Laptops

As I know from painful experience, hauling a heavy brick of a laptop around on work assignments can be an energy zapping strain. Acer's Swift Edge model could help, launching as the lightest 16-inch OLED laptop in the world.

Back in early 2021, a Californian startup launched a 13.5-inch laptop designed for easy upgrade and repair by the user. The Framework Laptop has since been updated, and now the company has expanded the idea into Chromebook territory.

For the 2nd-gen ThinkBook Plus laptop, Lenovo added an E Ink outer display to complement the main screen. The company has also treated the latest model to an extra display, but this time the 8-inch screen is positioned to the right of the keyboard.

Foldable phones offer a mini tablet display experience in a device that can fit it a pocket. Lenovo brought the same flexibility to the laptop in 2020 with the ThinkPad X1 Fold, and now the bigger and better second generation has been revealed.

Consumer electronics giant Acer has released a new Chromebook that could have you turning a little green – not with envy, but in an eco-friendly sense. The Vero 514 makes use of recycled and recyclable materials, while also embracing repairability.

Getac has added two new additions to its family of rugged mobile workstations, both built to survive extreme operational conditions faced by defense personnel, in transport and logistics operations and field work in the energy industries.

In June 2020, Apple revealed that its computing products were about to follow iPhones and iPads and use its own bespoke system-on-chip. Now the company has revealed the M1's successor, and the first models to benefit from a marked performance boost.

Panasonic has supported the mobile workforce for a good many years with its line of Toughbook business laptops. Now the company has announced its most rugged laptop yet, the modular 14-inch Toughbook 40.

Californian computer hardware maker Corsair has launched its first gaming laptop, though the Voyager a1600 is also aimed at streamers and content creators and comes with a funky 10-key shortcut panel for Elgato Stream Deck software.

Laptops of yesteryear were never the easiest things to upgrade or repair yourself, but today's machines are even less so. The Framework Laptop is very much designed for user tweaking, and has now been upgraded to 12th Gen Intel Core processors.

For many, the global COVID-19 pandemic has made going to work a case of making some space at home and powering on the webcam-packing PC. Lenovo has just launched its 7th-gen Yoga machines to tempt those looking to upgrade their home office.

AMD has announced new Ryzen 5000 C-Series processors for Chromebooks, and one of the first companies to make use of the improved performance on offer is Acer with its 2022 Chromebook Spin 514 2-in-1 convertible.

Lenovo has boogied into MWC 2022 with a bunch of laptops for a new generation of hybrid workers. Of particular note are the first model to be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon compute platform and the fifth-generation X1 Extreme portable powerhouse.

Laptops can already be thought of as folding devices, but generally not in the same way as, say, Samsung's Galaxy Fold. There are exceptions of course, but Asus has unveiled something different at CES 2022 in the shape of the Zenbook 17 Fold OLED.

LG is throwing down the gauntlet to consumer tech titans like Acer, Dell and Asus with it's first entry in the gaming laptop arena – aiming to stand out from that crowd with a heady mix of premium hardware, sleek design and a focus on performance.