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...
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...
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...
The Fujitsu Lifebook U772 is only one of the few proper business ultrabooks out there right now. Unlike regular ultrabooks, business targeted such devices need to offer some features and functions corporate users must have in order to be able to perform their daily...
With their new Zenbook Primes, Asus tries to fix most of the issues users encountered with their first generation ultrabooks and add a couple of extras on top, just enough to make these perhaps the best ultrabooks money can buy right now. In this...
While ultrabooks have been around for a year or so, most of the available models are compact 13.3 inchers, with some 11.6 and 14 inch alternatives. However, customers love 15.6 inch laptops, as these are by far the best sold on the market. Thus,...
Ultra-responsive, ultra-sleek and ultra-snappy. An optimal blend of responsiveness and performances. A revolutionary way of computing. The sleekest and strongest portable computers. These are just a few of the advertising slogans used to market ultrabooks in the last couple of months. But because we...
Ultrabooks are a getting more and more popular these days, but some of you might find the many 13.3-inch options too small for daily use. If that’s the case, the Dell XPS 14 could be a model to consider, with stylish design, sturdy unibody...
Over at TLBHD.com I’ve posted the review for the Asus U32V (Asus U32VD in the US), after playing with it for a while. I called it a potential ultrabook alternative and that’s because the U32V is a 13.3 inch portable laptop, just as most...
While the first generation Acer ultrabooks (the Aspire S3) was not so well received by reviewers and customers all around the globe, Acer seem to have learned their lesson and worked hard on their new devices. The Acer Aspire S7 is their latest creation,...
Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 is one of the most popular portable laptops of the last couple of months, that’s why I’m pretty sure many of you will get excited when reading about its updated kin, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon. The new model does bring...
After missing out on the first ultrabook wave last year (with the HP Folio 13 joining the game a bit later), HP is simply bombarding us with ultrabooks lately, making it hard for us to even keep count of all of the company’s new...
Back at CES in January I saw some early Sony ultrabook prototypes but back then there were no details of a final shipping date. Today, Sony officially announced the Vaio T11 and T13 lines, their first ever ultrabooks, that will be available in stores...
Now that the first ultrabook wave, featuring such products as the Asus Zenbook UX31, the Lenovo U300S or the Toshiba Portege Z835, is pretty much history, it’s time to concentrate on the second wave, started with the unveilings of Acer’s S5, M3 and M5,...
Ever since Intel has announced the start of a new class of ultraportable and strong laptops called ultrabooks, questions started rising on our lips. Will ultrabooks revolutionize the market? Will they replace netbooks, tablets, will they chip some of the regular laptops’ popularity? Or...
HP are one of the biggest laptop movers in the world, but over the years, they mostly focused on cheap machines, with little consideration for design and attention to details. That has changed recently, and laptops like the HP Folio 13 we’re reviewing here...
Many of the ultrabooks available these days draw attention with their slim and compact build, long battery life and snappy performance. However, some features have to be left on the side with this kind of thin and light computers, as there’s just not enough...
Whether you like it or not, you are one of their dedicated fans or, on the contrary, one of their passionate opponents, you have to accept the reality and admit that ultrabooks have hit the computer market with a bang and are here to...
After giving you an exclusive first look and preview of the Lenovo IdeaPad U300s a couple of months back, when things were still a bit shady, it’s now time to take Lenovo’s ultrabook for another spin and properly review it, just weeks after its...
The Acer Aspire S3 was the first true ultrabook to hit the stores in late 2011 and, despite its affordable price tag and early success, has failed to make a strong impression and has trailed behind most recent releases, like the Asus UX31 or...
I’m sure I was not the only one to expect the Toshiba Z835 (or Z830, as its called in some markets, see details below) to reach the stores, as there were certain rumors claiming this could be the best ultrabook of the beginning of...
Even though it has barely started shipping, the HP Folio 13 is one of the most debated laptops right now, being already reviewed by some of today’s important technology websites. In the following lines we will try to take a look at these reviews...
Ever since the first ultrabook was officially announced, most technology enthusiasts got excited by either the Acer S3, the cheapest device of this kind, the Asus UX31, with a great screen and a very strong body, or the Toshiba Z835, which seemed to offer...
After thoroughly reviewing the Lenovo U300s and the Acer Aspire S3, it’s now time to focus on the Asus Zenbook UX31, the ultrabook that seemed to have the best odds to be a real competitor for the MacBook Air a while back. The Zenbook...
After being slightly overcome by the strong and beautiful Apple MacBook Air in the head-to-head comparisons we did a while back, the Lenovo U300S and the Asus Zenbook UX31 go one against the other in a battle that looks extremely balanced, at least at...
Acer and Asus are two of the most important computer manufacturers that decided to enter the fresh and exciting ultrabook market and their products, while short of being perfect (or extremely cheap, for that matter), are clearly strong and elegant enough to attract quite...
After a couple of general posts that I honestly hope you found useful and insightful rather than boring and formal, it’s time to get a bit ‘’dirty’’, to take two of today’s ultrabooks and compare them head to head in order to see which...
The Acer Aspire S3 is by far the cheapest ultrabook at the moment and, even though it cuts a few corners in terms of hardware and performance, is a solid and snappy overall piece of computer equipment. However, as much as it pains me...
While many technology enthusiasts and experts have seen ultrabooks as possible replacements for either regular laptops or netbooks, if you think things through Intel’s new ultraportable computer should be seen as the number one competitor for other computer devices. We are talking of course...
After reviewing each and every ultrabook released on the market, from the Acer Aspire S3 to the Asus UX31 and from the Lenovo U300S to the Toshiba Z835, and after comparing ultrabooks with pretty much every other piece of computer equipment out there, it...