Sound sensation. Average all-round laptops frequently suffer from poor picture and sound quality. Asus masterly breaks out of routined patterns and presents a fairly expensive, but largely convincing multimedian called N75SF. Find out where the strengths and weaknesses of the 17 inch device are in our review.

Purchase Consultation. Nowadays, prospective buyers on the lookout for a mobile gaming platform have to wade through a sea of offers to find the right laptop. This challenge can be especially daunting for inexperienced buyers, so we decided to shed some light on the matter.

Back to the Roots. Without distraction from tablets or netbooks in September, we were able to focus on powerful gaming notebooks, capable allrounders, low priced office companions and ultra-mobile subnotebooks. The winners boast over the top dual GPU's, combine performance with run-time, tinkle with high quality keyboards and defy the scale with very low weight.

Beauty hurts. The first steps towards a stronger design were made with the XPS 15z, and now the more compact 14-inch version is the logical progression. Like its larger brother, the Dell XPS 14z hopes to win over the hearts of customers with its good looks. It also has solid hardware, but that’s by the by...

Hot spec wearer. Toshiba launches another 17 inch notebook, called Satellite P775-100 3D Vision that makes 3D feeling possible at home. Equipped with a powerful Intel CPU and an Nvidia graphics, the laptop can also convert 2D material in 3D - but it's only visible with shutter glasses.

Blu-Ray player. Sony introduces another all-round notebook from the EH series with the Vaio EH1Z1E/B. The highlight is the Blu-Ray player, but the 6 GB of RAM and the 640 GB hard disk are also impressive. Can the notebook convince with only that?

The first Ultrabook. Designed to directly tackle the MacBook Air for hundreds of dollars less, the Acer Aspire S3 has a lot to live up to. Find out here if this early Ultrabook has what it takes to take the ultrathin category crown away from Apple.