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A laptop won’t revolutionize the minutiae of your life the way a smartphone can. You can’t easily whip one out to kill time in the elevator, capture a breathtaking sunset, or pay for a cup of coffee.
But in the years since smartphones took on all these jobs, laptops have honed their own talents. Amazing battery life and breathtaking screens are now common, if you look in the right place for them. The graphics muscle to play games at full HD is affordable. And those basic old-guard features that you won’t find on any mobile device, such as touchpads and full-size keyboards, tend to get better with almost every generation.
With great features, though, has come great fragmentation. Amazon, Newegg, and even your local electronics megamart have a dizzying array of cheap laptops, gaming laptops, 2-in-1 laptops, Chromebooks, and ultraportables. Here at PC Labs, we review as many laptops as we can—hundreds each year—so we’ve seen pretty much every remix of laptop you can buy.
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Buying one by looking at specs and speed feeds alone can be maddening, though. Which specific features, and which laptop class, are best for you depends on your budget and how you plan to use your laptop. It’s better to take a systematic approach when shopping. Let’s run through how to make a smart pick.
Choosing the best laptop for field work can be difficult.
You need to consider battery life, performance, weight, connectivity, and durability.
It has a 360-degree hinge so you can instantly convert it into four different modes - laptop, tablet, display or tent.HP Spectre x360 is the perfect balance of beauty and performance.
It is the thinnest and lightest laptop that you will find in this price range, and it comes with some powerful features that make it worthwhile for those who regularly travel for work.Its aluminum body weighs less than 4 pounds with a footprint that's about the size of an 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of paper.
It also has a bigger screen in a smaller frame, thanks to Dell's InfinityEdge display technology.It combines innovative design with beautiful craftsmanship and state-of-the-art technology to deliver a premium 2 in 1 experience.3.
The 13.5-inch PixelSense display detaches from the keyboard to become a thin, light tablet that works perfectly with Pen and touch.
Intel Core i5 processors give you up to 18MB Intel Smart Cache, 4 Cores, 8 threads and max turbo frequency of 4.40 GHz.
