13 inch laptops - reviews, news and more
This category is all about what we can call the “standard” ultrabook, thin-and-light laptops with 13.3-inch screens. These notebooks provide the ideal mix of power, features and size, and most manufacturers offer several 13 inch models these days. The offer is vast, from thin and very light devices, to powerful laptops with dedicated graphics, from business units with classic designs and matte screens, to multimedia ultrabooks with touchscreens and fancy shells.
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Last year Asus launched the ROG Flow X13 laptop, the smallest member of the ROG family and the most powerful 13-inch convertible available on the market. This year, the 2022 Flow X13 is still part of the lineup and gets a bump to the...
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Last year Lenovo unveiled the ThinkPad X1 Nano, their smallest and lightest member of the ThinkPad X family, and we’ve reviewed it in this detailed article. At under 1 kilo / 2.2 lbs in weight and without sacrificing much on practicality or features, I...
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Razer has officially decided to step into the productivity scene with the Razer Book 13 and it’s been a long time coming. For the past several years, Razer has touted the Blade lineup as something you can use for work and play, but they’ve...
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While still one of the best Windows tablets on the market, the Microsoft Surface Pro 7 was for many years now in dire need of an overhaul, as we concluded in our review of the series. Thankfully, Microsoft have been working on an update...
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If you’ve been here for a while you should know that the Dell XPS 13 has been my ultrabook of choice for many years now, and I’m still using one as my main portable laptop, although not as often as I used to now...
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It’s been a while since I reviewed an actual ultrabook, so I was excited to get some loaner units from Lenovo and try them out. In this review, I’ll be covering the Lenovo ThinkBook 13x – one of Lenovo’s current ultraportable solutions for business...
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Asus are aggressively pushing their newer series of business-oriented laptops called ExpertBook. ExpertBooks have been available for a few years now, but mostly as premium options with the B9 9450 and B9 9400 models that we’ve covered here on the site in the past....
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I’ve already covered the 2021 Asus ZenBook 13 UM325 in a previous review, the smallest member of the ZenBook family that’s available with an OLED screen, Ryzen 5000 U hardware from AMD, and a very competitive price tag for what it is. However, this...
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After spending time with many Ryzen 5000 H laptops in the last weeks, it’s about time for a change of pace. We’re still keeping with AMD laptops, though, this time around with their Ryzen 5000 U Lucienne and Cezanne platforms. The ZenBook 13 UM325...
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Chuwi is a smaller Chinese laptop maker that offers a couple of different budget laptops and ultrabooks, mostly in the $250 to $400 price segments. We’ve partnered with them to announce their new products when available, but I wanted to properly review their laptops...
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Chuwi keep on launching interesting budget laptops, and their latest HeroLook Pro+ is even more affordable than most of their other lineups, starting at $269 at debut. This kind of money buys you a full Windows laptop with a 13-inch 3K 3200 x 1800...
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The ROG Flow X13 is Asus’s first ROG – Republic of Gamers ultrabook and a unique product on today’s market. On a first look, this is a compact 13-inch ultraportable laptop with a convertible 16:10 touchscreen, weighing a little under 3 lbs. Nothing special...
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Lenovo are back at the detachable game with the 2021 Thinkpad X12 Gen 1, a Surface-Pro-style tablet with a keyboard folio accessory, following up on their now-defunct X1 Tablet from a couple of years ago. I’m sure you’re already familiar with the Microsoft Surface...
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The ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga could be the most interesting ThinkPad in years, and I’m glad, but also somewhat surprised, that Lenovo even have this now as part of their conservative ThinkPad series. Over the years, I’ve seen countless pleas on Reddit and various...
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Samsung has launched the new Galaxy Chromebook 2, the first Chromebook on the market with a QLED screen. This will be available in stores in the US by the end of March, for a base price of $550. The new model follows up on...
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Over the years, I’ve greatly appreciated those ultrabooks that could run silently with daily use, with video streaming and text-editing and even browsing. Very few can, though, and most that can are actually fanless and passively-cooled implementations. However, passively cooling current mid-range ultrabook hardware...
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The LarkBook is Chuwi’s latest ultraportable, scheduled for online availability on December 15th, 2020. We’ve covered Chuwi products here on the site before, most of them computers and tablets meant for those of you shopping on limited budgets, but without compromising on most features...
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The ZenBook S is Asus’s premium lineup of ultrabooks, and has been updated as of late-2020 with a brand-new product, code name ZenBook S UX393EA. This is a major revamp of the previous ZenBook S UX392 from 2019, now including a 3:2 wide-gamut touchscreen,...
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In case you wondered what happened to Razer’s pure ultrabook, which used to be the Razer Blade Stealth, Razer has just announced the new Razer Book 13, which will be focused more on productivity and less on gaming. This laptop refills in the gap...
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The ZenBook S Flip UX371 is the premium 2-in-1 convertible offered by ASUS in stores as of late-2020, and their first ultrabook certified as an Intel Evo platform. Only the highest-tier of portable laptops built on Intel Tiger Lake hardware get the Evo badge,...
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Asus have recently revamped their entire lineups of ZenBook ultrabooks, and while I’ve tested most of their clamshell models in recent months, I was yet to touch their updated 2-in-1 convertible models till now. Not anymore, though, this article is our detailed review of...
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Earlier this year I’ve reviewed the 13-inch Swift 3 ultraportable with Intel IceLake hardware, an interesting and fairly affordable portable laptop with a productivity-focused 3:2 display. Several months later, Acer updated the series with the newer Intel Tiger Lake hardware, updated the thermal design...
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Asus premium-line of ultrabooks hasn’t been updated in more than a year, and that’s changing as of late-2020 with the introduction of two new models: the clamshell ZenBook S UX392 and the convertible ZenBook S Flip UX371. These are not just a hardware update...
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Last year I got the opportunity to review two Razer Blade Stealth models – one with the Nvidia MX150 and the other with an updated GTX 1650. While I liked them, there were some aspects about both models which I found a bit frustrating....
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This here is the compact 13-inch ZenBook 13 UX325JA, the mid-2020 update of the popular Asus ZenBook ultrabook series. It’s been slightly redesigned from the previous 13-inch ZenBook UX331 and UX333 models, but more importantly, it features updated hardware (Intel IceLake), updated connectivity with...
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There aren’t many Windows laptops with 3:2 displays out there, and this is the niche Acer aims-for with their 2020 Swift 3 SF313-52 model. Most notebooks get wider 16:9 screens, with some moving to 16:10 displays lately, such as the Dell XPS 13 or...
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Lenovo’s (and previously IBM’s) ThinkPads are some of the most popular ultraportable notebooks of the last decades. But what if you need a solid all-day ultrabook and don’t like the sober black looks or don’t have the budget to go with a ThinkPad? Here...
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You may remember that I just recently reviewed the Razer Blade Stealth 13, Quartz edition. With the MX150 GPU, I thought it was adequate for most purposes, although a little pricey. It wasn’t much of a gaming laptop though, which is certainly what Razer...
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For years now, the Dell XPS 13 has been my personal ultrabook of choice and one of the better thin-and-light notebooks on the market. However, the XPS 13 hasn’t seen a significant update for a while, and that’s changing with the early-2020 Dell XPS...
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The ThinkPad X13 and X13 Yoga are the updated 2020 models in the Lenovo ThinkPad X lineup, and direct follow-ups of the ThinkPad X390 and X390 Yoga from 2019. Much like all the other ThinkPad updates scheduled for the first part of this year,...
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Fanless laptops (completely silent) in 2024 – the best options
In this article, we’re discussing fanless laptops and silent Windows ultrabooks and Chromebooks, or in other words, laptops with passive cooling solutions, without a fan that spins and makes...
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