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19 articles tagged as ultraportable

Mod of the Month February 2020 in Association with Corsair

We've picked some of the best projects recently completed in our project log forum.

March 25, 2020 | 14:00

Call of Duty: Warzone Review

Call of Duty takes another stab at battle royale. But is it King of the Hill, or stuck in the Gulag?

March 25, 2020 | 12:17

Corsair A500 Review

Go big or go home, says Corsair.

March 20, 2020 | 14:33

Nvidia announces Max-Q for smaller, thinner Pascal-powered laptops

Throws a WhisperMode bone, too.

May 30, 2017 | 10:38

MSI unveils GS30 Shadow laptop, GamingDock

Desktop GPU support in a 13.3" laptop.

September 12, 2014 | 12:08

Razer announces ultra-thin Blade and Blade Pro

US launch for the thinnest gaming laptops ever.

June 1, 2013 | 09:49

SATA-IO announces Universal Storage Module Slim

The SATA-IO group has announced a new standard for portable storage: USM Slim.

June 6, 2012 | 06:17

Rumour: Apple preps Air 'netbook'

Apple is allegedly planning to launch an 11.6" version of its MacBook Air ultraportable.

July 16, 2010 | 10:20

Samsung X120 Ultraportable Laptop Review

The X120 is the smallest of Samsung's sleek and sophisticated ultra-mobile X-series. With a fast dual-core CULV Pentium processor and elegant design, we see if this sub-£500 11.6in laptop is worthy of a place in your bag.

April 2, 2010 | 01:06

Qi Hardware launches NanoNote

Qi Hardware has launched a $99, ultra-portable Linux-based handheld with an almost-full keyboard and the ability to boot custom operating systems - clearly a challenge to hackers.

March 16, 2010 | 14:01

Asus announces AMD-based netbook

Asus has announced the Eee PC 1201T, which ditches Intel's Atom in favour of rival AMD's dual-core Congo MV40 processor - but can it even be classed as a netbook?

November 30, 2009 | 11:04

Dell teases ultra-slim Air-alike

Dell has revealed images of its next Adamo laptop - the Adamo XPS - and it's looking neat, with a thickness that puts Apple's MacBook Air to shame.

September 10, 2009 | 12:56

Samsung NC20 - 12in Ultraportable Review

Samsung is back with a 12.1in clone of its hugely successful NC10 netbook. There's a lot more to it than that though, as the NC20 is one of the first laptops to be based around VIA's Nano processor. Does Samsung's slinky ultraportable retain all of the charm its little brother had? Read on to find out.

June 29, 2009 | 10:15

Dell drops Mini 9 range

Dell has dropped its popular Mini 9 range of 8.9" netbooks, ostensibly to concentrate on the Mini 10 and Mini 10v 10" models.

June 2, 2009 | 13:53

HP Pavilion dv2-1030ea 12in Ultraportable

HP's Pavilion dv2-1030ea is based on AMD's Yukon platform, which launched back at CES in January. We check it out to see if it can fill the gap between a cheap and cheerful netbook and highly desirable but equally expensive ultraportable notebook.

May 19, 2009 | 11:00

Windows 7 on ARM a possibility?

Comments from Microsoft's CEO point the finger at an ARM-compatible build of Windows 7 in the pipeline, with the company unwilling to give Linux a foothold in the market.

May 5, 2009 | 16:12

Hagiwara shrinks SSD tech to 1"

Hagiwara SSD has announced a new range of tiny 1" SSD drives which use caching and wear-levelling technologies originally developed for 2.5" units.

March 30, 2009 | 16:02

New Asus netbook includes optical drive

Asus' latest netbook, the Eee PC 1004DN, aims squarely for the ultraportable notebook market with an in-built DVD±RW drive.

March 30, 2009 | 12:32

ECS announces G10IL Eee-alike

Taiwanese electronics giant ECS has announced a new ultraportable notebook, the G10IL - and the good news is it actually brings something new to the table.

March 21, 2008 | 09:56

MacBook Air on TSA watchlist

A luckless traveller hoping to take his shiny new MacBook Air on a US domestic flight was subjected to scrutiny by TSA staff who refused to believe it was a real laptop.

March 12, 2008 | 07:39