Take your pick: A slim notebook with excellent battery life or an expensive, stylish ultrabook?

For buyers looking for a dependable notebook that can snuggle comfortably into a small backpack without weighing them down, Asus’ VivoBook and Dell’s Latitude series have always made more sense. These notebooks always feel a lot more premium sporting lush metal exterior, attractive colour combinations and slim and light form-factor.

Asus VivoBook 14 X403F

The Asus VivoBook 14 X403F has an all-aluminium exterior with a shade of silver and blue, which makes it stand out. At 1.3 kg, it’s quite light but all has the basic slots and connectors that matter like SD card reader, high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI), USB 3.0, USB Type C and headphone jack.