The Chuwi MiniBook is a convertible mini-laptop with an 8 inch touchscreen display and a 360 degree hinge, a backlit keyboard, and a fingerprint sensor. It’s the first mini-laptop from Chuwi, a Chinese company that’s been selling cheap tablets, notebooks, and compact desktop computers for a few years. The folks at Chuwi sent me a […]
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One Mix 1S mini laptop review (7 inch convertible with Celeron 3965Y)
It’s been just over a year since One Netbook released their first compact computer, a 7 inch mini-laptop called the One Mix Yoga. Since then the company has released several other models including some with beefier specs and/or bigger screens and keyboards. Now One Netbook is going back to basics with the One Mix 1S Yoga. It’s […]
Acer Swift 7 review: ultra-thin, ultra-light 14 inch laptop
Pick up the Acer Swift 7 (2019) laptop and you almost won’t believe that it is a laptop. It’s barely thicker than an iPhone, measuring just 9.95mm (0.4 inches thick). And weighing just 890 grams (a little under 2 pounds, it’s lighter than some hardcover books. Acer’s laptop has a 14 inch display, but it’s more […]
One Mix 3 Yoga 8.4 inch mini laptop review
The One Netbook One Mix 3 Yoga is the smallest laptop I’ve ever used with a keyboard that’s comfortable enough to let me type at around 80 words per minute. Measuring about 8″ x 5.1″ x 0.6″ and weighing about 1.5 pounds, the little computer with an 8.4 inch display is small enough to slide […]
GPD P2 Max 8.9 inch mini-laptop preview
GPD’s latest mini laptop is a little less mini than usual. But the GPD P2 Max is also a lot easier to use as a full-fledged computer than the GPD Pocket or GPD Win lines of handheld computers while continuing the trend of being incredibly small compared to most laptops on the market. The GPD […]
GPD MicroPC handheld computer preview
It’s been a good couple of years for handheld computer enthusiasts. Companies like GPD, One Netbook, and TopJoy have been cranking out Windows computers with screen sizes between 5.5 inches and 8 inches and for the most part each one seems better than the lat in one way or another. Now GPD’s fifth tiny Windows […]
Taihe Gemini portable 1080p touchscreen monitor preview
The Taihe Gemini portable monitor has made quite a splash since going up for pre-order on Kickstarter in January, having raised over $1 million from more than 3,200 backers so far — despite the project’s modest goal of just $10,000. Update 2/19/2019: The Kickstarter campaign has ended, but you can now pre-order a Gemini through an […]
Intel Bean Canyon NUC review
Intel’s NUC line of mini computers have been around for years, offering a combination of compact design and decent performance for situations where you might want the power of a full-fledged PC, but you’d prefer if it didn’t take up a lot of space. For the most part, Intel NUC computers feature laptop-class hardware. But […]
One Netbook One Mix 2S mini laptop review
Imagine a laptop. Now imagine it smaller. No, smaller. So small that it’s small enough to fold up and put in your pocket (assuming you have rather large pockets). Now give it a touchscreen display, a 360-degree hinge that lets you use it like a tablet, and digital pen support so that you can write […]
Zotac ZBOX CI660 nano fanless mini PC review
The Zotac ZBOX CI660 nano is a small desktop computer with the guts of a decent laptop… but it outperforms most laptops I’ve tested in benchmarks despite the fact that it’s a fanless system that relies on passive cooling to keep its processor from overheating. Zotac has been selling fanless mini computers since the company first […]
Topjoy Falcon 8 inch convertible laptop preview
Tiny laptops are having their moment… again. A decade after the rise and fall of netbooks and UMPCs, a crop of Chinese device makers is breathing new life into the idea of laptops with small screens and tiny keyboards. The TopJoy Falcon is the latest entry in the category. It borrows liberally from the design […]
Asus NovaGo review pt 2: It’s more versatile with Windows 10 Pro (but not any faster)
12 Comments on Asus NovaGo review pt 2: It’s more versatile with Windows 10 Pro (but not any faster)The Asus NovaGo is one of the first Windows 10 computers to ship with an ARM based processor. Powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, the convertible tablet-style notebook promises long battery life, always-connected capabilities thanks to the built-in 4G LTE cellular modem, and silent operation thanks to a fanless design. It has some premium […]