If you are in the market for a gorgeous ultrabook and you are willing to spend no less than $1,500 for it, have a quick look at the Asus Zenbook Prime UX31A which can be considered as one of the most important competitors for Apple’s MacBook Air. This model starts from $1,099 but the following hardware configuration adds $400 to the ultrabook’s final price tag. Before we get to that, we should mention that this […]

The Asus B23E-XH71 is a business-oriented mini laptop launched earlier this year for those professionals in need of portability. Wearing a black on black finish, this is a 3.7-pound lightweight system that adopts a solid construction which should be able to take a beating. We’re saying this because the deck and the lid are made from magnesium alloy that feels sturdy. Asus says that the reinforced metal hinges have been tested for at least 10,000 […]

Today we go back in time and have a look at the HP Pavilion dv5t that came out in the second part of 2008, replacing the dv6000 series in HP’s lineup. It was an entirely new redesign of the series and came with several new features that up until then where not available. This laptop is based on Intel’s Montevina Centrino 2 platform and comes with a dedicated GPU. Upon launch, one of the available […]

Today we have a look at the Beats Edition of the HP Pavilion dm4 that as you probably have guessed is a multimedia-oriented laptop that adopts an attractive slim form factor. Without any doubt the first thing you’ll notice is the Beats Audio theme of the system since the display cover wears the familiar red logo which has been designed in order to look as an earbud. In addition, the keys of the keyboard have […]

One of the most popular mini laptops from HP is the Pavilion dm1-4010us which is an affordable solution for those who are on the look for a compact laptop that is capable of providing a decent overall performance. This version is an update of the model that came out in the beginning of last year so you get an 11-inch system that adopts a traditional rounded clamshell design. The most noticeable difference as far as […]

One of the first high-design laptops of the year is this Envy 14 Spectre from HP which was one of the most popular laptops revealed at CES 2012 and it also managed to win an award for the best product in the Computers and Hardware category. We’re dealing with one of the first ultrabooks fitted with a 14-inch display, but we should mention that it is a bit heavier and thicker in comparison to what […]

Call it an ultraportable, a mini laptop, a 13-inch laptop, or whatever you prefer; this is the Toshiba Portege R835-P88 that came out earlier this year. It follows the footsteps of its predecessors which were very good laptops with a lightweight and slim chassis, solid performance and an affordable price tag, as good as a web hosting solution. However, in the meantime the ultrabook market exploded and this model doesn’t look as slim and as […]

A 13.4-inch thin and light laptop launched by Dell back in 2010 is the Adamo XPS it adopts an interesting design with a 9.99mm body. At the time when it came out it was a pricey system considering that it cost no less than $1,999, which was just about the same as the Sony Vaio Z116 and the original HP Envy. At the heart of the Dell Adamo XPS (model 2010) is an Intel Core […]

A midsize laptop launched by the Korean company Samsung earlier this year is the Series 5 Ultrabook 530U4BI which isn’t really an ultrabook in our opinion, but more of a regular midsize laptop. It isn’t really an ultraportable and slim system in comparison to other models that do deserve to fit in this category, but for its $949 price tag it’s a really interesting laptop since you get a spacious 500GB hard drive, a good […]

One of the first netbooks launched by Toshiba is this T115-S1105 part of the company’s Satellite lineup. It offers just about the same level of performance and hardware specifications as the T135-S1300 which is a larger system. The speed certainly won’t blow your mind since we’re dealing with a single-core processor, but at the time of its launch it was one of the fastest and better-featured netbooks available, but its price tag was steeper than […]