Laptops

Acer Aspire TimelineX 4820T Near-desktop performance, nine-hour battery life and a great keyboard; only the screen's vertical viewing angles let it down.

Sony Vaio Y21S1E/L review Decent performance and battery life make the Y21 a great travelling companion, but you pay a huge premium for the brand. Ultimately, there are better-value alternatives.

Dell Alienware M11x review A portable laptop that can play Crysis for almost two hours on battery power is almost unbelievable, but it's tragically let down by the poor screen

Asus U35JC review

Asus K52JC review The Asus K52JC is a well-equipped laptop, but it's overpriced at £700.

Sony Vaio VPC-EE2S1E/B review Sony's latest Vaio looks sleek, but it's not fast enough in everyday applications compared to other laptop, and it has unusually short battery life.

Acer Aspire 5551 review The Acer Aspire 5551 is an attractive laptop that's comfortable to use, but it's not especially fast and the screen is average.

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 15in review The ThinkPad Edge has good performance and battery life but a disappointing screen and smallish hard disk.

Mesh Dynamo 16-RG review The Mesh Dynamo is a powerful laptop, but there are better-value, better-designed alternatives available

Medion Akoya P6625 (MD97409) review With a dual-graphics setup, the P6625 can play games and achieves a reasonable battery life, but the screen's viewing angles are tight and its budget looks won't appeal to everyone.

Sony Vaio EC2S0E/WI review Reasonable 2D and 3D performance and a great design work in its favour, but the EC2S0E/WI's Blu-ray drive alone doesn't justify the high price and the display should be Full HD.

Asus G73Jh review Desktop-level performance and a great Full HD screen make the G73Jh one of the first truly desirable gaming laptops, but it's pricey and the keyboard's build quality is questionable

Toshiba Satellite L670-12J review A good-value, large-screen laptop. Its only weakness is gaming performance.