MARCH 2022 T3 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 M1
CPU as powerful as
those in gaming PCs.
£999, apple.com
MACBOOK PRO (M1) 2021
Available as a 14-inch
or 16-inch laptop,
with either the M1
Pro or M1 Max chip,
Macbook Pros offer
top-level performance
and yet hugely
impressive battery
life. The very best
Apple has to offer.
From £1,899, apple.com
DELL XPS 13 (9310)
The Dell XPS 13
is thinner and more
powerful than ever.
Up to 1TB of SSD
storage, 16GB 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
LENOVO YOGA 9I 14
Not 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.com
HP ELITE DRAGONFLY G2
A 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.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
APPLE 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.com
SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB S5E
This 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.com
APPLE 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 A13 Bionic.
From £319, apple.com
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APPLE MACBOOK AIR (M1, 2020)