Best Laptops for Work and Travel: Editor’s Choice 2023

Choosing a laptop for work nowadays is difficult. In addition to all these “cows” and “er-te-Xs”, you still need to decide how big the SSD should be and whether it’s worth overpaying for DDR5 and Wi-Fi 6ax. A bunch of questions that don’t make much sense at the end of the choice path.

There you can find a gaming laptop that will have all this and also eye-pleasing lighting from all the cracks. You just need to pay a couple hundred extra and the key is in your pocket.

Therefore, our selection of top “civilian” laptops this year will be as diverse as possible.

TOP 5 in the civilian laptop segment

ASUS BR1402: a wide range of knowledge

Inside:

Intel Core i3-N305

Price: approximately $540

It may not be the most cutting-edge laptop, but it’s designed to handle the rigors of an educational environment. Even if it is used carefully and respectfully, it should not fail because the operating system suddenly wants to update or goes to bed because they forgot to charge it. And on the outside it is anti-vandal at least.

Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71: an easy, not a simple solution

Inside:

Intel Core i5-1335U

Price: approximately $900

We wouldn’t call the Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 a compromise. It received modern components, such as an energy-efficient processor, DDR5 memory, and a good webcam. It has a classic screen matrix, but you can also choose a flashier OLED. And it boasts a price tag of under a thousand dollars, which is often too much of a compromise for modern laptops with plenty of power.

ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED (UX5304V): solid top

Inside:

Intel Core i7-1355U

Price: approximately $1600 (did you expect $3000? This is not a Syncpad)

The Zenbook’s back catalog of designs may not be very diverse, but with this model, ASUS took new approaches to processing aluminum panels. The process is called plasma ceramization. The top cover of the laptop has a natural texture and is similar to ceramic tiles. It has a warm, velvety and slightly grippy coating with uneven coloring. The pattern that can be seen is a consequence of the reaction of aluminum with the solution. Therefore, the smallest details of the texture of each model will be unique. watermark The lines on the lid form an enlarged company logo; they are engraved.

This whole passage about the technology of creating just a cover is emphasized by 14 hours of autonomy and 65 W charging, the size of a smartphone. It generally surprises with its dimensions in the class of 13-inch devices with OLED displays and has the status of one of the most compact laptops in the world.

ASUS Vivobook S15 OLED (K5504VA): скрытые возможности

Внутри:

Intel Core i9-13900H

Price: approximately $1580

A laptop with a case used for both “vegetable” models and workstation-level systems. For processing photos, videos and content in general. In it you can find a simple IPS and a modern OLED matrix. He can be content with an integrated video card, or he can get a 4060 and enjoy gaming (see =”noopener”>selection of top gaming laptops for 2023).

There may be “no” Core i3, and an apocalyptically powerful Core i9. This top-end version, by the way, also worked for us for 16 hours without an outlet! Add stickers on top and you have a youth wunder waffle for work and play.

Laptop review Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 5: in why salt?

Inside:

Intel Core i7-12800H

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Price: approximately $4700 (And here’s the Syncpad)

If you noticed, among all the headings, only this one has a question mark. Our descriptive language always had context. In this case, it comes down to money again. The model is indecently cool – it is powerful, has a discrete graphics card and a carbon fiber body. However, the laptop is similar in capabilities, but a few millimeters thicker and ten grams heavier, about a thousand dollars cheaper. About half a thousand per millimeter/gram – isn’t that a lot?

Instead of impressions

In this segment, instead of hundreds of USD For each FPS, manufacturers value grams and millimeters in money. Or rather, their absence is assessed. Whether it’s worth it is up to everyone to decide for themselves. Users have different tasks, and for some, ten grams can be decisive when packing an ultra-compact suitcase.

In general, these are amazing matters for the current state of events in the world, which is why we almost didn’t list any crazy configurations among laptops for ordinary people. As for the rest, a rational combination of components and a good adviser who understands gadgets can save you a lot of effort.

Dmytro Tabakov
hi-tech.ua project manager

       

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