Apple MacBook Air 13in – 68,590.00
Operating System – OS X Mavericks
Screen - 13.3in LCD with 1440 x 900 resolution
CPU - 1.4GHz Intel Core i5
GPU - Intel HD Graphics 5000
RAM - 4GB of 1600MHz LPDDR3
Storage - 128GB PCIe
Connectivity - 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.0, USB 3.0 (x2), Thunderbolt, SDXC
Dimensions - 325 x 227 3-17mm
Weight - 1.35kg
All MacBook Air variants are now
powered by 1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor, compared to the 1.3GHz
processor of the same family in the predecessors.
MacBook Pro Retina 13in –
85,200.00
Operating System – OS X Mavericks
Screen - 13.3-inch LCD with 2560 × 1600 resolution
CPU - 2.8GHz
Dual-core Intel Core i5
GPU - Integrated Intel Iris 5100 Graphics
RAM - 8GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM
Storage - 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage
Connectivity - 802.11ac, USB 3.0 (x2), Thunderbolt 2
(x2), SDXC, HDMI
Dimensions - 31.4 x 21.9 x 1.8cm
Weight - 1.57kg
The price equivalent of the model we looked at last year, which
gives us a 2.8GHz Intel Core i5 processor over last year's 2.6GHz, but the same
amount of memory (8GB) and the same size PCIe-based flash storage (512GB).
Microsoft Surface Pro 3 –
85,590.00
Operating System – Windows 8.1
Screen - 12in
LCD with 2160 x 1440 resolution (3:2 ratio)
CPU -
Intel Core i5 (also available with i3 or i7)
GPU -
Intel 4400 HD
RAM - 8GB
(also available with 4GB)
Storage -
128GB (also available with 64GB, 256GB or 512GB)
Connectivity -
802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.0, USB 3.0, microSD, Mini DisplayPort
Cameras - 5MP
front, 5MP rear
Dimensions - 201
x 292 x 9mm
Weight - 800g
The Surface
Pro 3 will be available with a choice of Intel i3, i5 and i7 chips, 4GB, 8GB or
12GB of RAM, and 64GB, 128GB, 256GB or 512GB of SSD storage.
Alienware 17 – 1,87,395.00
Operating system - Windows 8
Processor - Intel Core i7 @ 2.4GHz, Nvidia GeForce GTX 780M graphics
RAM - 16GB
Screen - 17in, 1920x1080
Storage - 500GB HDD
Connections - DVD-RW, 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.0, USB3.0 (x4), MiniDisplayPort,
HDMI in/out, Ethernet, card reader
Dimensions/weight - 48.5x299x413.5mm, 4.15Kg
The
Alienware 17 is one such beast. Its weight (4kg) and size (5cm deep) make it
more suited to a small trailer than a rucksack and it has 10 ‘light zones’ that
can be customised in one of 20 colours. Even the packaging makes it look
like something found in Area 51.
Asus Zenbook UX302LA
Operating System - Windows 8.1 64-bit
Screen - 13.3in 16:9 IPS FHD with 1920x1080 resolution
CPU - Intel Core i7 4500U (Haswell)
GPU - Integrated Intel HD Graphics 4400
RAM - 4GB DDRL
Storage - 500GB HDD + 16GB SSD
Connectivity - 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, WiDi, Bluetooth V4.0, 3 x USB
3.0, HDMI, mini Display Port, SD card
Dimensions/weight - 325 x 226 x 5-17mm / 1.5kg
Windows 8 has been released, and with it touch screens have
become an essential part of any laptop. We've also seen a proliferation of
ultra-HD screens, and lots of bells and whistles added to the laptop formula.
Can Asus' latest Zenbook, the UX302 found with an "LA" suffix in the
UK.
Acer C720 Chromebook –
19,990.00
Operating system - Chrome OS
Processor - Intel Celeron 2955U @ 1.4GHz
RAM - 2GB DDR3
Screen - 11.6in display with 1366x768 resolution
Storage - 16GB + 100GB Google Drive
Connections - USB2.0, USB3.0, HDMI, SD card reader, 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.0
Dimensions/weight - 288x202x19.1/1.25kg
Acer’s
dressed the 11.6in C720 in a kind of tech Burton suit: all grey, corporate
dourness.
Acer Aspire S7
The Aspire S7 is powered by an Intel Core i5-4200U processor, which is
a dual-core Haswell generation low-power model. This CPU has a base speed of
1.6GHz but can ramp up to 2.6GHZ on demand, thanks to Intel's Turbo Boost
feature. The integrated graphics processor is Intel's HD 4400, which should be
enough for most tasks you'd expect an Ultrabook to handle.
Acer throws in 4GB of RAM and a 256GB solid-state drive. There's no
optical drive, but that's not something we miss nowadays. Besides, the SD card
slot will let you add far more storage than a DVD could ever hold.
HP
Chromebook 11
Operating System - Chrome OS
Processor - Samsung Exynos 5250
RAM
- 2GB DDR3
Screen - 11.6in display with 1366x768 resolution
Storage - 16GB + 100GB Google Drive
Connections - USB, 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.0
Dimensions/weight - 297x192x17.6mm/1.04kg
Acer Aspire Switch 10
Operating System – Windows 8.1
Screen - 10.1in IPS LCD with 1366 x 768 resolution
CPU - Intel Atom Z3745
GPU - Integrated graphics
RAM - 2GB
Storage - 32GB or 64GB
Connectivity - 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.0, USB 3.0, microSD, microHDMI
Dimensions - 177 x 262 x 8.9mm
Weight - 1.1kg
Lenovo Flex 15D
Operating System – Windows 8.1
Processor AMD A6-5200 APU @
2.0GHz, with Radeon HD Graphics
RAM 8GB
Screen 15.6in, 1366x768
(100ppi)
Storage 1TB HDD
Connectivity USB3.0 (x1), USB2.0 (x2),
HDMI-out, 2-in-1 card reader (SD/MMC), combo jack, Ethernet
Dimensions 520x330x70mm
Weight 2.3kg
The
Flex 15D is a bit bigger than it needs to be, due to the double frame around
the screen, there's the bezel from the main casing, then an additional black
border within that before the pixels shows themselves. The display resolution is 1366x768, which is unusually low by modern
standards, especially for a screen this size. Pixel-spotters will have a field
day.