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A big brash, powerful pc with loads of features and a giant screen. It’s a good thing, because the orange case distracts from the DDR5’s true purpose: performance.

A Blu-ray drive is just about the only justification for the Sony’s high price; it’s poor value overall.

Easy to use and performed well, but falls short in key areas

It’s incredibly powerful, but recent releases offer similar performance for significantly less money.

A popular and fast top-end option, but it’s losing its grip to new competition from both sides.

Powerful and well featured, but the ergonomics and battery life let it down.

Several manufacturers this month have sought to distinguish their products through design. None, however, has gone so far as Seagate to challenge our expectations of an external hard disk.

A new way forward for ultraportables, combining an incredible low weight with unrivalled ergonomic excellence

Beautifully designed with a clear interface, but format support is limited

A Blu-ray drive is just about the only justification for the Sony’s high price; it’s poor value overall.

A monster PC thanks to some very high-end components. But it’s noisy and expensive.

This first of a new generation is only a little faster than the old, but its potential is clearly huge

A very fast, well-built high-end PC. But a few niggles and high price keep it off the A-List.

Excellent quality, but the high price and sheer size make it impractical for all but a few niche applications.

Great real-time performance, particularly with high definition footage. But the EDIUS Pro software still needs a few more features to usurp the competition.

A superb screen that excelled in our tests, but you can get the same performance for less.