Laptops
Review: Dell XPS 13
Ultrabook
Monday, 7 May, 2012 | 1 comment Dell's 13-inch ultraportable offers quality design and construction at an affordable price, with very few downsides.Editor's rating: 
Review: Toshiba Satellite Z830
Ultrabook
Friday, 13 April, 2012 The Satellite Z830 is Toshiba’s first Ultrabook, available in New Zealand since October last year.Editor's rating: 
Review: HP Envy 14 Spectre
Ultrabook
Thursday, 15 March, 2012 | 5 comments We got the HP Envy 14 Spectre Ultrabook into our labs a week before it launches in New Zealand - here's our verdict.Editor's rating:
Review: Asus Zenbook UX31E
Ultrabook
Monday, 12 March, 2012 | 3 comments The Asus Zenbook UX31 Ultrabook is the closest thing we’ve seen to a MacBook Air, that isn’t a MacBook Air.Editor's rating:
Review: HP Folio 13
Ultrabook
Thursday, 1 March, 2012 HP’s first Ultrabook available in New Zealand is the Folio 13; a shiny, brushed-metal rectangle with subtly rounded corners and a rubberised, non-slip coating on the underside.Editor's rating:
Review: Samsung Series 7 Slate PC
Mobile device
Tuesday, 21 February, 2012 Calling Samsung’s 11.6-inch Series 7 device a ‘tablet’ feels inaccurate. Yes, it uses the same form factor as devices like the Apple iPad and Samsung’s own Galaxy Tab, but it’s really not a comparable product.Editor's rating: 
Review: Dell XPS 14Z
Laptop
Friday, 17 February, 2012 The latest in Dell’s XPS line of performance-oriented laptops, the 14z could double as a contender in the ultraportable stakes (it’s just 23mm thick) if not for its comparatively ‘heavy’ 2kg weight.Editor's rating:
Review: Acer Aspire S3
Ultrabook
Tuesday, 7 February, 2012 Acer’s Aspire S3 is the first ‘Ultrabook’ released in the New Zealand and Australian markets.Editor's rating: 
Dell Vostro V131
Ultraportable laptop
Monday, 16 January, 2012 The Vostro V131 is an “ultra-thin and light” laptop from Dell’s small-business range, with plenty of processing power under the lid.Editor's rating:
Samsung NP350 (U2B-A02)
Ultraportable laptop
Friday, 6 January, 2012 Samsung’s NP350 was not our top ultraportable performer for 2011. It’s right on the average battery life, weight and volume of the models we’ve tested. Still, it combines a set of reliable, well-implemented features into a solid build, at a not-unreasonable price.Editor's rating:
HP Pavilion dm1-3216AU
Ultraportable laptop
Wednesday, 4 January, 2012 HP has been on a winning streak for the last couple of years, with the company’s laptops taking several of our coveted PC World Platinum awards. That made it all the more disappointing that the Pavilion dm1 was the poorest performer in our 2011 ultraportable laptops roundup.Editor's rating:
Lenovo X121e
Ultraportable laptop
Monday, 2 January, 2012 Following Lenovo’s usual design philosophy, the X121e is boxy but good: compact, solidly constructed, reasonable performance and great battery life all in one.Editor's rating:
Preview: MSI U270
Ultraportable laptop
Friday, 30 December, 2011 MSI’s U270 is based on the same AMD Fusion E-450 APU as Sony’s VAIO Y (VPCYB36KG/B), includes the same 2GB of RAM, and 500GB, 5400RPM hard drive. Sadly our test model arrived sans-battery, downgrading this to a preview.
Sony VAIO Y (VPCYB36KG/B)
Ultraportable laptop
Wednesday, 28 December, 2011 The VAIO Y ultraportable laptop is attractive – smooth lines, glossy 11.6-inch display in a thin lid, and solid barrel-hinge holding the machine together. But how does it perform?Editor's rating:
Acer Aspire Ethos
Multimedia laptop
Wednesday, 21 December, 2011 Desktop replacement laptops don't come much bigger than the Acer Aspire Ethos 8950g. The 18.4-inch screen means that the entire unit weighs close to 5kg, with its included half-brick sized power adapter.Editor's rating:
Dell XPS 15Z
Multimedia laptop
Tuesday, 6 December, 2011 Dell's XPS 15Z slimline laptop is an impressive 25mm thickness; not quite Macbook Air thin, but it’s easily the most compact of the multimedia laptops we tested in our mid-2011 roundup.Editor's rating:
Asus N73SV
Multimedia laptop
Tuesday, 6 December, 2011 This massive 17.3-inch machine did well in our 2011 multimedia laptops roundup, but in many regards plays second-fiddle to HP's Envy 17.Editor's rating:
Sony VAIO F (VPCF226HGB)
Multimedia laptop
Tuesday, 6 December, 2011 | 1 comment With its 16.4-inch TFT display, the VAIO F-series notebook provided for our 2011 multimedia laptops roundup was the second-smallest of the machines tested. Portability is often the major trade-off when it comes to truly multimedia-capable notebooks, but Sony has made an admirable job of providing one that – in most areas – doesn’t feel inferior to its peers.Editor's rating:
Acer TravelMate 8481G
Ultraportable laptop
Monday, 5 December, 2011 Acer’s TravelMate 8481g shows that you don’t have to sacrifice screen size, processing power, graphical capabilities or even the convenience of a removable battery to get something extremely lightweight and compact.Editor's rating:
Apple MacBook Air (MC969X/A)
Ultraportable laptop
Monday, 5 December, 2011 Apple’s MacBook Air is without a doubt the most iconic ultraportable laptop. We checked out the 11-inch version in our 2011 ultraportable laptop roundup.Editor's rating:
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