Whether you call it an ultraportable, an ultrabook, a thin and light notebook or an ultraportable laptop, your priorities are likely to be the same.

1. October 21, 2011
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Top 5 Thin and Light Windows Notebooks,
2011 Laptop Review
Top 5 Thin and Light Windows Notebooks, challenge to shave their size down beyond a certain
2011 Laptop Review point.
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Here’s our pick of the top five currently on the mar-
ket (or about to be released).
#1 ASUS U36SD
Whether you call it an ultraportable, an ultrabook,
a thin and light notebook or an ultraportable laptop,
your priorities are likely to be the same.
You’ll want maximum computing power in the
smallest possible package that still lets you work
without feeling cramped.
Most business travellers agree that the sweet spot
for this type of laptop is in the range of 12 – 14 screen
size, weighing less than 2kg and thinner than 2cm.
Many manufacturers try to dress up chunkier and Due to be available within the next six weeks, ASUS’
heavier laptops as ‘thin and light’ ones — but consi- U36SD is among the thinnest and lightest notebooks
dering some 15 full-size laptops are only 2.5 kg and on the market, at just 1.9 cm thick and 1.6 kg light.
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2.5cm thick, we think that’s a stretch.
Not only does it use full-speed Intel Core chips (not
Really thin and light notebooks are not exactly the ‘ultra low voltage’ versions that trade speed for
plentiful, as it’s evidently quite a manufacturing longer battery life), it’s one of the only ultra-thin
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2. October 21, 2011
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notebooks we’re aware of that can be ordered with #3 Samsung Notebook Series 9
a quad-core Core i7 processor in it.
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#2 Sony Vaio Z
It’s great to see real design innovation in the PC space
— it’s a shame that so many laptops are still made
in corporate black plastic. The Samsung Notebook
The thinnest notebook in the world with a full power Series 9 uses brushed “duralumin”, an aircraft-grade
Intel Core i7 chip in it — the Sony Vaio Z is a waif metal that’s twice as strong as aluminium.
at just 1.67cm thin, and an incredible 1.16kg light.
Ditching plastic has allowed Samsung to shave this
It’s also the only 13.3 notebook we’re aware of that notebook down to 1.63cm at its thickest point, and
packs a full 1920×1080 high definition display — it tips the scales at just 1.31 kg.
which means you can fit an amazing amount on the
small screen, provided your eyes are good enough. However, it does make one compromise: it only uses
Otherwise, you can scale things up in Windows 7 the reduced-speed Intel Core i5 chip at its heart, to
for crisp rendering of fonts and windows. keep heat output down.
The Vaio Z would be at the top of our list, except for Read our full preview
the fact that the Australian version is a bit odd: Sony
is providing the “Power Media Dock 2 as standard,
which means everyone has to pay for it whether
they need it or not, and the Australian model also
has no inbuilt 3G option, unlike the overseas models.
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3. October 21, 2011
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#4 Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook #5 Toshiba Satellite Z830
Aspire S3 is claimed to be 13mm thick. Put next to a
MacBook Air that’s 17 mm thick at its thickest point,
it was obvious that the Air is still thinner.
Toshiba will join the ultrabook brigade next month
It turns out the Aspire S3 is actually 17mm at its with the Australian release of the Satellite Z830.
thickest point, not taking into account the rubber
stoppers on the bottom, which add a couple more The Japanese colossus of mobile computing has had
millimetres. many waif-thin welterweight notebooks before, of
course, but this is its first entry Intel’s new ultra-
Putting aside a few thousandths of a metre between book category.
friends, it is an impressive form factor, and a sur-
prisingly clean design for a PC notebook. (If you want a recap: the ultrabook recipe calls for
a profile under 2cm, weight less than 1.4kg, an SSD
Das blinkenlights have been whittled down to a mere drive, instant-on from sleep mode, Thunderbolt or
two tiny pin-prick LEDs beneath the screen — one USB 3.0 ports and four to six hours battery life.)
to indicate the notebook is on, and another to indi-
cate low battery. (That’s still two too many in our Read our full preview
opinion, but hey, two are better than seven… we’re
looking at you, Toshiba Portege Z830.)
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