The Chuwi Lapbook Air is billed
as an ultraportable 14 - inch machine with a price tag of just $ 430.
That crushes the tablet category average of 22 MBps as well
as the ultraportable average of 83 seconds.
Not exact matches
Being a 2 - in - 1, you can use the Surface Pro either
as a very powerful tablet, or an
ultraportable laptop.
It also bested the
ultraportable average of 3,436, and was on a par with Ultrabooks such
as the Acer ASpire S7 - 191 (4,584).
And, like those faddish
ultraportables, the W510 is best suited for light tasks such
as surfing the Web, checking email, word processing and social networking.
That's much better than the
ultraportable notebook category average of 231 lux,
as well
as the tablet average of 358 lux.
On synthetic tests such
as PCMark 7, the Switch 10 hit 2,447, which is far short of the 4,112
ultraportable average.
That's about half an hour less than the
ultraportable average (6:33)
as well
as the MacBook Air (6:25), but almost 50 minutes longer than the Samsung Series 9 (5:11) and well beyond the Acer S3 (4:23).
The Switch 11 V (74.1 percent), Transformer Book Flip (69 percent) and average
ultraportable (80 percent) can not show
as many colors.
This was exactly the same
as both the HP Pavilion x360 and the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 2 11 but lower than the
ultraportable average of 35 fps.
Ross Kodner — who goes through laptops,
as he puts it, «
as if they were Schick Quattro Pro blades» — recently wrote about his latest Thinkpad, the
ultraportable Thinkpad X100E netbook.
We had display issues with the last Zenbook we reviewed, the Zenbook Prime UX32VD, but,
as a whole, it's an excellent product line if you're looking for an
ultraportable.
The 12 - inch MacBook Pro is still a very good
ultraportable, so long
as you can live with its lone USB - C port.
TechAdvisor named the HUAWEI MateBook X Pro
as a «Top Pick» at MWC 2018 for its build quality, stand - out Dolby Atmos speakers and touchscreen - all of which make it a «premium,
ultraportable» laptop.
However, the
ultraportable laptop category average is a modest 15 MBps higher, the Spectre 13 was 60 percent quicker and the Dell XPS 13 was more than twice
as fast.
Scores on the similar Valley test were a bit better, but
as with any
ultraportable without a discrete graphics card, you shouldn't expect smooth gaming at maximum screen resolution and graphics quality settings.
PC demand growth has waned over the past year
as more consumers flock to
ultraportable and increasingly powerful tablets and smartphones for basic computing.
Toshiba's Portege X30 - D (starts at $ 1,179.99; $ 2,109
as tested) is an extremely light
ultraportable that still manages to pack an Intel Core i7 processor, a full HD touch screen, and all - day (if not class - leading) battery life.
This
ultraportable takes nearly everything there is to love about full - size ThinkPads and puts it in a much smaller, but just
as good - looking, package.
The Apple MacBook ranks
as one of the thinnest and lightest
ultraportables on the market — but you'll have to carry a bag full of dongles,
as it only features a single USB - C port.
As of yet, the 13 - inch format has been a standard go - to size for
ultraportables.
The latest iteration of the form - factor switching
ultraportable,
as well
as an Intel Skylake upgrade the 1.29 kg convertible promises more touchscreen stability
as well
as greater runtime.
It's also showing itself
as a remarkably capable, attractive
ultraportable at any age.
As an inexpensive
ultraportable, ultra-low-voltage laptop, the Samsung Series 5 NP535U3C - A01US is passable, but only if you ignore the similarly priced competitors sitting next to it in the laptop aisle.
But I can't use it for its intended purpose
as a go - everywhere
ultraportable PC because of its atrocious touchpad.
When I reviewed Dell's XPS 13 last year, I called it a nearly perfect
ultraportable — so long
as you were looking for a traditional laptop form factor.
The ThinkPad X250 ($ 1,317.60
as tested) is the latest
ultraportable business laptop from Lenovo, and it's a solid entry into the category.