By Desire Athow
Introduction and design
At the bottom-end of the laptop market, manufacturers can sometimes find it quite challenging to change the status quo and innovate. Sometimes, it takes courage to move away from boring blueprints and try something new, especially when you have much, much bigger competitors to face.
This is exactly what the Zoostorm 7270-9013, priced at a couple of pence under £200, is trying to do – the UK-based vendor could certainly have chosen a more memorable name, but that doesn’t diminish the appeal of what’s on offer here.
Design
The Zoostorm 7270 is one of the smallest laptops we’ve reviewed recently, at 207 x 287mm, it sits comfortably on an A4 sheet but its thickness – just under 28mm – betrays its heft. At 1.4kg, it is a relatively heavy piece of electronics, heavier than say, the Dell XPS 13.
We liked the pseudo-brushed metal look of the laptop cover which bears the Zoostorm logo.
Open it and the first thing that strikes you is how small the touchpad is – it is barely larger than a business card and is certainly the weakest link of this laptop’s …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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