ACER SWIFT 5 £1,100
store.acer.com Te 14-inch touchscreen display on the Swiſt 5 has tiny bezels, making for a pleasing all-screen effect. It feels so light in the hand that you may wonder if something has been leſt out (it’s about 1kg). It’s slim, too (14.95mm), which is appealing, even if you’re only carrying it from the living room to the home office. For all that, it still packs a punch thanks to a leading-edge Intel processor. Tere’s also a special antimicrobial agent on the surface of the keyboard, plus a fingerprint reader. Battery life is reasonable at more than nine hours.
ACCESSORIES
APPLE MAGIC MOUSE From £79
apple.com/uk A mouse is a useful way to make a laptop feel more like a desktop, and some people simply prefer one to a trackpad. Apple’s mouse is still one of the slickest around. There are no buttons – well, there are but it looks like it’s all one piece. You recharge it with the same Lightning cable used for the iPhone (note that you can’t charge it while working as the port is located underneath the mouse). Choose from silver or Space Grey.
BELKIN USB-C TO USB-A ADAPTER £15
belkin.com Some of the latest laptops, especially ones from Apple, have ditched regular connectors like USB-A in favour of the smaller USB-C. That’s all very well until you need the older-style USB-A socket (such as to charge a phone from your laptop, say). This tiny, affordable gadget is ideal and connects any USB-A cable to your laptop. The cable is short but long enough to ensure a narrow profile, so it doesn’t block the next socket.
GOOGLE PIXELBOOK GO From £629
store.google.com When Google launched its own operating system, at first it really only worked well if the laptop was online. Tings have changed over the years and laptops using Chrome OS, such as this one, have much more autonomy. Te Pixelbook Go is thin (12.7mm), light (1.06kg) and effective with a 13.3-inch screen. It also has a remarkably silent keyboard – handy if you’re working from home and the family are complaining about the clackety-clack as you tap. It’s great for videoconferencing thanks to a front-facing camera that is higher resolution than most. Performance is decent and it comes at a competitive price. Battery life is good, at up to 12 hours.
MOSHI SYMBUS Q COMPACT USB-C DOCK £165
moshi.com If your laptop only has one or two USB-C sockets but your needs are more demanding, this clever dock offers lots more versatility. It plugs into the mains so you can charge the laptop, and there are two USB-A sockets, an HDMI port to connect a display and ethernet. Oh, and the top surface is a wireless charging pad so you can simply plonk a compatible phone on top to charge it.
KNOMO KNOMAD THAMES ORGANISER £69
knomo.com Even if you’re not taking the laptop far just now, it’s good to have a useful and attractive case for it. Knomad, from the brilliant British bag and luggage maker Knomo, has an organiser with mesh sections, bands, slots, holders and pockets so that everything has its place. There’s even a pocket with RFID protection to prevent your cards being accidentally scanned near a card reader. The special ID in each Knomo product helps the company to reunite you with your item if it gets lost. Available in black or grey.
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