T3 - UK (2022-06)

JUNE 2022 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

MACBOOK PRO (M1) 2021

Available as a 14-inch

or 1 6-inch laptop,

with either the M 1

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

ACER SWIFT 3

An affordable

machine, but with

plenty of oomph, the

Swift 3 packs 12th-

gen Intel CPUs, HD

screens, and up to

1TB of SSD storage,

with a spare slot for

upgrades. It’s a lot

for your money.

From £599, acer.com

DELL XPS 13 OLED

Powerful, with an

11th-gen Intel CPU

and up to 16GB

of RAM, well built,

and compact thanks

to a 13.4-inch 4K

display. It’s just about

everything you could

want in your search

for the best laptop.

£1,399, dell.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 PRO 8

Anyone who needs

versatility and

portability should

consider the

Microsoft Surface

Pro 8. If you buy the

optional Surface Type

Cover, it works just as

well as a tablet as it

does a laptop.

From £999, microsoft.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 (2022)

A seriously powerful

piece of kit, the iPad

Air (2022) features

Apple’s M1 chipset,

and the upgrade really

shows. You can pretty

much do anything

and everything on

this incredible tablet.

It’s just right.

From £569,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 S6 LITE

Though not quite as

powerful as others

in the range, this is a

strong yet affordable

offering. It comes

with an S Pen, which

makesit great for

sketching in addition

to watching your

favourite content.

From £329, 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 A 13 Bionic.

From £319, apple.com

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