Folks looking for some extra connectivity for their Thunderbolt-equipped laptop might just get it with Razer’s new dock, and it comes packing colours, too.
If you own a recent laptop, there’s a good chance you’re missing a large assortment of ports, because new laptops are made to be slimmer.
These days, it’s not unusual for a laptop to come with two or three ports, but skip out on a greater majority, likely including the reversible USB Type C ports for charging, data, and video, but often missing out on the USB Type A standard rectangular port most of us regard as USB. That’s just how it goes these days, because laptops are made to be slim, and cutting back on the ports helps them stay slim.
If you need a laptop that’s not just light, but among the lightest of the light, you’re looking for the 14-inch Acer Swift 5. At just 2.31 pounds, it’s one of those devices that messes with your mind. When I pick it up, I feel like I must be holding a hollow chassis. When I put it in my backpack, I spend the day worrying that I might have left it at home.
Sure, there are lighter laptops out there Asus’ Expertbook B9450, LG’s Gram 13, Acer’s Swift 7, Samsung’s Galaxy Book S, and Dynabook’s Portege X30L-G all weigh a bit less but some of these models are either significantly more expensive than the Swift 5 or a step down in performance. If you’re looking for a real-deal processor for a mainstream consumer audience, the Swift 5 is about the lightest you can go.
When laptops first got popular, the category was full of fugly-looking portable boxes that weren’t light and had no battery life. However, the first Portégés – then made by Toshiba – largely resembled the modern laptops of today, which is incredibly impressive for .
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