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Travel tip: where to find AC powerpoints in airports

With ultrabook laptops' long-life batteries, better power point provision in airport laptops and a welcome increase in the number of business class seats with regular AC power points, business trav...

POSTED ON 16/2/12 3 comments
Travel tech: Dell’s ultraportable XPS 14z

We’re still waiting for Dell’s entry into the ultrabook stakes, and we hear it’s not too far off (think January 2012)… but if you just can’t wait any longer to replac...

POSTED ON 27/10/11 0 comments
Post-PC era? Hardly... most travellers carry both laptop and iPad

In brief: One in every four US travellers carries a tablet – and it's almost certainly an iPad, according to US in-flight Internet provider Gogo. Yet despite the boom in table...

POSTED ON 12/9/11 6 comments
First look: Toshiba's stunning 1.1kg light, 16mm thin 'ultrabook'

If you're pining for a travel-friendly ultra-slim Windows laptop, Toshiba's Portégé Z830 could well be a perfect match. One of the first entrants into the "Ultrabook" categ...

POSTED ON 7/9/11 0 comments
Samsung drops price of Notebook Series 9, world's slimmest laptop

UPDATE | Samsung has released several new models of this gorgeous, ultra-slim Windows notebook. A new 11.6" model, built around an Intel Core i3 processor with 64GB of flash-based storage is $1,499...

POSTED ON 31/8/11 0 comments
Dell’s thinner & lighter 3G business notebook

We’re not going to pretend that Dell’s new Vostro V131 slips neatly into the ‘thin and light’ basket. Our official Australian Business Traveller definition of ‘thin a...

POSTED ON 11/8/11 0 comments
Travel tech: laptops move towards all-day battery life

Business travellers expect a lot from their laptop but a trio of tightly-connected features tops the list. The ideal notebook should be thin, it should be light and it should have enough battery li...

POSTED ON 9/8/11 0 comments
The Ultrabooks are coming: super thin laptops for travellers

If there's one thing that iPads have done beyond giving travellers a better inflight entertainment option, it's the wake-up call they have given the laptop industry. Apple may only hold 10% of the...

POSTED ON 1/8/11 0 comments
Apple's new MacBook Air: is this the ultimate travel notebook?

Apple is touting its just-released MacBook Air as "the ultimate everyday notebook", but like its second-gen predecessor, the new Air could just as easily be tagged as "the ultimate business travel ...

POSTED ON 21/7/11 1 comment
Top 5 thin and light Windows laptops

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 smal...

POSTED ON 11/7/11 0 comments