Tag: Ultraportable
HP EliteBook 2170p: 11-Inch Ultraportable is Ready to Fly
HP’s new EliteBook 2170p should please just about any business traveler. Weighing in at just 2.89 pounds, this 11.6″ enterprise notebook weighs in at about half the weight of typical 14″ corporate notebooks The EliteBook 2170p is just over an inch thick, which is relatively thick compared to the latest consumer notebooks or ultrabooks, but [...]
Lenovo Brings Ultrabooks To Business Class With The ThinkPad T430u
Ultrabooks are going to be the big story out of CES this year. Having already released a consumer ultrabook, the IdeaPad U300s, Lenovo is now bringing the ultra thin, ultra light sensibility to their business line as well. The ThinkPad T430u boasts a less than 0.8 inch profile and weighs less than 4 pounds. But [...]
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Hybrid Combines Two Operating Systems in One Notebook
It’s no secret that we’re fans of Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1, a sweet business ultraportable introduced last year that combined style with enterprise chops. It made out Best of 2011 list, after all. Not content to rest on their laurels, Lenovo’s engineers looked at the X1 and thought: “This could be a little more sonic.” They [...]
NaNoWriMo: Best Notebooks For Writers
Week 4 of NaNoWriMo is about to begin. The home stretch is upon some of us, while others of us are still behind… Anyway, at this point you’re probably either happy with your primary writing computer or are hating it for not being what you need. Maybe your laptop is too heavy to carry around [...]
Hands On, Video: HP’s New Pavilion dm1, Available September 21 for $399
A few weeks ago when I got my first look at a new, updated version of the HP Pavilion dm1, I was really excited. The original dm1, which came out at the beginning of the year, was one of the first AMD Fusion ultraportables and more than half a year later it continues to be [...]
Acer’s New $999 TravelMate Timeline 8481T Makes 14-Inch Notebooks Ultraportable At Last
When choosing an ultraportable consumers have to find a good balance between light weight, power, and display size. Usually a 13-inch notebook will win out over a 14 or 15-inch model due to a more palatable size and weight. But now Acer is offering a tempting new proposition: a 14-inch laptop with a 13-inch’s footprint [...]
Samsung Delivers More Affordable Series 9 Notebooks
Samsung is launching a volley of back to school notebooks in the Series 9 collection of notebooks. The new Series 9 notebooks come in both 11.6″ and 13.3″ models, with five distinct models. Samsung’s new Series 9 notebooks start at a much more palatable $1,049 for the 11.6″ model and $1,349 for the 13.3″ model. Samsung has taken [...]
ASUS UX21 UltraPortable Tries to Out-Air the MacBook Air (Video)
ASUS introduced a the new UX Series notebooks at Computex 2011 today, showing off the ASUS UX Series ultraportable notebook which measures 17mm at the thickest point and 3mm at the thinnest and weighs 2.4 pounds. One look at the ASUS UX and it will be clear to you which notebook the company is going for [...]
Sony VAIO S Packs High Res Display an Optical Drive into Tiny Package
Sony unveiled the VAIO S notebook this week, a new ultraportable designed to meet the needs of demanding mobile users that don’t want to make the typical sacrifices to get a 13” notebook that’s less than .95” thick and weighs just 3.8 pounds. The new Sony VAIO S notebooks use 2nd Gen Intel Core i5 [...]
Dell XPS 15z: Thinnest 15″ PC on the Planet, Takes on MacBook Pro
The Dell XPS 15z is a new notebook that’s being marketed as the “Thinnest 15″ PC on the planet.” Measuring in at just under an inch thick, the Dell XPS 15z can easily be mistaken for a 15″ MacBook Pro, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Dell’s latest creation looks and feels great, especially when compared to the [...]
