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Veho Pebble Pro
The Pebble Mini and Smartstick are the mainstays of Veho’s range of portable battery packs that can charge your devices on the go, but they’re far outstripped by their bigger brother. The Pebble Pro boasts 13,200mAh of charging power, but also a corresponding increase in price tag, naturally. The Pro looks the same as the…
Samsung NP-900X3A-B02
January’s International CES may have been dominated by a new generation of ultrabooks, but Samsung has been playing the super-slim game for some time – with its 16.3mm-slim Series 9 laptops. Styled as ‘ultra portable’ notebooks, the slinky, metallic-styled Series 9 is a clear challenge to Apple’s 19mm-deep MacBook Air range. This variation is squarely…
Acer Aspire 5749
With all the current excitement about ultrabooks, it’s important to keep in mind that there’s a large market out there for people who need a good, honest, straight forward notebook that can meet most day-to-day needs without costing the earth. The Acer Aspire 5749 was designed to do just that, for around a remarkably friendly…
Lenovo ThinkPad X220i
We’ve heard Lenovo’s hard-wearing laptops have come in for some pretty sturdy praise, from those with a fleet of mobile employees as well as the road-warrior class themselves. The arrival of the X220i is a good chance for us to test the brand’s rugged reputation. The Lenovo’s ThinkPad brand is reassuringly expensive to potential professional…
Samsung RF511
Samsung’s latest laptop is pleasingly priced for those who are after a do-it-all solution for the living room or bedroom, as it is an all-round laptop aimed at general users, rather than road warriors, gamers or remote worker. It’s reasonably fast and will be advanced enough for mainstream users, but in the face of tablets,…
Alienware M11x R3
Alienware is pretty much as distinctive a computer make as you can get, and unsurprisingly the M11x R3 laptop is something of a looker. It’s small but perfectly formed, with curved lines, a sleek black finish, and the usual alien heads adorning the back cover and power button. Light fantastic Not only can the backlit…
Asus U46 laptop
The new Asus U46 notebook lays claim to up to ten hours of battery life – a lure for any potential laptop user. Add in a neat, slim chassis and some top notch specs, and what’s not to like? Battery lifeOne of our first ports of call when looking at the U46 was that battery…
Dell Inspiron 14z laptop
This refresh of the Dell Inspiron 14z is the second laptop we’ve recently reviewed that plumps for a sporty red colour scheme along with black trim – and a very smart piece of hardware it looks, too. The 14z is also available in black as standard, and in this form you can knock a tenner…
HP ProBook 5330m laptop
Hewlett Packard’s ProBook range features no nonsense notebooks designed for portability and power. If you wish to, you can configure a model with an solid-state disk (SSD), but an old-fashioned mechanical drive is also available. Often touted as business-friendly, does the ProBook range also have what it takes for consumers? Solid but not so stylishThe…
Lenovo ThinkPad X121e notebook
Lenovo’s ThinkPad X121e is a basic laptop for mobile professionals. It isn’t an all-singing, all-dancing machine. But it is an affordable machine with some great design features. Small, neat, portableWeighing in at just 1.36kg, the Lenovo ThinkPad X121e is exceptionally light – and small, too, at 290x208x24mm. It’ll fit into tiny bags or rucksacks easily….