Fantastic battery life and a transflective screen aren’t enough to justify a price this high for the everyday business user.

A beautifully designed, powerful system that almost no-one will be able to justify buying. If your IT department can find the budget to put a new Mac Pro on your desktop, you're lucky indeed

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

Apple has given its MacBook Pro a thorough makeover but, for all its charm, it’s still overpriced.

Raw power and gaming prowess plus our a-listed monitor: this is a fantastic system, but the price is a deterrent.

Sony’s Z-Series is an ultraportable to aspire to, even if there are a couple of areas where it could improve.

A period of transition as Adobe deals with its Macromedia inheritance and the changing nature of the web.

Adobe significantly strengthens its print, web and production workflows – and the integration between them

Fantastic 3D performance makes the M1730 ideal for gamers – but only those with capacious wallets.

Superb battery life and features, but poor build quality and an uncomfortable keyboard scupper the Lifebook

Great performance, but variable quality and poor battery life harm the U6’s business ambitions

Eye-catching, but the meagre specification and lack of features harm the Air’s prospects.

Great looks, superb build quality and a world beating software package. It would threaten the A list if it were just a little cheaper.

Small, funky and fast, the studio hybrid is the pick of the small PCs. You've read our first impressions, now see our full review of the Dell Studio Hybrid.

Intriguing styling makes this near-silent media-centre PC stand out, but it has its foibles

Sony’s new laptop sports a Blu-ray writer and one of Intel’s latest Penryn processors, but it’s overpriced.

Fast, stylish and crammed with features, but you’ll need a fat wallet to afford it

A light and well-built business choice, but despite the low-voltage CPU the battery life disappoints

A great set of features and plenty of power, but the price is very high for this ultraportable.

The A700 has excellent image quality, but is let down by design quirks and the high price.