MARCH 2021 T3 87
Best of the best
Apple’s cheapest
laptop is a revolution.
Think thin and light
laptops have to
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any more. This is the
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those in gaming PCs.
£999, apple.com
APPLE MACBOOK PRO (M1, 2020)
The M1 MacBook Pro
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Air has to throttle
performance to stay
cool under sustained
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Pro doesn’t.
£1,299, apple.com
DELL XPS 13 (2019)
The Dell XPS 13
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generation Intel chips
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£1,194, dell.com
ASUS VIVOBOOK S15
This slim and super
light laptop hits a
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spot. With an Intel
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and a touchscreen
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£899, asus.com
ASUS ZENBOOK FLIP 13
The Zenbook Flip
13 might be the best
laptop Asus has ever
released. Tooled up
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the tablet mode feels
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to a responsive
touchscreen.
£800, asus.com
SAMSUNG GALAXY BOOK FLEX
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get a lot for your
money – it ticks just
about every box in
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quality and design.
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stylus that slots right
into the casing.
£1,349, samsung.com
MICROSOFT SURFACE GO 2
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the original Surface
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feeling design and a
small specs bump to
make sure you can
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your computing tasks
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£519, microsoft.com
MICROSOFT SURFACE BOOK 3
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from the keyboard
and it’s a tablet.
Connect them
for more graphics
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and supremely
versatile system.
£1,439, microsoft.com
APPLE iPAD AIR (2020)
Technically the iPad
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the ‘pro’ features
removed. Apple Pencil
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smart connector for
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From £479, apple.com
SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB S7 PLUS
An Android
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too – this thing is only
5.7mm thick!
£699, samsung.com
APPLE iPAD 10.2 (2020)
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tablet for not much
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Pencil support and
the latest iPadOS
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performance and you
don’t have lots to
spend on it.
From £349, apple.com
APPLE iPAD PRO 12.9
The biggest iPad
Pro is unbelievably
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great battery life
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From £969, apple.com
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APPLE MACBOOK AIR (M1, 2020)