A new design and a fantastic new graphics chip, but this latest offering is as flawed and overpriced as ever.

Impressive in several areas, but other laptops offer better features and more performance for less cash.

An inexpensive laptop that, when it comes to style and quality, more than punches above its weight

Very fast for some applications, but poor gaming performance and strong competition reduces its appeal.

Still one of the best examples of laptop design in the market, but there are compromises

A decent machine with plenty of power, but it’s not earth shattering in terms of features and value.

The best convertible tablet we’ve seen great performance and great design at a decent price.

Great ergonomics are let down by a few mediocre components and limited portability. But some features will tempt many.

Very powerful and, with few features missing, it’s good value at the price.

Impressive quality, considering the bargain basement price. We're talking sub $1000 here.

It’s great value and will tempt some people thanks to its size and multimedia abilities.

The sweet taste of AM2, in the form of an ultraportable powerhouse.

Right now, this is the best bargain to be had in the notebook world.

The Inspiron 630m is Dell’s first 14-inch widescreen notebook.

Small but packed with features, this Lifebook is a stunner.

Wrapped in an attractive silver chassis, this sexy looking notebook is easy on the eye, and features all of the latest gadgets. The left-hand side of the machine features the usual legacy parallel and DB9 monitor out for use with an external monitor, although both are hidden beneath a rubber cover so as not to ruin the smooth clean lines of this housing.

When we ran four tablet PCs in December 2002 (Issue 61, page 36) we got plenty of response from readers looking to find out more about them. Over a year on now and tablets have increased dramatically in spec and design although pricing hasn’t reduced as much as we’d expected - possibly since they still haven’t made mass market appeal and sales.

Looking quite a lot like what I imagined the son of Apple's Titanium and Powerbook lines of notebooks would turn out, the AStone notebook features both the Titanium's solid matte silver magnesium-alloy body with the Powerbook's white limned styling. From the very outset this makes the AStone one visually appealing notebook.

The new 12in PowerBook G4 is a truly beautiful piece of equipment. It sports a superb screen, the best portable keyboard ever and a super-slick, slot-loading DVD/CD-RW combo drive. Add FireWire, Bluetooth, Ethernet, a couple of USB ports and the usual external sound and video ports and it seems like everything you could want is on offer at a sub- $4,000 price.