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The best home-office choice with an ADF and fax, plus good text speeds and quality. Those looking for a photo printer should look elsewhere, though.

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Features galore, but the glossy screen is disappointing for Dell

Disappointing ergonomics, but the blend of power and battery life makes it very good value.

It’s one of the few to include a fax machine and the ADF could be useful, but we expected far better print quality and faster speed at this price.

Packed with features like network capability and transparency scanning, it also has the best scanner by far, with great print quality too.

Economical running costs and a great scanner make it appealing, but it’s slow and hard to use as a standalone copier.

One of the fastest and best-quality printers on show. The scanner isn’t perfect and there aren’t as many features as the best here, but the MP170 is hard to beat for value.

A great media-centre card with some nice features – and at an affordable price

Superseded by both Nvidia’s new 9600 card and ATi’s excellent HD 3800 series

Compromises to resolution and features keep the cost wonderfully low, yet this remains a credible panel.

Reasonably affordable to buy, but high running costs combined with poor-quality output mean you’re better off spending your money elsewhere.

The quality of this diminutive cutie is almost as good as the high-end models, but the price means a compromise on both speed and features.

With a lightning-fast scanner and high-quality photo printing, it’s only hampered by speed and running costs. CD printing and transparency scanning are bonuses, though.

The price is reasonable, but the interface is poor and speed and quality are below average.

The MP500 is a great all-rounder. It’s capable of excellent print quality at high speeds, plus CD printing, has an automatic duplex module and a tempting price.

Great picture and an impressively high resolution at a good price, but with few features