Venom BlackBook Zero 14 Phantom

From $1,199, www.venomcomputers.com.au

There aren’t many laptop manufacturers you could call ‘independent’ operations, and of those a huge proportion are going to be localised rebranding operations of overseas cleanskin laptop manufacturers like Clevo. So what Venom computers do – i.e build laptops from the ground up to compete with global giants like Apple or Microsoft – is rather unique.

Building a laptop is no small task, it requires an in-depth understanding of current PC components and a considerable budget and funding allocation to get things off the ground, but no matter how hard it is for small