

Slim, good-looking and affordable – and you can even work outside in sunlight. Just note the niggles.

Lacking in some areas, but punches above its weight where it counts.

A very-well designed alternative to big beefy computers which make a lot of noise.

A great ultraportable, but stiff competition just keeps it from the A-List.

An incredibly light and practical notebook for frequent travellers, but not without its quirks.

A very well-built ultraportable that’s great value, but a bit too small.

Good value, but it needs to decide whether it’s a business or consumer notebook.

Looks and feels good, but performance is more super Aguri than Scuderia.

Custom design watercooling and some judicious overclocking make for a showstopping performance and price.

Dual-core and Windows Vista make it into our A-List’s Value PC category.

Nvidia’s 8800 GTX graphics card is the crowning glory of this very-fast, great-value, PC.