Thinnest Laptop: Lightest Laptops

Tuesday, 16 October 2012

Lightest Laptops

The major players in the laptop business are well-established. Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba, and others have all been making portable computers for 20-plus years. That's why it's surprising that we've seen not one, but two fresh takes on laptops from first-time PC makers in 2012. First was the Razer Blade, from the accessory company Razer. The second is a new line of laptops from Vizio, best known for its big-screen televisions.

In both cases, these are new laptops, designed from the ground up. Both are thin, midsize systems, with an eye toward creating a premium product line. The Blade looked very cool, but famously went off the rails trying to do too much that was unfamiliar. The Vizio line, represented here by the 14-inch CT14-A2, doesn't mess with the archetype too much and hits more often than it misses.