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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

Latest Ultraportable laptops

Samsung Q330
Samsung Q330 review
Laptops Ultraportable laptops

Improves on the original, but only just; we still want to see 4GB of RAM, but the Q330 is still an excellent ultra-portable laptop.

Published :
£560 inc VAT
Samsung Series 9
Samsung Series 9 (NP900X3A) review
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A great example of how Intel's new processors let manufacturers build powerful and slim laptops, but it's expensive and not quite as well built as the MacBook Air.

Published :
£1299 inc VAT
Asus U36Jc
Asus U36JC review
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Ample performance, superb mobility and a great design; the U36JC is a fantastic ultra-portable laptop

Published :
£700 inc VAT
Lenovo U160
Lenovo U160 review
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Around the same size and price as a netbook, but more powerful and with a higher screen resolution – an excellent budget choice.

Published :
£388 inc VAT
Sony Vaio VPC-S13L9E
Sony Vaio VPC-S13L9E review
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Just light enough to count as an ultra-portable, but with near-desktop performance, a decent display and an optical drive built in.

Published :
£645 inc VAT
Toshiba Portégé R700-17W
Toshiba Portégé R700-17W review
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Small and incredibly light, the R700 still has a decent display resolution, near-desktop performance, good battery life and a three-year warranty.

Published :
£690 inc VAT
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 11
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 11
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The screen's a little dull, but long battery life, decent performance and a great price make this laptop a fantastic choice.

Published :
£455 inc VAT
Dell Vostro V130
Dell Vostro V130 review
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An excellent design and great build quality, but the disappointing battery life and average display let it down.

Published :
£780 inc VAT
HP EliteBook 8440p
HP EliteBook 8440p review
Laptops Ultraportable laptops

Excellent performance makes this the ultimate business ultra-portable, but the price is prohibitively expensive

Published :
£1916 inc VAT
Toshiba Satellite Pro L630-14C
Toshiba Satellite Pro L630-14C review
Laptops Ultraportable laptops

A well-designed thin-and-light laptop with great performance, for a very reasonable price

Published :
£586 inc VAT