JANUARY 2022 T 3 87Best of the bestApple’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
LENOVO YOGA 9I 14A premium laptop
through and through,
ideal for streaming
video. The Lenovo
Yoga 9i 14 will best
suit business users,
and could also be
a great choice for
students who are
willing to splash out.From £999,lenovo.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 S15This 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 13The 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.comLENOVO YOGA 9I 14Not just stylish, but
with substance too.
This is a speedy piece
of kit that is sure
to cope with pretty
much everything you
could throw at it. The
only real downside is
that the battery life is
fairly average.From £999,lenovo.comHP ELITE DRAGONFLY G2A seriously impressive
laptop – it’s faster,
more premium and
even nicer to use than
the first generation of
the PC, the HP Elite
Dragonfly, and that’s
saying something.
Versatile and
transportable.£2,630, hp.comMICROSOFT SURFACE BOOK 3Pull 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.comAPPLE 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.comAPPLE iPAD MINI (2021)A little powerhouse
of a tablet and a
fantastic creativity
machine, packing in
an incredibly fast
Apple A15 processor
that makes it the
most powerful iPad
outside of the Pros,
remarkably.From £479, apple.comSAMSUNG GALAXY TAB S5EThis is Samsung’s
newest tablet, and
if your needs aren’t
that demanding and
you want a well-built
Android tablet with
an excellent screen,
it definitely stands
out as one of the best
tablets of 2021.From £319, samsung.comAPPLE iPAD 10. 2 (2021)The cheapest full-
size Apple tablet
has evolved in some
really useful ways.
The storage options
have been increased
to 64GB or 256GB,
while the processor
has been boosted to
the zippy A 13 Bionic.From £319, apple.comLAPTOPS2 - IN- 1LAPTOPSTABLETSFind the lowest prices at:
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