The biggest and most powerful of the bunch for video editing is the Dell XPS Despite having a inch screen, the overall size of the laptop is not much bigger than your average inch laptop. It even comes with four powerful Thunderbolt ports and a full-size SD card slot for convenient transfers directly from your camera. But the performance is what really counts for video-editing laptops.
The gorgeous 4K display is the final piece of the puzzle, which is bright, beautiful, and has nearly perfect color reproduction. You can trust your color edits with this one. Read our in-depth Dell XPS 17 review. The company has built up such a huge following by ensuring that the best software runs on MacOS, and by offering some of the best and most accurate displays you can buy.
This is key if your creative work includes precise color grading. The MacBook Pro maintains that focus on creative professionals, especially if you opt for the inch model. Read our in-depth Apple MacBook Pro 16 review. Good question. Reviews often lack context, which is evident in the wildly different scores some laptops receive from different publications.
Allow us to lift the veil. Picking just one laptop brand as the best is a bit of a challenge lately. There are so many great laptops available today, and they come from several manufacturers. HP is no slouch either. It, too, utilizes some unique materials and makes some customer-friendly design decisions, such as resisting the thin-and-light trend to pack in more battery capacity. In terms of customer service and reliability, Apple carries the torch for its convenience. Its issues with its recent keyboards have been fixed, making MacBooks highly durable.
Its customer service is top-notch. Instead, a 2-in-1 can convert from a clamshell into some form of tablet PC that allows for natural inking and media consumption. As electronics have gotten more powerful and fit into smaller chassis, and capacitive touch and active pen technology has improved, the modern 2-in-1 has emerged. Plus, the internal specs offer consistently solid performance. It's a is a standout option for business users who are frequently on the go. Alienware continues to raise the bar of what a gaming laptop can and should be.
Need more? From display brightness and vividness, to battery life, the X17 gave a stellar performance that put it on a par or transcended the competition. It's a prime example of what a gamer-centric desktop replacement should be. Alienware even brought back a fan favorite — the light up touchpad while tweaking the company's proprietary Cryo-Tech cooling solution.
It a beautiful badass of a gaming laptop and if you have the budget, it should definitely sit at the top of your list. See our full Alienware X17 review. Lenovo made our favorite business laptop even better by improving its speakers, giving it a svelte carbon fiber texture and adding some useful security features, including a webcam shutter and IR camera. You even get far-field microphones in case you want to use a digital assistant.
On top of that, you get strong performance and a fast SSD. That means if you're working on large spreadsheets with plenty of calculations, the X1 Carbon will handle them with aplomb. You can also expect long battery life on the p model and two gorgeous, p and 4K display options, all in an impossibly lightweight chassis.
Price is another big selling point of the Lenovo Chromebook Duet. Everyone likes getting more for less. With the Chromebook Duet, you get the colorful display and solid performance.
Overall, we recommend the Duet for kids who want an attractive 2-in-1 for light gaming, YouTube, Netflix and web browsing.
Best of all, it's hundreds of dollars cheaper than a similarly-specced Windows 10 laptop. It's a great starter system for kids and secondary device for more advanced users.
Read our full Lenovo Chromebook Duet review. The Surface Laptop 4 proves, a few tweaks are sometimes all that's needed to refine a not-quite-there-yet product like its predecessor. Our biggest complaints with the previous model, the subpar speeds and endurance, were addressed with the new chips.
With those major drawbacks resolved, the inch Surface Laptop 4, with its sleek design, colorful display, and excellent keyboard and touchpad, finally shines. It should be on every shopper's shortlist as one of the best laptops on the market. The Surface Laptop 4 addresses the major flaws we found in the Surface Laptop 3 by delivering faster performance and longer battery life.
With the right CPU, the Surface Laptop 4 has all of a sudden become a laptop with very few downsides. The sleek, sturdy design is as stylish as ever, the inch panel is bright and vivid, and the keyboard and trackpad are darn-near class-leading. Bigger is better, particularly when it comes to the Dell XPS Since its reemergence onto the premium laptop market, the big brother of the XPS 15 and 13 has flexed its muscle at every turn, serving up big heaps of performance, a head-turning inch display, and excellent audio.
And it has done so without being any bigger or heavier than your average inch laptop. Thanks to its 11th Gen Intel processor and series Nvidia GPU, the premium system has more than enough power to keep even its fiercest competitors struggling to keep up. See our full Dell XPS 17 review. Laptop Mag has been testing and reviewing laptops for over two decades.
We test over different models per year, subjecting each system to a series of rigorous benchmarks that provides a complete picture of performance, battery life and usability. Our expert reviewers also use each product to see how it looks and feels in everyday situations. Because we see so many different notebooks, we can compare each to its direct competitors and give you an idea of how it stacks up to the average laptop in its price band.
When we bring a laptop into our laboratory, our goal is to see how it would work if you brought it into your home or office. While we use a number of industry standard benchmarks such as Geekbench and 3DMark, we focus heavily on real-world tests that we have developed in-house. To test endurance, the Laptop Mag Battery test surfs the web at nits of brightness until the system runs out of juice.
To judge pure processing power, we use a giant spreadsheet macro that matches 65, names with their addresses, a video transcoder that converts a 4K video to p and the Geekbench 4 synthetic test.
We use a colorimeter to measure screen brightness and color gamut while other instruments help us determine a laptop's key travel and ambient heat. See this page on How We Test Laptops for more details on our benchmarking procedures. When shopping for a laptop, there's a lot to consider. To help you choose a system, we've put our up-to-date list of favorite notebooks above, along with five points to keep in mind when choosing a system.
Knowing a laptop's screen size tells you a lot about its portability overall. If you want to use your computer on your lap or carry it around a lot, go for one with a 12, 13 or inch display. If you want to use the computer on tables and desks and won't carry it around much, a inch model may give you more value. Some gaming rigs, media machines and workstations even have 17 or inch screens, but those are hardest to carry. More and more of today's laptops are 2-in-1s with screens that either bend back degrees or detach so you can use them as tablets.
If you like the idea of using your laptop in slate mode for drawing, media consumption or just using it standing up, a 2-in-1 could be for you. However, you can often get better features or a lower price by going with a traditional clamshell-style laptop. Unless you only plan to use your laptop on your desk, battery life matters. Even within the home or office, having plenty of juice enables you to work on the couch or at the conference table, without being chained to the nearest outlet.
Most thin and light laptops share one significant weakness — thin, tinny audio. You get an excellent p touch display and a built-in stylus for easy artwork and note-taking. The 11th-Gen processors deliver satisfactory performance and all-day battery life.
The audio quality, screen, and convertible form factor all add up to an unbeatable machine for multimedia entertainment. The Blade Pro 17 is a super powerful gaming laptop for a high price. And it only requires one charging brick, so you can carry it around in a backpack or briefcase without compromising on power.
There are other things to like, too. You can also elect for a Hz QHD configuration, if you prefer to game at a higher resolution. This model has a screen that can bend into six different positions, so you can use it as a clamshell, a tablet, a tent, and more. In addition to the innovative design, the ConceptD Ezel hsa great build quality. The white chassis is attractive and not too heavy at least, considering the hardware inside this thing.
The hinge is also quite sturdy, and I never had to worry about the screen sliding around in my testing. Almost everything else about this device is good, including the touchpad, port selection, and fingerprint reader. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.
By choosing I Accept , you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Filed under: Reviews. Linkedin Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email. The MacBook Air is a competent, reliable device with a stellar processor. The HP Spectre x 14 is one of the best convertible laptops you can buy. The HP Spectre x 14 is the best 2-in-1 laptop of The LG Gram 17 is the lightweight inch laptop to buy. The LG Gram 17 is our choice for the best lightweight inch laptop to buy in The HP Envy x is the best budget laptop you can buy.
It also comes, as expected, with excellent performance, a stunning display and long battery life, alongside a few others. Once again, Dell has produced an incredibly accomplished thin and light notebook that's a joy to use, and well worth investing in, if you have the budget. Read the full review: Dell XPS 13 This luxurious thin and light gaming laptop from Razer just oozes class, and is an ideal laptop for people who want a gaming device they can take around with them.
It's solidly built, so you won't worry about it getting damaged during your travels, and it's one of the nicest looking modern gaming laptops we've seen.
This means you'll be able to play any AAA game you want in all its glory. It's by far the best gaming laptop you can buy in in , but it does cost a lot of money. Read the full review: Razer Blade The new LG Gram 17 once again features an incredibly light design, and comes with some of the best mobile tech in the world.
Battery life is also phenomenal, easily lasting around 12 hours on a single charge. It's a great choice for carrying around for school and work, then. However, it is expensive, and the design is a little plain. The long battery life and stunner of a screen are back, though so too is its steep price tag. Read the full review: LG Gram 17 Beyond the Acer Swift 3's modest exterior, you'll find an excellent laptop that boasts plenty of power for work and study. The Swift 3 not to be confused with the Switch 3 another laptop from Acer is an inexpensive laptop; however, that plain chassis is all-aluminum and packed with beefy components.
In terms of performance, it gets surprisingly close to the far more expensive Microsoft Surface Laptop. Its display is a little lower-res, but the two are otherwise strikingly similar - other than the price.
This laptop is incredible to use as well, with its roomy trackpad as well as its backlit keyboard that offers a comfortable typing experience with decent travel. Read the full review: Acer Swift 3. The Asus ZenBook 13 is a brilliant laptop, and the model comes with some of the best mobile tech you'll find in a modern notebook. It also has an absolutely stunning It's also supremely thin and light, as well as stylishly designed, which makes it a joy to carry around and use.
It's also pretty respectably priced compared to competitors like the Dell XPS The only downsides are that there's no headphone jack — which is a bit of a shame, but likely a result of its ultra-thin design, and during our time testing the Asus ZenBook 13, we found that the integrated AMD Ryzen graphics weren't quite as good as Intel's offering. Despite that, this is still a brilliant ultra-thin laptop that's well worth considering. Read the full review: Asus ZenBook 13 The Asus TUF Dash F15 is ideal if you're looking for a machine that can play the latest games, but doesn't blow a hole in your bank balance.
With excellent build quality, a brilliant battery for a gaming laptop, and an impressively thin and light design, this is a brilliant value gaming laptop. The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 6 is the latest refresh for Lenovo's flagship 2-in-1 business laptop and the addition of Intel's 11th-gen Tiger Lake processors with Iris Xe graphics, along with Intel Evo certification, make it one of the best 2-in-1 laptops we've tested. Add in the outstanding touchscreen display, garaged stylus, and excellent battery life, and there's very little that we can find fault with here.
It's got a great selection of ports that puts the MacBook Air to shame, but it does miss an SD card slot, which some creatives may be disappointed to learn.
But apart from that, and a bit of a straight-laced design as a ThinkPad device, this is a laptop aimed primarily at business users , the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 6 is easily one of the best laptops to come out in , especially if you're looking for something that can be used as both a traditional laptop and as a tablet-like device as well.
The excellent HP Envy x 13 proves that you can have a premium-feeling and looking 2-in-1 laptop without having to pay an outrageous amount for it. As with all of HP's modern laptops, the HP Envy x 13 is beautifully designed, and comes with a stunning screen and some of the best speakers we've heard in a laptop. If you're after a laptop that can also double as a tablet-like device, then the HP Envy x 13 is a great choice, packing modern components from AMD, and an excellent battery.
Read the full review: HP Envy x Google's Pixelbook Go is the best Chromebook money can buy right now, with the company showing everyone else how it's done. Its previous Chromebook, the Pixelbook , was a brilliant Chromebook in its own way, but it cost a small fortune. The Pixelbook Go, on the other hand, is a more affordable Chromebook that retains a lot of its predecessor's premium features, while bringing some brilliant upgrades as well, including an astounding battery life and fantastic keyboard.
It features some impressive specs for a Chromebook, which ensures that Chrome OS positively flies on this device, and puts its performance on par with many of the more expensive Windows laptops and MacBooks that grace the rest of this page. If you're looking for the ultimate Chromebook, then the Pixelbook Go is the one to get.
Read the full review: Google Pixelbook Go. It can be used as a laptop or a tablet, and it's backed up by some very impressive specs. Is it a Chromebook or is it a tablet? True to its name, this Chromebook delivers two form factors in one, while utilizing the versatility of the Chrome OS and setting you back much less than many of the top Windows tablets out there.
However, if budget is your top priority, those are definitely not deal-breakers. The Asus VivoBook S15 combines a thin and light design with great performance and an excellent price.
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