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The speed and portability of Ultrabooks (and their tiny-but-not-a-piece-of-crap-netbook nature) have made them a popular option, but which is the best Ultrabook currently available? Gizmodo gets benchmarking. Australian prices listed.
While 2011 saw the first wave of Ultrabooks hit, it’s still a class very much trying to find its footing. Here we’ve rounded up the most notable Ultrabooks available to pin down which are worth your time, and which aren’t. We took into account performance, build quality, usability, battery life, and the general je ne sais quoi of using the laptop as an everyday machine. The SKUs on the models tested didn’t quite match up, but except for a few explicitly denoted instances, performance and specs weren’t major differentiating factors in the experience. So yeah, we ran benchmarks and battery such as Acer SQ-1100 battery , Acer SQ-2100 battery , Acer TravelMate 660 battery , Acer TravelMate 8000 battery , Acer BTP-APJ1 battery , Acer BTP-AQJ1 battery , Acer BTP-ARJ1 battery , Acer TravelMate 2420 battery , Acer BATCL32 battery , Acer Aspire 2000 battery , Acer Aspire 2200 battery , Acer AS07B72 battery tests, but just as important — or more, even — was which were a delight to use, and which tempted us to smash them into tiny silicon bits. Here’s how they shook out:
Note: CES is just around the corner (ie next week) and we expect to see more models arrived. This round up reflects the best of what’s actually available right now.
Here’s the thing about the Portege Z830: It does what it says it’s going to do. Just not much else. It’s the lightest 13″ laptop out there, and it’s got a smorgasburg of ports. That sounds awesome — for, err, some people. But when it comes to using the Portege in the real world, it doesn’t have much going for it compared to its competitors.
It’s a totally unfair thing to base any kind of opinion on, but there’s a symbolism to the TGIFridays-like lump of stickers waiting for you just below the keyboard. And it’s a symbol for “Ugh.” The garish chrome trackpad buttons. The flimsy, plasticy design. The performing way under spec for both its guts and its “Ultrabook” moniker. The extremely disappointing battery life. There’s a lot to gripe about with the Portege, and not too much on the other side. It feels a lot like the Netbook of Ultrabooks. At least it’s got those Ethernet, RGB, and HDMI ports, though?
The Z830 does have a spill-resistant keyboard, which is a half-decent consolation, and its magnesium alloy body is actually decent-looking, even if it feels like it might crack in two at any moment.