Dell has built up a reputation for solid, dependable computers that are generally reliable. More at the conservative end of the market, if you like, than going for something flashy with lots of bells and whistles. ...

It used to be the case that if you were a serious PC gamer you had to deny yourself the pleasures of blasting aliens in your favourite first-person shooter when you went on the road. Laptops ...

Not so long ago the trend from notebook manufacturers was to make them as small and light as possible, as the only people who seemingly used laptops were travelling corporate warriors. Times have changed and now ...

The first thing that strikes you about this sleek and practical notebook is that it means business, both for the travelling professional who wants to keep in touch with base and clients, and for the more ...

Breaking with the ritualistic structure of how reviews are supposed to go, we're going to start with the criticisms here. The reason for this clearly radical approach will shortly become clear. The Mobeus AV is a ...

Low, otherwise known as 'lowestonweb.com', is a division of Evesham Technology with the simple remit of selling kit at the lowest price available, at least in the UK. Its first venture into notebooks is the Quest ...

The clue is in the name. This laptop, perhaps against the current trend, is not designed to be an alternative desktop but rather a lightweight travelling companion that will have just enough power under the bonnet ...

Claimed by its makers to be unique, the Series 6210 notebook can be used as a large personal DVD player as well as normal notebook. But it's a bit of a curate's egg; as a DVD ...

If you were offered a new PC based on a 3.4GHz Pentium 4 with 1GB of main memory, an 80GB hard drive, an LCD monitor and a 256MB ATi Radeon graphics card, you'd probably be quite ...

I've never really understood why you'd want a widescreen notebook. OK, I get the bit about watching DVD movies, but every time I try I still get large black bands at the top and bottom of ...

It's a truism that the essentials in life are not glamorous. If you want a dependable runabout, you don't buy Ferrari, and for practical purposes a Timex will do just as well as a Rolex. This ...

There probably isn't a man alive who hasn't dreamt of having a flaming red Ferrari in the garage, before returning to the real world where that sort of price is well beyond his range. Likewise, the ...

Evesham's new Voyager X5 gains instant cachet by having one of Intel's new breed of Pentium M ('Dothan') processors, but as we were to find out, it has more to offer than a fast CPU. And ...

Shall we get the conversation about value for money out the way, right at the start? If you're in the market for a laptop computer, then you'll find plenty available on the market for a lot ...

Rather than follow the more usual design path and create an ultra-portable with no drives bar a hard disk, and about two ports to its name, Toshiba has tried a slightly different approach with the Portégé ...

Iridium's latest notebook appears to have undergone some downsizing. The slim-and-quite-slinky machine features a 12.1-inch screen and compact keyboard that combine to make a smaller laptop than we're use to seeing. It's all deliberate, of course, ...

Anybody who opens the newspaper supplements on a Saturday or Sunday will already be well aware that the prices of laptop computers are dropping. Where once the best part of £1,500 would have got you something ...

Sony has added yet another family to the huge Vaio range of notebooks, namely the K series. This is aimed at home users who want a desktop replacement notebook without paying a (relatively) huge amount for ...

Dell's Inspiron range of notebooks goes from the mobile to the desktop replacement. The latest addition to the line-up, the twin-spindle Inspiron 510M, sits at the higher weight limit of what you might consider 'mobile'. Although ...

Perhaps the ultimate in space-saving PC design, the desktop replacement notebook goes from strength to strength, with popularity showing no signs of waning. And with prices falling they are becoming a reasonable option for the home ...