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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

Sony Vaio VPCSB1V9E/B
SonyVaio VPC-SB1V9E/B review
Laptops Ultraportable laptops

The functional design may not appeal to everyone, but this ultra-portable has it all, including an optical drive

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£912 inc VAT
Acer Aspire TimelineX 1830T-38U4G64nki
Acer Aspire TimelineX 1830T-38U4G64nki review
Laptops Ultraportable laptops

The 11.6in screen may be too small for some people, but otherwise the 1.4kg 1830T has good enough performance, excellent battery life and a massive hard disk.

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£499 inc VAT
Asus U31JG
Asus U31JG review
Laptops Ultraportable laptops

Great performance and battery life in one laptop is miracle enough, but the two year warranty and great screen seal the deal.

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£616 inc VAT
Lenovo X1 city
Lenovo unveils the thinnest ever Thinkpad with can-do attitiude
Laptops PCs Ultraportable laptops

The laptop manufacturer unveils the X1, its thinnest Thinkpad yet to coincide with a new assault on the consumer market

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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.

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£560 inc VAT
Samsung Series 9
Samsung Series 9 (NP900X3A) review
Laptops Ultraportable laptops

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.

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£1299 inc VAT
Asus U36Jc
Asus U36JC review
Laptops Ultraportable laptops

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
Laptops Ultraportable laptops

Around the same size and price as a netbook, but more powerful and with a higher screen resolution – an excellent budget choice.

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£388 inc VAT
Sony Vaio VPC-S13L9E
Sony Vaio VPC-S13L9E review
Laptops Ultraportable laptops

Just light enough to count as an ultra-portable, but with near-desktop performance, a decent display and an optical drive built in.

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£645 inc VAT
Toshiba Portégé R700-17W
Toshiba Portégé R700-17W review
Laptops Ultraportable laptops

Small and incredibly light, the R700 still has a decent display resolution, near-desktop performance, good battery life and a three-year warranty.

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£690 inc VAT