Obscure monitor vendor debuts one of the most desirable laptops of the year: Sub-1kg, Intel Lunar lake CPU and a 14-inch display, but it will never go on sale outside of Japan
Unitcom unveils a surprising, but very desirable laptop
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Monitor maker Unitcom hasreleasedthe iiyama PC, featuring a 14-inch or 16-inch design and plenty of other attractive features.
The iiyama PC comes withIntel’s Core Ultra Series 2 processors, known as Lunar Lake, and the body of the laptop uses magnesium alloy to make the device lightweight without sacrificing sturdiness.
Thanks to the alloy, the 14-inch version of the iiyama PC can weigh less than 1kg, which is extremely light for a laptop. For comparison, the14-inch MacBook Proweighs in at 1.55kg with the lightest M3 chipset.
iiyama PC - an unexpected surprise
Anyone who has looked to travel with a laptop knows that weight is basically the most important consideration, and the iiyama excels in this regard.
There is also Wi-Fi 7 and support forMicrosoft’s newCopilot+ PCinitiative, which requires the laptop to use newer Intel chips to unlock various AI features within Windows and its associated apps. There’s also a 5MP webcam for good measure.
The best business laptop you can’t buy
The downside to wanting Unitcom’s iiyama PC is that sadly it will only ever be available in Japan. While that might suit some frequent travellers to Japan, for the rest of us, we’ll have to resign ourselves to never getting our hands on one.
The iiyama PC comes in three versions, for 169,800 yen (£870) and 194,800 yen (£997) for the 14-inch model and 199,800 yen (£1,000) for the 16-inch model.
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What is the best business laptop?
Seeing as the iiyama is not widely available, TechRadar has spent a lot of time checking out all of thebest business laptopson the market.
In our considered opinion, theLenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 8is the best thing out there right now, offering up to 13th-Gen Intel Core i7, 1TB to 4TB of storage, and a pretty lightweight and portable design.
For anyone on a budget, we recommend theAcer Travelmate P4, which has slightly less impressive specs but can easily be upgraded, has decent battery life and a Thunderbolt port, and doesn’t cost much at all.
Of course, we’d be remiss not to mention theApple MacBook Air 15-inch (2023), a laptop that probably doesn’t need much introduction. If you aren’t tied into the Windows ecosystem (or have loose ties), then this is the MacBook for work. TheMacBook Proisn’t bad either .
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Max Slater-Robins has been writing about technology for nearly a decade at various outlets, covering the rise of the technology giants, trends in enterprise and SaaS companies, and much more besides. Originally from Suffolk, he currently lives in London and likes a good night out and walks in the countryside.
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