Gone are the days when machines were plain beige boxes with a floppy drive (try telling college that), as this brand new Sony Vaio design shows. Now, don’t get me wrong, I haven’t lost my Apple flair - but that is one very sexy design. In fact, I’d go as far as to say that - if it were aluminium - it would be better than Apple’s G5. I’ve always put Sony as a close second to Apple in the design and aesthetics side of things, and this really impresses me.

The silver box at the front has an easy-to-remove side, and houses the hard drives in the machine. There are four hard drive slots, and they can be combined in a Raid system. It’s a very nice piece of kit. Congratulations Sony on breaking the mould, and trying something new. I hope it catches on!