Ultraportables

Thin and light laptops offer a smooth blend of performance, portability and battery life. This segment was previously unemotional for super-expensive laptops that tried to emphasize each of these features. While some sumptuousness systems still fit that verbal description, nowadays with Intel heavily pushing 'Ultrabooks' you can find great scraggy and light systems priced between $900 and $1,300, numerous of them packing SSDs.

The typical filmy and light sports an 11-, 12- or 13-inch display, Intel's second-generation Heart and soul i3, i5 or i7 processors, 4GB of Ram down, 6+ hours of battery life, and start with around 120GB SSD store or 320GB HDDs. The vast majority of them also drop the optical driving force for the sake of portability.


Apple MacBook Air

88 40 Reviews Apple refreshed its thin-and-light MacBook Air batting order in July, adding Thunderbolt and Intel's second-generation Light-haired Bridge processors to the mix as well as backlit keyboards along all models. The 11-inch model is available in two configurations: one with a 1.6GHz Intel Core i5-2467M processor, 2GB of computer memory, 64GB of flash storage for a advisable retail price of $999, and one with double the RAM and flash computer storage for $1,199.

The 13-inch MacBook Flying mannikin is just 0.68 inches thickly and gets a 1.7GHz Intel Core i7-2637M processor, 4GB of RAM, and either 128GB or 256GB of gaudy storage for $1,299 or $1,599, respectively. Configure to order options include a 1.8 GHz Core i7-2677M processor and additional blink storage, but unfortunately no discrete graphics, only the built-in Intel HD 3000.

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Quick specs | Cram full spectacles Start price: $1,299 (13-inch base model)
Mainframe: Intel Burden i7-2637M 1.7GHz Graphics: Intel Graphics HD 3000
Memory: 4GB of 1333MHz DDR3 Memory: 128GB SSD
Display size: 13.3" (1440x900) Receptor: none
Weight: ~2.9lbs (~1.3 kilogram) Battery: ~7 hours

Toshiba Portege Z835

71 11 Reviews Weighing in at just 2.4 pounds the new Toshiba Portege Z830 is the lightest ultrabook yet. It also offers long bombardment life, a backlit keyboard, and plenty of total-size ports. Not bad for its starting terms of $930. The 13.3-incher has a silky brushed-metal lid and makes inexact use of clean lines and greyish hues to attain a innovation of "understated elegance." It carries a 1366x768 display, a 1.4GHz Intel Core i3-2367M processor, 4GB of RAM and a Toshiba-branded 128GB SSD.

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Quick specs | Full specs Starting price: $930
Central processor: Intel Gist i3-2367M 1.4GHz Graphics: Intel Graphics HD 3000
Memory: 4GB DDR3 1333MHz retention Storage: 128GB SSD
Display size: 13.3" (1366x768) Modality: none
Weight: ~2.4lbs (~1.1 kg) Barrage: ~7 hours

Asus Zenbook UX31

- 4 Reviews In damage of specs and pattern the 13.3-inch Zenbook UX31 is quite synonymous to Orchard apple tree's MacBook Air, although the Asus comes in $200 cheaper at $1,099. It offers a higher resolution display and its SSD as wel supports the 6Gbps SATA III interface, but lacks keyboard backlighting. The UX31 has an instant-on feature that Asus says will set aside the system to sketch from live in approximately 2 seconds and when it comes to battery life Asus promises somewhere around 7 hours. Build quality is top notch along Asus' ultrabook, measuring 0.71 inches at its thickest orient and advisement 2.9 pounds.

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Quick specs | Full specs Starting price: $1,099
Processor: Intel Inwardness i5-2557M 1.7GHz Graphics: Intel Graphics HD 3000
Memory: 4GB DDR3 1333MHz memory Storage: 128GB SSD
Display size up: 13.3" (1600X900) Optical: none
Weight: ~2.9lbs (~1.3 kg) Battery: ~7 hours

Sony Vaio Z

Advisement just 2.6 pounds with a thickness of 0.86 inches, the 2011 Sony Vaio Z thinner and lighter than Orchard apple tree's MacBook Air, yet it still manages to pack in a nourished-potential dro Intel Marrow i5 or i7 processor, along with sprouted to 8GB Ram and up to 512GB of SSD computer storage. Graphics are handled away Intel's integrated HD 3000 chip, but when paired with an optional Lightheaded Peak docking station you'll be able to tap into the might of a discrete AMD Radeon card and connect up to four displays using the additional VGA and HDMI ports.

Sony's US pricing kicks disconnected just shy of $2,000 and skyrockets beyond $4,000 with higher-remnant configurations. It's definitely more expensive than the latest harvest of Ultrabooks, popping up for around $1,000 and offering just enough power for the average substance abuser. And so once more, the Vaio Z volition blow those out of the weewe in terms of performance without sacrificing its thin and incredibly lighter-than-air profile.

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Quick specs | Full glasses Starting price: $1,950
CPU: Intel Core i5-2410M 2.3GHz Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000
Memory: 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 Storage: 128GB SSD
Display size: 13.1" anti-glare display (1600x900) Optical: with optional docking facility
Weight: 2.6 pound Battery: 7 hours

Other noteworthy Ultraportable options

Lenovo IdeaPad U300s

75 Lenovo's entrance into the ultrabook arena is as well-engineered Eastern Samoa you'd anticipate, with good electric battery life, Intel WiDi and great keyboard / trackpad jazz group. It does miss perks that both of its rivals offer, like a SD slot and backlit keys.

Terms range: From $1,095

Lenovo ThinkPad X1

76 The X1 has a lot going on for it: rock-solid build quality, clean innovation, backlit keyboard, a Core i3 surgery i5 central processor and a solid-state drive. Though it's not the thinner and flatboat ultraportable, ThinkPad veterans wish sense proper at home with this automobile.

Price range: $1,299