Our favourite laptops of 2008

By Staff writers on 03 December 2008

This year has been a minor shake up for the laptop industry.

The Atom-powered netbook, for one, changed everything for a lot of users. The MacBook range got decent graphics rolled out from top to bottom. Gigabit Ethernet and wireless N became the de facto standard thanks to Centrino 2, and eSATA and DisplayPort have begun their rise to prevalence. Power saving above all came into the limelight, with LED screens becoming the in thing.

It seems the big laptops got bigger, the small smaller, and the light, well, have stayed pretty much the same, but have gotten more features.

There's still time left in the year — so if something comes along that makes the grade, the round-up will be updated. For now, this is CNET Australia's pick of the bunch.

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Comments (8)

  • antipom commented on 15/07/2009 16:48 Report abuse

    I'd rather drink earl grey and worship the queen than get a macbook.

  • gotverren commented on 09/07/2009 23:32 Report abuse

    i spent about 500 GBp on this laptop and its a great bargain for such an expensive laptop, however even for 500 ( half its original price ) i still dont like it enough as some Sony Vaio Fz series laptops.

    ppl, if u have money and are spoilt and love a fashionable laptop, get this shitty macbook.

    if u wanna be smart and save a little + get a killer entertainment laptop with the top specs, choose anything else.

    =)

  • SarahJ88 commented on 05/07/2009 19:02 Report abuse

    I personally wouldn't buy a macbook even if I had the money. The specs on it compaired to other ones out there are crap. I mean come on only 2gb ram and 320gb hard drive? You can find a better one with 4GB ram and 500gb hard drive for half the price of a mac.

  • DB SAY HI commented on 01/07/2009 18:19 Report abuse

    MACBOOK is the biggest rip off IF cnet wasn't a big rich site they would know that 500-2000 FOR A OS is completly OBSURD

  • Kyle Woolf commented on 25/06/2009 23:53 Report abuse

    I gots one, 2.26 ghz 13" MacBook Pro and i love it

  • getmeone?! commented on 24/05/2009 06:19 Report abuse

    i want one.. but i ccant have one.
    its tooooo exy.

  • sexmagnet101 commented on 20/05/2009 12:19 Report abuse

    the macbook is the sexiest laptop around

  • dudedue11222 commented on 18/05/2009 18:36 Report abuse

    I love macbook!

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