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Razer Blade review
Update: Looking for the new Razer Blade with more power at a lower price tag? This is where you belong. At CES 2011, over a year ago, Razer showed off an incredible concept beneath glass. The peripheral manufacturer had produced a... Read Full Review
Priced At $2,799.99
Released 2011
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MacBook Air with Windows 7 review: the ultrabook to rule them all?
Let’s be honest: The ultrabook phenomenon is by and large Intel's and the rest of the PC industry's reaction to Apple’s MacBook Air. Just take a look at a lot of the designs and the features: the influence (and in some places... Read Full Review
Priced At $1,419.00
Released Jul. 20, 2011
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HP Envy 15 (late 2011) review
Six years after the introduction of the MacBook Pro, it appears the PC industry has finally realized that Apple was onto something. With laptops like the Dell XPS 15z and Samsung Series 7 Chronos, the incumbents are scrambling to... Read Full Review
Priced At $1,099.99
Released Dec. 7, 2011
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HP Folio 13 review
“I hardly think that we're too late, the work we're doing with Microsoft is extraordinarily compelling — ultraportables are compelling," HP’s Todd Bradley said during the call where Meg Whitman, the company’s new CEO,... Read Full Review
Priced At $899.99
Released Dec. 7, 2011
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Samsung Series 7 Chronos review
When it comes to phones and tablets, Samsung and Apple’s battle is no secret. Take a look at this commercial or peruse the back-and-forth litigation and you’ll get a fine look at how fierce the fight has become. However, in the... Read Full Review
Priced At $1,149.99
Released Oct. 2, 2011
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Toshiba Portege Z835 ultrabook review
In the last couple of weeks, ultrabooks — Intel’s new category of ultrathin and ultralight laptops — have been arriving one by one, each aiming to derail the MacBook Air’s lead with a mix of competitive pricing and new... Read Full Review
Priced At $829.00
Released 11/2011
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Lenovo IdeaPad U300s ultrabook review
Months before Intel decided to jump-start its new ultrabook category, Lenovo made an extremely thin laptop which essentially fit 95 percent of Intel’s vision: the IdeaPad U260. The aluminum-wrapped laptop, which came out last... Read Full Review
Priced At $1,199.99
Released November 2011
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Asus Zenbook UX31 review
When Intel unveiled its notion of the ultrabook in June, Asus could hardly contain its excitement. Just moments after Intel’s Sean Maloney announced the newly-named laptop category, which promised fast boot times and great battery... Read Full Review
Priced At $1,099.99
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Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook review
Back in June, Intel laid out its plan for the future of the laptop. These "ultrabooks," as Intel thought it would be more appropriate to call them, had to become more like phones and tablets — more portable, more nimble, and... Read Full Review
Priced At $899.99
Released 10/2011
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Apple MacBook Air review (13-inch, mid 2011)
The original MacBook Air was more of a status symbol than a computer. Sure, it was a functional laptop that could glide into a manila envelope, but the $1,799 laptop was, by and large, a secondary machine — it trailed behind other... Read Full Review
Priced At $1,299.99
Released Jul. 20, 2011
