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Ultraportable laptops

Most Popular Ultraportable laptops

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 (AMD) review: The Golf GTI of compact ultrabooks
£850
Lenovo's new Yoga Slim 7 is a fabulous bargain: fast, well made and extraordinarily sensibly priced
HP Chromebook 11
HP Chromebook 11 review
£229
Cheap, well-built and with a great screen, if you want a laptop for mostly online work, this is a great choice
Huawei MateBook 14 (2020) review: A great laptop with bags of power
£750
Performance like this, in a sub-£1,000 laptop, would have been unthinkable before

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Huawei Matebook 14 (2024) pictured from in front, open
Huawei MateBook 14 (2024): The best value compact laptop
Ultraportable laptops

A few niggles but the Huawei MateBook 14’s blend of performance, style and value is hard to beat

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£1199 inc VAT
The LG Gram SuperSlim pictured on a circular table in an office environmebt
LG Gram SuperSlim 15.6 OLED: Lighter than a loaf of bread
Ultraportable laptops

The LG SuperSlim redefines just how light a full-sized laptop can be

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£1349 inc VAT
Asus Zenbook S 14 UX5406S on a wood table in an office
Asus Zenbook S 14 (UX5406): Intel’s back, baby
Ultraportable laptops

A laptop that is more than the sum of its parts, the Asus Zenbook S 14 (UX5406S) proves Intel laptops can have great battery life

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£1400 inc VAT
The Acer Swift 14 AI laptop on a pale wood table with a house plant in the background
Acer Swift 14 AI review: The 24-hour Windows laptop
Ultraportable laptops

The Acer Swift 14 AI delivers solid performance and jaw-dropping battery life thanks to Qualcomm's 10-core X Plus chipset

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£1199.99 inc VAT
The Asus Zenbook S 14 hits 27 hours of battery life
Ultraportable laptops

Slim, lightweight and absolutely gorgeous, the Asus Zenbook S 14 reaches up to 27 hours of battery life according to the manufacturer

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Dell XPS 13 with Intel Core Ultra 200V series _16 on a black plinth in a dark room
“Multi-day” battery life promised for new Intel Dell XPS
Ultraportable laptops

The Dell XPS 13 will be the ultimate yardstick for Intel’s Core Ultra 200V series chips

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Apple MacBook Air 13.6in (M3, 2024) review: a great laptop
Ultraportable laptops

More powerful and less expensive than its predecessor – the M3 MacBook Air is the best laptop money can buy

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£1500 inc VAT
Apple unveils M3 MacBook Air, with one big bombshell
Ultraportable laptops

The M3 MacBook Air is here, but it has dropped the M1 MacBook Air in the process

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Samsung Galaxy Book4 Pro 360 open, pictured on a table with shelves in the background
Samsung Galaxy Book4 Pro 360: Fourth Time's a Charm
2-in-1 laptops Ultraportable laptops

A very impressive 16in OLED convertible laptop with a stunning display and speaker system

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£1799 inc VAT
Acer Swift Go 14 from front facing to the left
Acer Swift Go 14 (2024): OLED ultra-portable goes Meteoric
Ultraportable laptops

A new 14th Generation Intel Core Ultra CPUs makes the Swift Go 14 even more appealing

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