Sound booster. Poor speakers are a weakness that many notebook users know especially well. Logitech offers a stable laptop tray with two high-end speakers called Speaker Lapdesk N550. Is it the perfect gadget even without a fan or USB interfaces?

Touchbook. The Iconia is the Ferrari in Acer's tablet campaign. We see it rather more as a tank. Weight and size are far from any kind of portable lightness. Nevertheless, the control concept of the foldable tablet works.

Netbook with powerful graphics? HP is trusting in the latest Fusion hardware from AMD for this dm1-3180eg netbook. An E-350 dual-core processor, 3 GB of RAM and an integrated HD 6310 graphics chip should boost the 11-inch midget’s performance.

3D Envy. HP brings in a top notch entertainer with the HP Envy 17. Great design and high end materials, as well as workmanship are only a few points on its long list of features. Another highlight is the utilization of a 3D display in the Envy range.

Decisions, decisions, decisions. More and more games are drawing on the power of three or four CPU cores. But does a high-end processor make much of a difference when combined with a mid-grade graphics card? We aimed to find out in testing the performance of seven Sandy Bridge CPUs on four recent games.

Energy Saver. AMD Fusion enters the aggressively priced 400 Euro laptop segment. With just about 5 hours of operating time, a low power consumption, and practically no heat dissipation or system noise, the good value for money 15.6 inch Acer has several advantages.

Temporary game. Many potential customers hoped that laptops with Sandy Bridge CPUs will be available soon. However, things turned out differently. The launch of such laptops was delayed until beginning/mid of march, because of a fault in the Intel chipset. But, thanks to AMD Fusion the last month was nevertheless not boring.

Big Business. Logitech's Performance Mouse MX is it's current top-model for the office and comes with a Darkfield Laser Sensor, unifying-receiver and an extensive package of accessories. The perfect business-mouse even without a charging station?

Goodbye Glare-Type Samsung is shying away from glare-type screens and has equipped this well-rounded office notebook with a matte (and still bright) display. Check out the "Display" section of the review to see how the matte screen differs from a glossy one.

The Allrounder 2.0. Schenker's successful XMG A500 multimedia notebook gets a potent successor. The XMG A501 is equipped with a GeForce GT 540M as well as a cutting-edge Sandy Bridge processor. Find out in this review whether or not changes have been made in terms of temperature and volume.