Around this time of year, interest is high in cheap, portable computers that can still pack a punch whilst also offering entertainment possibilities. To that end, HP has recently refreshed some of its range of consumer ...

Here's a blast from the past that you may recognise. Gateway, the company that was such a dominant force in the market until it disappeared into the sunset (i.e. back to the USA) in 2001, is ...

As laptops take an ever increasing chunk of the home user PC market, it comes as no real surprise to find that most of the major players have at least one gaming notebook on their books, ...

Just one look at the HP Compaq nc4200 tells you exactly who this ultraportable notebook is aimed at. With its dark grey/blue suit, it's clearly a tool for the corporate road warrior, but it's a lot ...

In an ideal world an ultraportable notebook should be not much bigger than a handheld PDA, be easy to type on and have much of the functionality of a full-size notebook. Unlikely, we know. More often ...

You may recognise the Libretto name from the distant past, when handheld PCs were all the rage, but while this Libretto U100 may look and feel like the 90s original (a laptop PC about the size ...

Dell is good at watching a segment of the market mature before launching its own killer response. In the recent past it was the Axim series of PDAs. Now the company has launched a fast notebook ...

The question is: when is a laptop a 'desktop replacement'? The usual answer is when it is capable of emulating most of the features of a desktop while still remaining comparatively portable. However, the recent boom ...

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 ...