Not a stylish machine, but it’s good value, well built and boasts surprisingly impressive battery life

Great for executives on the move thanks to size and decent battery life, but the missing optical drive disappoints.

Graphic Splash notebooks available in limited quantities.

Some interesting technology, married with superb performance – and a huge price tag.

Sony has announced new VAIO CR and NR series notebooks, as well as a new VAIO “Panel PC".

Beautifully designed with excellent battery life and generous features – but it’s expensive.

Apple’s ads may be funny, but they’re woefully inaccurate. Here we reveal dozens of reasons why the PC outclasses the Mac.

The most fully-featured notebook we’ve seen, but price will determine just how desirable this stylish notebook really is.

An incredibly light and practical notebook for frequent travellers, but not without its quirks.

Looks and feels good, but performance is more super Aguri than Scuderia.

Despite the improved specifications, the Q1-SSD is anything but mobile computing nirvana.

Speedy and adequately functional for light use, the UX27– though not perfect – is the best UMPC yet.

Incredible design and amazing battery life makes the G118 a tempting mobile option.

A decent multimedia notebook, but it’s not exciting enough for the price.

Despite some welcome additions and good components, this Acer notebook is left wanting.

It's the return of the twin graphics chip powered laptop, but this time Core2 Duo power is under the hood.

'Type G' Vaio aimed at Japanese business users.

Blu-ray takes another tentative step towards the mass market, but is now the time to buy?

Small but perfectly formed, the D420 has hours of battery life and loads of features and great ergonomics.

Two features step into the ring, and take each other out. It's a nice concept though.