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The Best Laptops for 2020
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a quick overview of each of the 10 best
laptops we've reviewed
and highly recommend for 2020. the asus
rog
zephyrus g14 is an impressive laptop on
every front
we like the way it looks the compact
chassis is satisfying to use
and the performance is stellar the main
attraction here is a brand new amd ryzen
9 renoir
processor the first amd 2 laptop cpu
we've tested
which really shines and puts a lot of
pressure on intel in this price range
this cpu is snappy for general use more
proficient than the competition with
heavily threaded software
and able for gaming fitting a more
powerful gpu into this chassis is
probably not possible
and that's where larger competitors can
set themselves apart as well as by
offering bigger screens
still this laptop pushes comfortably
above 60 frames per second in most games
which is what you want in this price
range with this power and the 120 hertz
screen
it's a solid aaa gaming machine and an
excellent competitive multiplayer laptop
if you really want frame rates higher
than the g14 can push
the options are out there but we're big
fans of this total package
it earns our editor's choice for
mid-range gaming laptops
for its strong performance and unmatched
portability
dallas inspiron laptops are positioned
below its more powerful flagship xps
series
but you'd never know it from the
inspiron 14 7000
which boasts a magnesium alloy chassis
that's virtually as thin
light and sturdy as an xps enclosure
plus
it pulls off the neat trick of squeezing
a 14 inch display
into a 13 inch size body under the hood
it offers intel's 10th generation comet
lake
cpus and the option for nvidia geforce
mx250 dedicated graphics
in addition long battery life will let
you leave your charger at home
unless you need the 4k screen resolution
that's available with some models of
dell's xps 13
the inspiron 14 7000 is the ultra
portable to own and our editor's choice
pick among mainstream power laptops
even though the lenovo thinkpad lineup
is aimed at businesses
these rugged feature-packed laptops
enamel plenty of customers too
the latest x1 carbon dub gen 7
is a prime example of this crossover
this ultra portable business laptop
distills the thinkpad concept to its
essence
shedding weight but keeping classic
thinkpad features like the comfortable
keyboard
the iconic red trackpoint and lots of it
security and manageability features it
also offers enthusiast minded features
like face recognition for easy logins to
windows 10
and a gorgeous hdr enabled 4k glossy
screen
that kind of screen may be overkill for
many business users but designers and
discriminating consumers will
appreciate having the choice to its
credit the thinkpad x1 carbon
manages both business and pleasure with
a plum earning it our editor's choice
award for best high-end business laptop
in the blade 15 advanced model razer
once again may have created the elite
gaming laptop to beat for this
generation
the design is appealing the build
quality is strong
the performance is great and the battery
is relatively long-lasting
you could argue it's a little pricey for
a model with a max-q g-force rtx 2070 as
opposed to an rtx 2080
but then again getting the power into a
smaller and attractive package and still
making it run efficiently doesn't come
cheap the results do speak for
themselves and its performance hangs
with other top tier machines
some with superior on paper components
if you accept you're already shopping in
the premium price tier
safe to say if you're considering a 2600
laptop
the blade 15 offers the best bang for
your buck and build quality
the 2400 version is even more appealing
if a 256 gigabyte drive will suffice
but most gamers will fill that small of
an ssd in an eye blink
otherwise it's hard to find much fault
with the blade the lid logo of snakes
might get you some side eye from
strangers in a coffee shop or
a stuffing meeting it also might be a
little heavier and denser feeling than
we'd like
but you have to fit high end power
somewhere in the end these are nitpicks
relative to the positives the 2019 razer
blade earns our editor's choice as the
best portable high-end laptop
on the market right now beating the
competition on design and performance
you can find plenty of good value
chromebooks out there but the acer
chromebook 514 is among the best
it delivers premium features at a
reasonable price and provided google
chrome os meets your needs it's hard to
say no to this one
our top tier review configuration at 499
is costlier than many other chromebook
models
but if you were looking at windows based
notebook pcs you'd be hard-pressed to
find a thin and light aluminum chassis
all-day battery life a full hd touch
display
and a backlit keyboard all of which you
get in the chromebook 514
more budget-oriented chromebooks tend to
lack one or more of those conveniences
too
while the ho-hum intel processor left us
wishing for something newer
it was still plenty responsive since
google chrome os is less
performance-hungry than windows is to do
equivalent tasks
this acer could use better speakers but
that's hardly a deal breaker in a
chromebook or a windows based notebook
for that matter
nearly everything else about it is a
deal maker earning it our top honors for
a reasonably priced premium chromebook
a controversial keyboard once present in
every apple laptop
is now a thing of the past the new for
2020 13-inch macbook pro was the last
mac notebook waiting to be updated with
the new magic keyboard
the magic keyboard ditches the extremely
shallow keys of the previous design
adding travel distance and stability in
a bid to please people who use their
laptops to type all day long
also new on our 1799 macbook pro review
unit
are an updated 10th generation intel
processor faster memory and
more storage the upgrades are nice if
you can afford them but most people will
be satisfied with the base 1299
configuration instead
which retains our editor's choice for
the best mac laptop
some of the improvements that apple made
to the macbook pro family in its latest
model are minor
for example the screen is bigger by a
few fractions of an inch than before
but the most consequential one addresses
one of our main quibbles for the last
few generations of macbook pro
the shallow unsatisfying keyboard the
other major improvements especially
those to audio quality
are impressive and they make what was
already an excellent laptop even better
we were a bit grudging in our
recommendation due to the keyboard issue
and apple's merely incremental responses
to it the butterfly keyboard was widely
panned on the fronts of comfort
and in early iterations durability and
apple tweaked it only by half measures
generation to generation
this model shows apple finally listening
to its loyal users with that change
and the advances on the component and
display fronts the 16-inch macbook pro
is easy to recommend to well-heeled
content creators
whether they're editing 8k video footage
or compiling mission critical code
updates
it's a pity that apple doesn't offer an
easier entry version of this laptop with
less expensive components though
this expensive laptop isn't really
designed or priced for mainstream users
since its specs are overkill for
everyday tasks and its port selection
will require too much in the way of
accommodations and extra expense
on the other hand if your pockets are
deep enough that you don't mind buying a
fistful of dongles and adapters
and you're seeking a powerful big screen
laptop for content creation tasks
the 16-inch macbook pro has plenty of
sizzle
the xps 13 is stealth's flagship ultra
portable
and the 2020 version has a slightly
larger display in a redesigned body
that's minutely more compact than its
predecessors
it also boasts a significantly more
futuristic design
with cnc milled aluminum and ultra thin
screen bezels
the xps 13 has a striking look in line
with its high price tag
it starts at about a thousand dollars
and our test unit was about 1750
a few hundred dollars higher than
competing systems with intel core i7
processors
and full hd screens it must weather
stiff competition from the likes of
apple
hp lenovo and others so it's no surprise
to see that dell has invested heavily in
the physical design
making it smaller and lighter while
simultaneously improving many of its
features
the thing is dell has also invested
heavily in its other products
including the inspiron 14 7000 which
offers many of the same features
as the xps 13. in a chassis that's a bit
larger
heavier and slightly less elegant but
also solidly constructed and much less
expensive
delt's pricing changes frequently but
currently an inspiron 14 7000 configured
nearly identical to the xps 13
costs hundreds of dollars less that
makes the xps 13 a bit harder to justify
and why it gets 4 stars down from 5
stars a mere couple of generations ago
it's best to think of the xps 13 as a
status symbol even as its benefits
trickle down to other models
lower indel's food chain you'll need to
pay a premium for it just as you need to
pay the infamous apple tax for a macbook
pro
but in return you get a superbly
designed laptop with oodles of cool
factor despite its unorthodox blue color
the elite dragonfly is a no-nonsense
business laptop that gets the basics
right
the fact that it manages to include all
of its features in such a compact
lightweight and well-built package is
what makes it a standout
a business laptop should be easy for it
departments to manage
and equally easy for users to cart
around as well as offer proficient
performance in everyday computing tasks
with a 2.2 pound starting weight
available intel
v pro support and other similar features
the elite dragonfly exceeds all of these
requirements
it's our new top pick for business
focused two-in-one convertible laptops
and it's especially well suited to
executives who travel a lot and
also need to give presentations from
their laptop screen
the elite dragonfly may be a first-rate
convertible but hp still knows how to
make a first-rate clamshell laptop too
we were enamored with this punchy little
ultra portable and it's possibly no
coincidence that during the time it took
for us to test the nv 13
and review it on pcmag.com dell and
razer took several hundred dollars off
the price of the xps 13
and blade stealth respectively could the
nv13 be better
sure power users will gripe about the
lack of a thunderbolt 3 port
but the mv-13 rates near the top of a
crowded field
if you want to cut down on how much
laptop you have to carry without
overspending on it
don't overlook this one want more detail
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