Category: Ultrabook
HANDS-ON: ASUS Taichi dual-screen Windows 8 ultrabook convertible
The ASUS Taichi is an ultrabook with a difference. As flexible as its name suggests, this dual-screen ultrabook is as happy being a Windows 8 computer as it is a Windows 8 tablet. We went hands-on today with this intriguing…
HANDS-ON: NEC LaVie Z ultrabook is the lightest in the world
How light do you think the world's lightest ultrabook could be? 2KG? 1.5KG? How about just 875grams. That's what you get if you pick up the NEC LaVie Z ultrabook, the lightest in the world, shedding the pounds without shedding…
Samsung Series 5 Ultrabook has touch-friendly Windows 8 smarts
Samsung have unveiled their touch-friendly Windows 8 Ultrabook, the 13-inch Ultra Touch Series 5 Ultrabook. Running Microsoft's new OS but sharing similar specs to the Series 5 models revealed back at CES 2012, this latest touchscreen edition comes in two…
HANDS-ON: Acer Aspire S7 Ultrabook preview
The Ultrabook revolution is in full swing now, but with the arrival of Windows 8 just over the horizon, the evolution of the laptop is taking yet another turn. This time it's the implementation of touchscreen controls, seen in almost…
VIDEO: Kiefer Sutherland and Acer S5 ultrabook explore hidden cupcake passions
Kiefer "Jack Bauer" Sutherland isn't the sort of person you'd expect to have a passion for baking. But in this latest promo video for Acer's S5 ultrabook, the TV hard-man discovers his softer, culinary inspired, cupcake crafting side. It's the…
Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon Ultrabook to land August 21
Lenovo's X1 Carbon Ultrabook is set to touch down on August 21 the company have revealed, and it's looking a pretty tasty little machine. Weighing just three pounds and measuring 18mm thick, the starting $1,399 models come equipped with 1.7GHz…
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Ultrabook is "world's lightest" 14-incher
Lenovo have unveiled their latest Ultrabook offering, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon, with it's headline feature being its claim to the title of "world's lightest" 14-inch Ultrabook. The successor to the ThinkPad X1, the Carbon manages to add another inch to…
Cut-price MacBook Air for 2012 to battle ultrabooks
Apple may be preparing to launch a cut-price MacBook Air model for 2012, looking to meet the cheaper ultrabook charge head-on with a new low-cost offering of their own. Traditionally a premium notebook brand, Apple's ultra-thin MacBook Air range will…
Sony's first ultrabook, the Vaio T13 laptop, unveiled
Sony have become the latest manufacturer to enter the ultrabook market, unvieling today their Vaio T13 laptop. Measuring just 226 x 17.8 x 323 mm and weighing 1.6Kg, it features a 13-inch (1366 x 768) LED screen, Intel's Core i3-2367M…
REVIEW: Samsung Series 5 Ultra (13.3 inch ultrabook)
Reasonably slim, reasonably powerful and reasonably affordable, Samsung's Series 5 Ultra ultrabook positions itself firmly in the mid-range of the bourgeoning new portable computing market. But does it do enough to give more expensive alternatives a run for their money?