c’t tested compact notebooks from 960 grams to 1.6 kilograms – the notebook class that used to be called subnotebooks or ultrabooks. In the podcast we talk about the individual models and give tips on running times, display types and equipment.
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They have larger displays – around 14 inches – than older models are used to, which is due to narrower display bezels. Some have an OLED panel, some have a matte finish, some have touch, some have a stylus. Everything together is not mutually exclusive; In the test, HP installed a matte touch display with a pen in the Dragonfly. Unfortunately, the OLEDs in the test all reflect. We’re talking 16:9 vs. 16:10 (and 3:2 from HP), 90 and 120 Hz (Acer, Asus, Lenovo, Samsung) and high resolutions.
The runtimes last a long time throughout the day, with the LG Gram with 25 hours you might not even need a power supply unit over the weekend. They all charge via USB-C, and all can stop charging at less than 100 percent to save the battery – acceptable with these runtimes. The current thirteenth Core i generation is used as the processor; the HP still uses its predecessor. We explain the differences in the CPUs, the cooling systems and the resulting speeds. Notebooks with the current AMD generation were not yet available.
In review: Acer Swift Go 14, Asus ZenBook 14X, HP Dragonfly Folio G3, Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Carbon, LG Gram 14, MSI Summit E14 Flip, Samsung Galaxy Book3 Pro 14
Also present: Florian Müssig
Moderator: Jörg Wirtgen
Tonight’s Saturday’s complete Uplink episode 48.4 has additional coverage docking stations (since Friday on YouTube) and the smartphone Google Pixel 7a (since Tuesday on YouTube).
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(jow)