Lenovo's LaVie Z laptop is lighter and has more ports than the new MacBook

Apple's new MacBook may well be the template for all laptops in the future, but right now it's a compromised machine.

Lenovo's LaVie Z laptop running Windows 8.1 is not as thin as the new MacBook, but it's lighter, and it has all the ports you need without requiring a special dock or dongles.

The new MacBook's 2.03-pound weight is light, but the LaVie Z is somehow lighter: It weighs 1.87 pounds.

It also has a larger 13.3-inch 2,560 x 1,440 resolution touchscreen display, whereas the new MacBook has a 12-inch 2,304 x 1,440 non-touchscreen display. Read more...