Notebooks

Reviews and buying advice.

Top rated Ultrabooks: January 2012

Our top rated Ultrabooks for January 2012

Top rated laptops: January 2012

Our 10 top rated notebooks for January 2012

Top rated laptops of 2011

With over 70 laptops reviewed this year, here are our 20 top-rated models

Top all-purpose notebooks: October 2011

Our 10 top rated laptops for work and play

Top rated laptops: September 2011

Here are the laptops that received the highest review ratings in September.

Latest Reviews

HP Envy 15 notebook

Good audio performance and a useful set of features make this a worthwhile notebook, but it could use some refinement

Fujitsu LifeBook TH701 laptop

A versatile 12.1in notebook that can be converted into a tablet

Toshiba Qosmio X770 gaming notebook

A 3D gaming notebook with a questionable design, but plenty of power under the hood

Fujitsu LifeBook SH771 laptop

A 13.3in laptop that's thin and light, yet equipped with a DVD burner and a full-voltage Intel Core i5 CPU

HP Folio 13-1008TU Ultrabook

The Folio 13 is well built, looks good and is a pleasure to use. It's most definitely one of the best Ultrabooks on the Aussie market.

Samsung Series 7 Chronos (NP700Z5A-S04AU) notebook

The Chronos is an attractive laptop with some great features, but it's let down by a very poor touchpad

HP EliteBook 8560w Mobile Workstation

HP EliteBook 8560w review: A big, tough notebook for professionals who require lots of mobile processing power

Toshiba Satellite Z830 (PT22LA-001001) Ultrabook

Toshiba Satellite Z830 review: An Ultrabook that's only 1.1kg and 16mm thick, yet well featured and user friendly

Medion Akoya P7812 (MD 98770) notebook

Medion Akoya P7812 (MD 98770) review: A well rounded budget notebook that can be used for a little bit of everything, including gaming

ASUS Zenbook UX31 (CUX31E-RY010V) Ultrabook

ASUS Zenbook UX31 review: This Ultrabook has the looks and specs, but it's not big on user comfort

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Latest Articles

Article | 18/01/2012 AMD's Ultrathin Set to Undercut Intel Ultrabooks by $200

AMD is preparing chipsets for thin laptops that would cost up to $200 less than an Intel-powered Ultrabook, according to a Digitimes report. AMD hopes...

Article | 11/01/2012 Dell XPS 13: our first impression of this 13.3in Ultrabook

Dell has today unveiled its first Ultrabook, the XPS 13. It's a 13.3in laptop with a maximum thickness of 18mm (at its thickest point) and a weight of...

Article | 11/01/2012 Dell aims high with its XPS 13 Ultrabook

Dell laptops of the last few years have been mostly...boring. Boring, and sort of cheap-feeling. It seems as though Dell was leading the charge in a "...

Article | 11/01/2012 Windows 8 to tame storage hassle with 'Spaces' technology

Windows 8 will tame data loss and storage bloat on PCs by offering a simple form of the thin provisioning and virtualisation technology more commonly ...

Article | 10/01/2012 Cut The Rope comes to PC via Internet Explorer 9

ZeptoLab's popular puzzle, Cut The Rope, has made the leap from its original home on smartphones and tablets to the PC.

Article | 10/01/2012 It's a tablet, it's an Ultrabook, it's the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga

Windows 8 is designed to be at home on both traditional PCs and tablets. Lenovo is taking this to heart with a products designed to be both. The Lenov...

Article | 9/01/2012 Lenovo unveils a slew of new IdeaPad laptops

Hot on the heels of the announcement of new ThinkPad corporate laptops for 2012, Lenovo is showcasing its coming consumer lineup, which sells under th...

Article | 10/01/2012 Intel: future ultrabooks will come with touchscreens, voice recognition

Future ultrabook laptops will have touchscreens, voice recognition, longer battery life and lower prices, an Intel executive said Monday, as he also t...

Article | 9/01/2012 Acer shows laptop with Intel's Ivy Bridge at CES

Acer has become one of the first PC makers to show a laptop with Intel's upcoming Core processor code-named Ivy Bridge, which will deliver better appp...

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