The Best Laptops on the Go
Slim, lightweight, durable: No, we are not talking of tablets. There are also many notebooks with these properties. We have the best laptops on the go in the test.
Sure – a tablet is lightweight and easy to use. But if you want to work on the go, there is no way past a notebook. For not only in office applications, but also in video and image processing provides a laptop is the more convenient operation via keyboard and touchpad and a higher processing power and a bigger screen.
Upgrade to a tablet by lapel or Bluetooth’s keyboard to work device, the wiper computer loses the weight advantage. Tablet keyboard and then weigh usually about one kilograms – much harder current ultrabooks are not.
The battery life has to fit, but also the weight.
The best laptop on the go, the laptop, the weight and battery life combines best. Because is the lighter and thinner notebook, the smaller usually the battery: And since almost all laptops use similar components – for example, a core processor from Intel – the simple equation applies: Larger battery immediately longer duration.
This is also true for the laptops with a Haswell processor from Intel – but at a higher level. The two Haswell representatives in the test field, the current model of the Apple Macbook Air 13 and the Sony Vaio Pro 13, work much more economical than the Ultrabooks with the previous CPU Ivy Bridge and so achieve like the Sony notebook with a small battery, an impressively long term.
The overall winner gets the Apple Macbook Air 13: It achieved with just under nine hours, the longest battery life in the test – and on Windows. Under MacOS X, it operates on battery power even more economical and creates the example, in the video playback over ten hours. A good running time of over eight hours, you also get the Sony Vaio Pro 13 and the Asus Zenbook Prime UX31A and the larger Dell XPS 14, but that it needs a heavy 69-watt-hour battery.
Feather weights: Hardly, any kilograms.
On a long battery life, you should look for when on longer trips mostly work on the notebook – for example, in an airplane or train. Do you need the notebook, on the other hand, often wear to work then only briefly about such as trade shows, university or during customer visits, low weight is important – but that should not go too much at the expense of battery life.
The lightest notebook in the test is the Sony Vaio Pro 13 With 1066 grams. It is just like the Toshiba Satellite Z930 under the 1100 gram limit. The two 13-inch Ultrabooks are thus even lighter than the 11.6-inch model Vaio Duo 11 by Sony. The weight advantage is they achieve through their carbon or magnesium housing. These materials make it easier but not as stable as aluminum notebooks – something the Macbook Air 13 that is heavier than 200 grams.
Conclusion.
Apple gets with the Macbook Air 13 test victory: Light and sturdy, the aluminum notebook is always, and the Haswell CPU dropped now even under Windows really persistent. A bit heavier, but still pleasantly balanced between weight and maturity is the Asus Zenbook Prime UX31A in which even an Ivy Bridge processor sits. Who is all about light weight goes, reaches for the Sony Vaio Pro 13, which has a respectable duration despite the small battery pack or little heavier, but cheaper Toshiba Satellite Z930, but showing only a lower display resolution.
