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

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

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

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

Can multi-touch make tablets hip again? The HP TouchSmart TX2 handles multiple finger gestures, but the inputs need a little work.

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

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

MSI's Prestige laptop comes with a whole bunch of goodies: how does a wireless mouse, 4GB USB key, leather carrybag and leather stitched lid sound, for starters? And that's before you look under the lid.

Fantastic looks but a high price for what is, essentially, the same old netbook under the hood.

Another good laptop from Toshiba, but the 12.1in Portégé M800 struggles in such fine company.

An extremely well built and comfortable machine, blessed with striking looks and a great price.

As we open the box it hits us, the unmistakable wafting scent of a pine forest, floating on the summer breeze and carrying away our troubles . . .

A superb small laptop that offers plenty of features, power and value for money

In a world filled with gorgeous Sony, Apple and even Dell laptops, a sober, matte black machine aimed at consumers has to be truly special to turn heads. The IdeaPad Y430 is a well-built Centrino 2 machine that lacks nothing in the way of features, speed or value

Designed to sit between the low-end Inspiron and high-end XPS families, it comes in 15in and 17in flavours and its target audience could be pretty much anyone: few laptops are as customisable as this.

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.

Intel has been banging on about Centrino 2 lately, so it was good to finally get a chance to test the claims courtesy of a spanking new mid-range Centrino 2 M51 Va courtesy of ASUS.

HTC’s long-awaited Shift is finally here, but despite valiant efforts it fails to revitalise the UMPC template