Small and sleek, but slow This dinky Windows 10 tablet, which comes with a keyboard and stylus, reminds us of the discontinued Microsoft Surface 3. While devices are often plasticky, this one has the kind of slim aluminium case (actually a combination of aluminium and magnesium) that you’d expect to pay a lot more for. … Read more
Power-packed performance Long battery life Keyboard has awesome key travel and tactile feedback [wpsm_toplist] [sc name=”ad 2″] Non-Descript Entry Lenono is usually one of the few vendors that do not provide an awesome packaging design. It believes in being practical about it and prefers to go with a simple brown box that protects the devices … Read more
GREAT DESIGN AND A LOW PRICE MAKE FOR A PROMISING TW0-IN-0NE BUT BATTERY LIFE IS OFF THE PACE No prize for guessing who Asus is challenging with the Transformer 3 Pro. With its adjustable kickstand, folio keyboard and two-in-one design, it’s the spitting image of Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4. Asus is clearly hoping that its … Read more
THIN AND LIGHT DOESN’T GO FAR ENOUGH The Zenbook 3 is the culmination of several years of development of the highly successful Zenbook series, and we have to say that it’s a piece of art. When you pick this Ultrabook up, you’ll be simply amazed at how thin and light Asus has managed to create … Read more
Lenovo’s new Ideapad 710S is a step up from its previous releases. Gone are the plastic cases and somewhat underwhelming features. Instead we now have a glorious all-aluminium and magnesium chassis, which measures just 307 x 214 x13.9mm and weighs 1.2kg. In terms of the specification, the new Ideapad 710S doesn’t disappoint either. Inside you’ll … Read more
Venturer revisits its 2-in-1 EliteWin notebook Almost a year ago I covered Venturer’ s BravoWin 10K 2-in-1. And with two extra models added to its range, it’s now sent me its new EliteWin S 11K. [wpsm_toplist] [sc name=”ad 2″] On the face of it, this new model is almost identical to the original EliteWin 11K … Read more
Once upon a time, laptops were big and heavy and made of plastic. Then, in 2008. Apple invented the MacBook Air. It was thin, light, wedge shaped and metallic. [wpsm_toplist] [sc name=”ad 2″] The design was so distinctive it became the model for every other ‘ultraportable’, shamelessly copied by rivals for their premium Windows hardware. … Read more
Toshiba lures business users with a decidedly utilitarian Ultrabook Looking at the headline cost, the knee jerk reaction is to wonder who might have the spare cash to blow on what seems to be a well-made but unexceptional Ultrabook. The Toshiba Z30-C-125 isn’t made for a typical PC punter, though, it’s built for business – … Read more
OLD SCHOOL MOBILE GAMING With the release of Nvidia’s new mobile Pascal series, gaming notebook performance has taken a giant leap forwards. Last month’s review of the Asus GL502 with Geforce GTX1070 mobile showed that we’ve entered a new era of gaming performance on the go. almost doubling the performance of what we can expect. … Read more
A GLORIOUS PIECE OF DESIGN AND STUNNING 4K SCREEN, BUT THAT HAS A CRUCIFYING EFFECT ON BATTERY LIFE At first sight, the EliteBook Folio G1 may appear to be the ultraportable you’ve been dreaming of. Ever since the sub-1kg MacBook arrived on the scene, Apple’s featherweight has been emptying bank accounts and – HP’s stratospherically … Read more
Scan’s new LG17 Carbon Extreme is one of the most monstrous mobiles we’ve seen. It sports Nvidia’s latest mobile GPU alongside a desktop CPU, and it’s topped off by a 4K screen. The mobile GeForce GTX 1080 isn’t the usual cut-down affair either. The efficiency improvements in Nvidia’s Pascal architecture mean that Nvidia’s flagship mobile … Read more
A great little machine that gets the job done, and looks good doing it Based on our experience. 2-in-1 laptops tend to spend most of the time in one configuration or another. The convertible aspect is diminished when the computer is primarily used as a laptop. [wpsm_toplist] [sc name=”ad 2″] The updated Dell 2-in-l Inspiron, … Read more