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Toshiba Portégé Z830: Lighter Than Air

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9:00AM September 6, 2011 | Alex Kidman

The ultrabooks keep coming at IFA 2011. Toshiba’s entry into the space features a extremely light chassis — yes, even lighter than either the MacBook Air or the Acer Aspire S3. More »

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Sony Vaio Z Review: So Fast, So Light

10:10AM August 23, 2011 | Adrian Covert

The Vaio Z is’s Sony sculpted little reminder that companies besides Apple can make exciting laptops too. More »

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Lenovo ThinkPad X1: The Thinnest Core i7 Laptop Money Can Buy

7:00AM May 17, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Lenovo refers to their ThinkPad X1 as a crossover computer. Made for the business set, but with features – slim body, Gorilla Glass screen, comfy, spill-proof keyboard – that will appeal to the consumer crowd as well. This wants to go mainstream. More »

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Apple Reportedly Confirms MacBook Air Display Issues Internally

11:20PM November 4, 2010 | Brian Barrett

According to BGR, Apple’s internal support system confirms that the new 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Airs are experiencing display bugs in some cases. Both the flickering and fading are known issues, although there’s no real fix for them—yet. More »

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13-Inch MacBook Air Review: So Long, Fatty

3:00AM October 30, 2010 | Brian Barrett

The new 13-inch MacBook Air is Apple’s katana blade: thin, durable, powerful, sleek. But does it have enough mettle to be your weapon of choice? Dropping the metaphor: Can you ditch your MacBook Pro? More »

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Toshiba Portégé R700 Laptop: Light As A Feather, Strong Like Bull

2:30PM June 21, 2010 | Brian Barrett

All those ultraportables using Intel’s ULV Core processors just got taken to school: Toshiba’s Portégé R700 is as light as a MacBook Air, as powerful as a MacBook Pro, and measures an inch thick with a DVD drive. Standard. More »

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Sony Vaio P Is A Worthy Upgrade With Accelerometer, Touchpads, GPS

4:41PM May 10, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Well, well, well. If it isn’t another attempt by Sony at that ill-conceived “not a netbook, it’s an ultraportable!” market. After rumours, they’ve done good: inbuilt GPS, inbuilt 3G and an accelerometer. Plus, strange optical touchpads either side of the LCD. More »

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Toshiba Prepping World’s Lightest 13-Inch Laptop

10:58PM May 7, 2010 | Brian Barrett

There’s no official confirmation yet, but it looks almost certain that Toshiba is gearing up to launch the lightest 13-inch notebook ever. We’re talking just over 0.9kg with an SSD. But how on earth did they do it? More »

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Lenovo ThinkPad X201 Steps Up With Core i7 Power In Thin Body

4:01PM February 23, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Lenovo’s ultraportable ThinkPad X201 isn’t the first notebook to upgrade to Intel’s new Core i5 and i7 processors, but it’s loaded with enough other goodies that it stands out in the growing crowd. More »

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Gateway EC Series Ultraportables Find Room For An Optical Drive

3:26AM January 9, 2010 | Sean Fallon

Ultraportables and netbooks with an optical drive are a rare breed. But Gateway did manage to cram a DVD drive into their 11.6-inch EC14D while keeping the overall weight at about 1.6kg. More »