T3 - UK (2021-07)

JULY 2021 T 3 87

Best of the best

Apple’s cheapest

laptop is a revolution.

Think thin and light

laptops have to

sacrifice power? Not

any more. This is the

best of all worlds,

with an eight-core M 1

CPU as powerful as

those in gaming PCs.

£999, apple.com

LG GRAM 17 (2021)

Large but light, the

Gram 17 is incredibly

portable yet has

strong core hardware

specs backed up with

an impressive battery

life, quality keyboard

and, for a laptop, good

audio too. It’s perfect

for professionals.

£1,549, lg.com

DELL XPS 13 (9310)

The Dell XPS 13

is thinner and more

powerful than ever.

Up to 1TB of SSD

storage, 1 6GB of

RAM, a 4K screen

and fast 10th-

generation Intel chips

help make it a top-

quality all-rounder.

£1,194, dell.com

ASUS VIVOBOOK S15

This slim and super

light laptop hits a

wonderful sweet

spot. With an Intel

Core i5, 4GB of

RAM, a 256GB SSD

and a touchscreen

ScreenPad, it

represents wonderful

mid-range value.

£899, asus.com

ASUS ZENBOOK FLIP 13

The Zenbook Flip

13 might be the best

laptop Asus has ever

released. Tooled up

with an eighth-gen

Intel Core processor,

the tablet mode feels

great to use, thanks

to a responsive

touchscreen.

£800, asus.com

MICROSOFT SURFACE GO 2

Builds on what made

the original Surface

Go so good, adding

a more premium-

feeling design and a

small specs bump to

make sure you can

power through all

your computing tasks

with no difficulty.

£519, microsoft.com

SAMSUNG GALAXY

BOOK PRO 360

Unlike some other

2-in-1s, this doesn’t

feel awkward to use

in tablet mode, which

is super responsive

and feels lovely to

use with the stylus

for quick sketches or

note-taking with the

included S-pen.

£1,199, samsung.com

MICROSOFT SURFACE BOOK 3

Pull the screen away

from the keyboard

and it’s a tablet.

Connect them

for more graphics

power and battery

life. A premium,

fantastically portable,

and supremely

versatile system.

£1,439, microsoft.com

APPLE iPAD AIR (2020)

Technically the iPad

Air 4, but more

like the latest iPad

Pro with some of

the ‘pro’features

removed. Apple Pencil

2 support is here,

though, and there’s a

smart connector for

a keyboard too.

From £ 479 ,apple.com

SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB S7 PLUS

An Android

powerhouse that not

only goes toe-to-

toe with the iPad

Pro in terms of

performance, but

does so in terms of

style and build quality,

too – this thing is only

5.7mm thick!

£699, samsung.com

APPLE iPAD 10.2 (2020)

A whole lot of Apple

tablet for not much

money, it offers Apple

Pencil support and

the latest iPadOS

software. Perfect if

you want top tablet

performance and you

don’t have lots to

spend on it.

From £ 349 , apple.com

APPLE iPAD PRO 12. 9 (2021)

Apple showing off.

The new mini-LED

screen is simply the

best display in any

tablet, and the M1

processor inside

is stunningly fast.

It’s ridiculously

overpowered for

most people.

From £ 969 , apple.com

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