What's the best laptop for 2013? We've got all of today's latest laptops compared and rated.
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What's the best laptop for 2013? We've got all of today's latest laptops compared and rated.
Now that Windows 8
is edging towards being a year old, we've got a huge number of
laptop-tablet hybrids appearing as well as plenty of traditional laptops
using the new OS. And that's before you get to Apple's hugely
successful MacBook line as well as Google's new Chromebooks.
No wonder choosing the right laptop can be even more confusing than ever.
It's
not only high-end powerhouses that are packing in the performance;
cheap laptops are more powerful and capable than before, while high-end
devices are often perfectly good replacements for your desktop computer,
able to cope with more intensive programs.
Those after a fast boot up time and a lightweight machine to carry might drool over an Ultrabook.
Serious
gamers will want a machine tailored to their graphical and processing
needs, while those after flexibility might fancy a convertible
laptop-tablet hybrid.
Here
we look at some of the best laptops for 2013 - those that really excel
themselves in our extensive testing processes this year. We've arranged
them into categories to help you find the best one to suit your needs.
We
also list the current selling prices in the UK, Australia and the US,
although in some cases a laptop listed here may not be available in
every territory.
All of the machines listed here are laptops.
Although we have listed the convertible laptop-tablets that fall more on
the side of laptop than tablet, we haven't listed those that are more
tablet-like. You can find those in our tablet reviews page and buying guides. Similarly, all-in-one touchscreen computers and other desktop PCs are in our PC and Mac desktop reviews page. PRICING NOTE:
The prices listed here are for guidance only and aren't guarantees of
availability at a certain price. Because of the wildly fluctuating
availability of certain models, we often review laptops by series. As a
consequence it may be that there are tens of models with similar or the
same name, vailable at various price points.
When considering what
to buy, think about your needs and your most important factor, be it
laptop battery life or screen size. The most important part is to be
honest about what you need, and you could save a fortune on getting the
best laptop for you.
Best laptop-tablet hybrids
Since this
article seeks to round up the best laptops available, we are only
listing those we have fully tested and reviewed in real life situations.
More laptop-tablet hybrids will be reviewed as soon as we get them in
for testing, so we expect to add more impressive convertible tablets to
this list later.
For now, here are the great machines we have tested and loved so far:
1. Sony Vaio Duo 11 - £900/AU$1,500/US$1,500
A
full Intel Core processor powers the sliding tablet-laptop design of
the 11.6-inch Sony Vaio Duo 11, enabling it to run Windows programs as
well as Windows Store apps. Its design is a welcome change from the many
docking 'transformer' style hybrid devices such as the Samsung Ativ Smart PC and Asus Vivo Tab.
While
it's not a perfect laptop-tablet hybrid, and certainly won't have mass
appeal, Sony has furthered the Windows 8 cause with an exceptionally
powerful device that challenges the perceptions of what tablets can
achieve.
2. HP Envy x2 - £830/AU$900/US$640
The outstanding industrial design in the HP Envy x2
really shows the potential of a tablet/laptop hybrid, and will leave
you with little question that this is the direction laptops are heading
in. It combines a full version of Windows 8 with excellent battery life
in a compact package, with its superb 11.6-inch screen topping things
off.
3. Samsung Ativ Smart PC Pro - £1,000/AU$1,500/US$1,100
When you have it in its Ultrabook form, the Samsung Ativ Smart PC Pro
is maybe not the standout laptop some of its peers are. But when it
becomes a tablet, it's a great Windows 8 tab with an excellent screen
that's powerful, well balanced in your hands and very responsive to
touch. You can go from either mode to the other in seconds, and neither
is disappointing. Write on it with a stylus, type on it with the
keyboard attachment, navigate with your finger - the Smart PC Pro can do
it all.
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