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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 X520
Samsung X520 review
Laptops Ultraportable laptops

Samsung's X520 is a bit heavier than we'd like, but its great battery life, comfortable keyboard and large hard disk make it a great choice if you want a comparatively light laptop with a large screen.

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£612 inc VAT
Sony X11
Sony Vaio X11 review
Laptops Ultraportable laptops

An incredibly thin and light netbook, but its hefty price will be enough to put off most.

Published :
£1185 inc VAT
brother
Brother HL-3040CN review
Home office Laptops Laser printers Printers Ultraportable laptops

A competent but not outstanding colour LED printer. Its high running costs mean it's best avoided.

Published :
£189 inc VAT
Toshiba Satellite T130-11H
Toshiba Satellite T130-11H review
Laptops Ultraportable laptops

Light and slim, but large enough for a decent keyboard, the T130 has the battery life of a netbook and far better single-application performance.

Published :
£469 inc VAT
Dell Adamo Admire Onyx review
Laptops Ultraportable laptops

Dell's Adamo looks and feels like a classy ultra portable, but more practical laptops are available for less.

Published :
£1000 inc VAT
Acer TravelMate Timeline 8371-944G32N review
Laptops Ultraportable laptops

Acer's TravelMate Timeline is one of the best ultra-portable laptops we've seen thanks to its excellent battery life and performance.

Published :
£677 inc VAT
Packard Bell Easynote Butterfly review
Laptops Ultraportable laptops

Packard Bell's Butterfly is a good ultra-portable with a bundled DVD drive, but Acer's TravelMate Timeline 8371 is even better.

Published :
£600 inc VAT
Advent Altro review
Laptops Ultraportable laptops

Advent's Altro is impressively slender, but its small hard disk and incredibly slow processor mean it's impossible to recommend.

Published :
£600 inc VAT
Lenovo IdeaPad U350 review
Laptops Ultraportable laptops

Lenovo's sleek and cheap IdeaPad U350 has a quality display and keyboard but is let down by creaky build quality and uninspiring battery life.

Published :
£523 inc VAT
Acer Timeline 3810T review
Laptops Ultraportable laptops

Not as light as more expensive ultra-portables, but twice as powerful as cheaper netbooks, its incredible battery life put this laptop in a class of its own.

Published :
£690 inc VAT