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

A gorgeous new controller makes this the best Sonos system ever – just take note of that high price.

Support for latest video formats and a batch-media encoder, but supporting apps have seen little upgrading.

Advanced long document functionality and screen-based publishing via Flash contribute to another Quark-bashing.

An excellent release that reworks Photoshop’s core colour-correction capabilities, making them even more powerful

A brilliantly implemented live-view mode and high specs don’t justify the extra price over its sibling

It may not be a looker, but in all other respects this Panasonic is a stunning camera

A significant overhaul and a great camera. At this price it’s the best all-round package on the market

A stylish update to a phenomenal phone, but battery life and the bundled GPS software weigh it down

A fully featured hard disk AVCHD camcorder with plenty of recording space

Form and function meet in the middle in one supremely well-made package

Like Volvos of old, Lenovo was a solid, reliable and unexciting name. Up until now. The business-masters have turned out a very desirable, stylish and powerful laptop.

This notebook is the winner of our Light Laptops roundup. It's solid in every area rather than outstanding in one, and very attractively priced.

A fully featured hard disk AVCHD camcorder with plenty of recording space

More features than similarly-priced cameras, including weatherproofing. JPEGs are a touch soft, though

A solid entry level DSLR with anti-shake and impressive design.

A superbly packaged do-everything mobile workhorse that will appeal to business users and gadget freaks alike.

Yet another leap forward for After Effects, which cements its status as the leading PC video compositing tool.

Not only slightly cheaper than the last version, but now Encore CS3 and OnLocation CS3 are included too.

Not the best road handling, but the offroad features could make it very attractive.