If you're looking for the right laptop to help create your next masterpiece then there's a strong case to be made for the HP Pavilion dv7.

Are excellent media credentials and a great price enough to ignore a couple of minor flaws?

The HP Pavilion g6-1331ea is a low-cost laptop with extraordinary power that tears up the rulebook in what can be achieved on a tight budget.

The HP g6-1331ea is a low-cost machine with extraordinary power, that tears up the rulebook in what can be achieved on a tight budget.

A highly portable, Intel-powered laptop - isn't that an Ultrabook? Well not in the case of the Pavilion m6.

There's more to the notebook market than just Ultrabooks, you know? That's the message from HP at least, who has unleashed its "smallest and lightest ever" business PC.

The new HP Folio 13 is a cross between the classic corporate computer and the modern, ultra-portable PC laptop.

The explosion of Ultrabooks has served to expose the swathes of poor quality, bulky and slow laptops that have plagued consumers over the last few years, and the HP ProBook 4535s is one such machine.

The HP Mini Beats will offer you basic performance and a pretty decent battery life wrapped up in a chassis that is light, portable and perfect for taking on your travels.

Clad in HP's customary black and silver, the £600 HP Pavilion dv6-6b50sa is an affordable, feature-packed media laptop.

With the draw of HP's premium Envy range and Dr Dre's urban cool Beats brand, the HP Envy 14 Spectre will be hard to ignore.

The Compaq Presario CQ57-366SA won't win any awards for its looks, but does offer the things we look for in a budget laptop.

It's not often that a laptop will get everything right when it comes to media playing but the HP Pavilion dv7-6b51ea is different, and ticks all the boxes required to make a fantastic media centre laptop.

HP's Pavilion range was never going to offer the same 'wow factor' as its premium Envy line and we couldn't pick out its previous dm4 Pavilion in a line up. But HP's new dm4-3000ea Pavilion Beats Edition is far from anonymous.

This light and small 11.6-inch PC laptop comes at a time when tablets and ultrabooks are fast becoming the main rivals of standard compact laptops

Beats Audio and Envy savvy on a mid-range machine

Stunning performance for the budget price

A powerful ultra-portable laptop with an excellent screen, but it suffers from poor battery life

A hulking media machine that excels in sound and vision

A solid budget portable that offers good value for money

A compact ultra-portable laptop with a sharp and vibrant screen

Packed with power, but a little rough around the edges

A laptop with serious processing power and excellent portability

A solid design and great graphics make this a budget beauty

It's huge, it's cheap, but is HP's low-end 17-inch laptop any good?