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Alienware's tiny gaming terror returns, and this time with a performance upgrade. But is the M11x still our favourite portable gaming powerhouse?

The M11x isn't exactly light, but it is very portable and the rubberised shell remains surprisingly scratch resistant. Importantly, the screen seems to be of a much better quality now too: it's still the same 1366x768 resolution, which is plenty for ...

Switchable graphics and a Core i5 CPU make the 5820T a very versatile laptop at a reasonable price

The key thing about the dual-graphics setup is it's switchable. Not in the dynamic sense of Nvidia's latest innovations - you still need to manually select one or the other in the driver menu - but when you're out and about, the power-hungry ATI chip ...

Apple finally upgrades to Core i7, but the design isn't perfect and Windows users will find battery life short

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Huge and over the top, but the Aspire offers tremendous power at a surprisingly sensible price

Acer has also included the second most powerful consumer graphics chip this month, with the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 averaging 49fps in our Medium Crysis test, and a creditable 20fps at High settings. With a few detail settings lowered, you may ...

Asus' UL30A delivers a classy, all-round package with truly outstanding battery life

Predictably, the speakers are merely adequate, but at least they're loud and aren't plagued by the tinniness that afflicts several rivals

The desirable MacBook Pro now bears Intel's Core i7 processor and shows the limitations of design

The Intel Core i7-M620 dual core processor provides a solid level of performance, and our benchmark came in at 1.45 overall. However, this was with the Photoshop issues noted above: if you factor in the performance of Photoshop on full CPU power (1.65 ...

HP has taken a winning formula for netbooks and then removed the winning elements

Having said that, the keyboard is sturdy enough, if a little hard under the fingers, without sufficient travel to make for an entirely comfortable experience for long stretches of typing

This new Core i5 laptop from ASUS features USB 3.0, E-Sata, multi-touch and Optimus graphics technology in a 16in chassis

Audio is supplied through Altec Lansing speakers that are built into the snazzy metal grill above the keyboard. This grill also includes buttons for media playback and a highly stylized power button

2010 is already dominated by 3D. Soon stereoscopic 3D glasses will be coming to the laptop space thanks to ASUS and its monstrous G51JX 3D laptop.

ASUS is soon to bring its G51JX 3D 'Republic of Gamers' laptop to Australia. While the production model is not quite ready yet, we have had a pre-release version in the labs for a look at what is in store

The ProBook 4310s is a competent business laptop with plenty of positive qualities

It's a good thing, too, as reflections are kept to a minimum, and despite the slight loss in vibrancy, the HP still made a good fist of our test photos, with accurate colours and only weak contrast counting against it