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While 15 inch ultrabooks are still a rare commodity these days, more and more potential buyers are interested in this class of portable machines, as they offer the power and the features required by most everyday activities, while losing the bulk. The Asus Vivobook...
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After having the Sony Vaio Pro 13 last week on my test bench, this week I got to play with the Sony Vaio Duo 13. Once again, this was a pre-release unit coming directly from Sony, but it’s identical to the unit in stores...
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The Vaio Duo 11 was one of the most interesting laptops from 2012 and one of the few decent convertible ultrabooks of that time. In the meantime, Sony launched the Vaio Duo 13, a revamped version of the Duo 11 that addresses most of...
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During the last years, Sony’s Vaio Z was among the best, if not THE best, business ultraportable on the market. This year though Sony decided to bring the Z to a halt, and offer a different kind of successor. And so the Vaio Pro...
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In this article we’re having the Vaio Duo 13 and the Vaio Pro 13 side by side, in a quick comparison. I’m just going to tell you what are the main differences between these two lines, but if you’re looking for more details on...
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You can see the Sony Vaio Pro 13, the ultrabook we’re going to review for you in this article, as a successor for the famous Vaio Z lines of business laptops. There are of course plenty of details setting the new and the old...
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While the Asus Transformer Book TX300 just recently hit the stores in only a handful of countries, it looks like Asus are already working on several followups for that particular unit, based on what they displayed on the showfloors at Computex and their Press...
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Among their several new lines of Haswell ultrabooks, Sony launched the Vaio Duo 13 as well. We’ve tested their previous Vaio Duo 11 a while ago and there were a couple of things I didn’t like about that particular laptop. The 13 inch version...
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Sony recently launched the Vaio Pro lines of premium ultrabooks and there are two distinct members in this family, the 13 inch Pro 13, and the smaller 11.6 inch Pro 11. And while the two share plenty of common traits, the more compact Pro...
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Haswell is here and that means we’ll see a whole bunch of new ultrabooks and ultra-portables in stores in the next few months. Asus just recently announced their new lines, and among them there are two new Zenbooks, the Asus Zenbook Infinity and the...
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The Asus Zenbooks are among the most popular ultrabooks of the moment, and there are plenty of reasons why you would want to buy them. However, there are several different Zenbooks available in stores right now, and that can get a bit confusing. Thus,...
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While most ultrabooks do not pack optical drives, whether CD, DVD or Blu-Ray units, there are some options out there that still offer this feature. So if you are looking for an ultrabook with an optical drive, this article is going to come in...
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Today we’re going to review the much awaited Asus Transformer Book TX300. The one I’m playing with is a press-sample, but it should be very close to what’s been on sale in the last weeks in several countries throughout Europe. On a first look,...
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After reviewing the Asus Vivobook X202E a while ago, it’s now time to put its bigger brother to some intensive tests, the Asus Vivobook S400CA. From starters, you should know that the Vivobook S400 is a fairly priced 14 inch ultrabook, with a solid...
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In this post we’re taking a detailed look at the Asus VivoBook X202E as it is known in the US, or the Vivobook S200 / S200E as it’s called over here in Europe. This is Asus’s new 11.6 inch affordable mini laptop running Windows...
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The Asus VivoBook U38N is an ultraportable laptop. It looks a lot like the Asus Zenbook UX32A on the outside, but it’s not an ultrabook, because it’s built on an AMD hardware platform. That’s a bit unusual in a market mostly dominated by Intel...
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Today we’re taking a detailed look at the Asus Zenbook UX32A. This is Asus’s most affordable ultrabook available right now, starting at around $700, and while it looks pretty much like the Zenbook Prime UX31A on the outside, there are some corners Asus had...
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The Dell XPS 13 is and has been one of the most appreciated 13.3 inch ultrabooks available in stores. And for several good reasons: it looks awesome, is solid built, powerful and more compact than the average 13.3 incher in its class. Besides what’s...
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A while ago I’ve tested the Vaio T13 and in the meantime Sony has two more ultraportables on the market, the T14, which comes with a 14 inch screen, and the T15, with a 15.5 inch screen. This way, if you were after a...
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Back in May, HP announced the Envy Spectre XT, their main 13 inch ultrabook for 2012. At the time, I was considering it just a fancy laptop, more focused on looks than anything else, especially since it came after the HP Folio 13, a...
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The Zenbooks are among the most popular ultrabooks of the moment, and for good reasons. However, while it might seem like there’s only one 13 inch Asus ultrabook available in stores, in reality there are a bunch of them, with different code names. In...
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Not even 12 months have passed since the first ultrabooks hit the stores. And while those early models had their issues, they cleared the way for the things to come: a myriad of thin and light laptops, some of them very very good. The...
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Toshiba might have brought two entirely new lines of ultrabooks to the public over in Berlin at the IFA 2012, but that doesn’t mean the old Portege Z830/Z835 has been forgotten. One of the best 13-inchers from last year has been refreshed and rehashed,...
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Now this is quite the surprise! We were expecting a bunch of cool new “toys” to be unveiled at the IFA in Berlin, but the Sony Vaio Duo 11 is actually something special. It’s a tablet in ultrabook clothes (or the other way around),...
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The ultrabook “branch” of portable computers is a relatively young one, but in the year since we saw the first ever ultrabook released, the niche has evolved and changed significantly. Not only are the new ultrabooks snappier and more elegant than the ones from...
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Toshiba has been one of the busiest bees at the IFA 2012 in Berlin, strengthening the company’s line-up of ultrabooks with no less than four fresh new devices. However, each of these has a particular focus and a certain niche it’s ready to attack,...
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While there are a few ultrabooks available these days, only a hand-full of them can bear the “premium” stamp. The Asus Zenbook Prime UX31A and the Acer Aspire S5 are two of these and if you’re looking for a top 13.3 inch ultrabook these...
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We’re taking a look in this post at the Lenovo IdeaPad U310, one of the most affordable ultrabooks on the market. A lower price-tag usually means that corners had to be cut, but you’ll find out by the end of the review that this...
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Acer’s first ultrabook, the Aspire S3, was one of the poorest ultrabooks launched last year, but had a low price on its side. Back in January, Acer launched its successor for the S3, the Acer Aspire S5, with a thin and light body, fast...
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Today seems like the perfect time for ranking, organizing and comparing what we think are THE laptops of the last couple of months and what will probably be some of the most popular computers of the next couple of years: ultrabooks. We are going...
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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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