You don't get much more grunt for your buck than with MSI's GX723.

A meaty graphics card and processor help immeasurably in online confrontations, giving you extra milliseconds to type witty retorts to your foes.

Hit the turbo button for an instant boost to your processor speed, like using a nitro in a racing game. Speed? Gaming? Scalextric? You get it. £999, out now...

1. Power up
A brisk, 2.4GHz intel core 2 Duo processor, intel Pm45 Express chipset and 512mB nvidia GeForce Gt 130m graphics card power the msi along apace.

2. Turbo boost
Hit the button above the keyboard to increase the speed of the CPU by 16 per cent, effectively wringing 2.7GHz from the default 2.4GHz processor. You'll need to be plugged into the mains, though.

3. À la mode
The Eco quick launch sensor switches between five modes. the gaming one ramps up screen brightness to the max and cranks up the processor.

4. Portable Odeon
Movie mode maxes the processor, puts screen brightness at 75 per cent and disables the screensaver.

5. Max PowerPoint
So as not to distract presentees, Presentation mode dims the screen.

6. Office space
The office mode lowers screen brightness to 25 per cent and powers down the processor to extend battery life – it doesn't take much oomph to use word, after all.

7. Extra life
Slip into turbo Battery mode and the msi turns off wireless, dims the screen and powers down the hard drive after five minutes to eke out more stamina.

8. Funnel of love
The HDmi cable not only lets you run hi-def movies to your TV, it also lets you transfer data at 5Gbps, so you can transfer a moviesized file in mere seconds – if you can find anything to plug it into, anyway...