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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Dual-screen and foldable notebooks are expected to blossom in the next years, and Lenovo is among the first to announce a foldable ultrabook with the ThinkPad X1 Fold, a follow-up of the folding X1 prototype they briefly presented in 2019. Update: As of 2022,...
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The Surface Pro X is Microsoft’s take at a pro-level computer meant to provide the full Windows experience on an ARM (Qualcomm Snapdragon) platform. Why is this important? Well, mostly because an ARM product is going to be slimmer, lighter, longer-lasting on a charge...
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Dell’s refreshed XPS 13 7390 is one of the better thin-and-lights ultrabooks available in stores these days, and like most other Core U devices on the market, has been recently updated to Intel’s latest hardware: 10th gen Comet Lake. However, aside from the standard...
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Google’s Chromebooks have occupied a strange space since the release of the first Chromebook Pixel in 2013. The flagship devices represent the best features Chrome OS has to offer, and every release pushes the boundaries of Chromebooks. The most recent “flagship” Chromebook, 2017’s Pixelbook,...
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Update 2 (July 12, 2019): Article updated to include comment speculation 10nm and 14nm variants of XPS 13 in traditional and convertible designs Update 1 (July 11, 2019): The original edition of this article mistook Comet Lake 14nm for Ice Lake 10nm. Both chips...
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Despite the whole controversy around the Huawei company, it’s hard to deny they still make some of the best value notebooks on the market. Thus, if you’re fine with buying a Huawei product (it’s up to you, but as long as you’re not working...
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Razer was kind enough to send me a sample of their 2019 Razer Blade Stealth – a pink one in fact! I’ve seen other reviews on this one already, but I figured I’d put my two cents in as well. Overall, I found it...
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The Dell XPS 13 has been my ultrabook of choice for a few years now. I own and have been constantly using while on the go an XPS 13 9343, and I’ve reviewed here on the site all the later updates released in the last...
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Following the current trend of shrinking laptop bezels, Asus announced two updated ZenBook series that will be available in 2019, alongside the already existing ZenBook lines with thin bezels launched in the second half of 2018 (UX333, UX433 and UX533). One of them is...
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This article is about the Lenovo Yoga C930, Lenovo’s top-of-the-line consumer convertible laptop and a follow-up of the popular Yoga 920 and 910 from previous years. It’s been available on the market for a few months now, so we were able to test if...
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This article is our detailed review of the Asus ZenBook 13 UX333FN, the smallest modern laptop with dedicated graphics you can find in stores as of late-2018 and the beginning of 2019. However, we’ll also touch of the ZenBook UX333FA variant, which is the...
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I’ve spent a few weeks with the Asus ZenBook Flip UX362FA and gathered all my impressions in this article, with the good parts and the quirks you’ll have to be aware of if interested in buying one. As the name suggests if you’re familiar...
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We don’t often review Chromebooks here, but I’ve spent time with a handful of them over the years and witnessed how their functionality has evolved. This article is about one of the premium-tier Chromebooks of the moment, and also one of the fastest: the...
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I’ve bought a Dell XPS 13 as soon as the compact refresh was initially released back in 2015, and I’ve been using it ever since as my travel laptop. You can find my initial impressions in this article, as well as my long-term experience with...
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If you’re shopping for an all-day laptop with an affordable price, there’s a good chance you already came upon one of the existing Acer Swift 3s. The original Swift 3 was an excellent notebook at its time, the follow-up was a solid performer as...
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Ever have one of those situations where you need a tablet, but you have a touchscreen laptop? Or you need a laptop, but only have a tablet? You might have filled the void by carrying both, or might have also tried the many 2-in-1...
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This article is about the Asus Zenbook S UX391 series, Asus’s new flagship clamshell thin-and-light ultraportable for 2018. It’s meant to compete with the top contenders out there, like the Dell XPS 13 9370 or the Huawei MateBook X Pro, with whom it shares...
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The Lenovo Yoga 920 is one of the better convertible ultraportables available in stores as of the Spring of 2018, and we’ve talked about it in a previous article. It’s very well built, it packs an excellent display with Pen support, a nice keyboard,...
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For the last years Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms have been an important part of most high-end smartphones and tablets out there, but as of late 2017 Qualcomm and Microsoft unveiled the first Windows 10 commercial products built on Snapdragon hardware. I’m not going to get...
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The second half of 2017 is finally the right time to buy an all-round ultra-portable laptop that can handle standard everyday activities such as browsing, movies or music, but also games, graphics editing, and some other more demanding chores. And that’s because Intel has...
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2-in-1 thin-and-light laptops have been around for a few years now and they’ve got to the point where they can meet most expectations, with few to no compromises. Most of them are still fairly heavy to hold and use in tablet mode, which is the...
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If you’re in the market for a compact laptop with a convertible screen and have around $800 to $1000 to spend, the 13-inch Lenovo Yoga 720 should be on your list. It’s a mid-2017 launch from Lenovo and inherits many features from the premium Yoga...
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There are quite a few premium ultraportables with convertible screens on the market, and this article is about one of better options in the segment: the Lenovo Yoga 910-13IKB. It’s not a new product, it was in fact launched back in 2016, but it’s...
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OEM’s focused much on creating thinner and lighter laptops in the last years, yet only a few turned their attention on the overall footprint of their devices. Dell was one of the first with the XPS 13 series launched back in 2015, which is...
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One of my favorite laptops of 2015 was the HP Spectre x360, which I reviewed in this article. It’s a powerful, portable laptop that can also function as a tablet and it even had a couple other uses that I did not foresee. Back...
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If you’re looking for a Core U laptop with a compact case, convertible form-factor and an affordable price, then you absolutely have to check-out the Acer Spin 5, a device that’s already available in stores and sells for $499 and up in the US...
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There are many great ultraportable laptops out there these days, so when it comes to the premium segment each manufacturer tries to put their products on the map in some way. With the Swift 7 (also known as the Aspire Swift 7) Acer went...
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With the Zenbook Flip UX360UA Asus targets the popular segment of mid-level ultraportables with a 2-in-1 form factor, ruled in the last years by devices like the HP Spectre 13 x360, Lenovo Yoga 910 or the Samsung ATIV Book 9 Spin. Just like the...
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The Asus Zenbooks released in the last year and a half aimed mostly at the average consumer and had the excellent features to price ratio as their top selling point, so it’s been a while since we’ve actually seen a compact Zenbook that could...
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Asus will upgrade their popular Zenbook UX305 series in the second half of 2016, and the updated model is rebranded as the Zenbook UX306 series. The Zenbook UX305 was well appreciated by reviewers and buyers for the fact it offered looks, performance, a decent...
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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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