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Saturday, March 22, 2014

TabTop or Laplet: the year of the convertible

After 2012 have been labeled as the year when laptops were in an identity crisis, we decided the outline of that year tradition with a look ahead to 2013. Under pressure from Microsoft's Windows 8 and Intel's new ultrabook concepts ventured manufacturers located on convertible ultrabooks, with laptops becoming more and more like on tablets and vice versa. So 2013 was the year of laptop screens in all ways were attached to the rest of a laptop, but it was also the year in which the screen turned itself. Screen resolutions were blown up and had every new laptop over 1000 euros on a single gaming laptop after an IPS screen.

However identeit crisis was not over in 2013. All manufacturers spent convertible ultrabooks with different screen structures, but which concept was doing the best? We have as much pull, tilt and flip up ultrabooks tested and it was found each manufacturer yet another twist - pun intended - to have given to the screen.

HP EliteBook Revolve 810 Lenovo ThinkPad Twist Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro
Lenovo and HP kept the records with the ThinkPad Twist and EliteBook Revolve . We knew the rotary screens of all previous HP laptops, which for years before there was ultrabooks were provided with a flip touchscreen. For Lenovo incidentally did not stop the rotation screen, laptop builder took the plunge and built with the inventive Yoga Series also has a laptop where the screen flips around the enclosure.

Sony Vaio Duo 11 (SVD1121X9E) Sony Vaio Duo 13 Sony Vaio Fit multi-flip Dell XPS 12
Not only Lenovo was inventive in developing unique display structures. Sony developed in the form of the Vaio Duo 11 and 13, two sliders , wherein the screen completely covers the keyboard, in the folded state. Sony appeared to have. Much more in store The Vaio Fit multi-flip joins together with Dell XPS 12 in the series inconspicuous convertibles , which at first sight is not clear that it is going to flip up screens.

Microsoft Surface Pro 2 Samsung Ativ Smart PC Pro (XE700T1C-A02NL) Black Asus
The convertibles we ultimately highly appreciated, were usually somewhat thick tablets with x86 hardware and a detachable keyboard. Microsoft started the trend with the Surface Pro and in 2013 we tested in that category the Surface Pro 2 , Samsung Smart PC and Asus' Transformer Book TX300 . The TX300 went with the rating 'Very Good' stealing and recently also shows the little brother, the Transformer T100, quite enjoy. Whatever popularity

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