2009-2010 Laptop Reviews: Our FavsLaptops and notebooks and netbooks- oh my!
2010 has been a great year for new laptops. There are models from well-known manufacturers like HP and Toshiba, Asus and Sony, along with many other manufacturers.
This year, there has has been an explosion in the capabilities of many laptops, as Intel's new processors brought more power into portable packages. Bright Hub has examined numerous new laptops in 2010, and here we give you the cream of the laptop reviews.
Whether you call your portable computer a notebook or a laptop or a netbook, you want the best value you can find. Quality, features, and price are always important, and the same laptop may not meet the needs of everyone- luckily for the many manufacturers.
Some things, however, are fairly universal in the search for the ideal laptop for your needs.
Travel from your office to your desk at home and nowhere else means a pound or two may not be important. What matters is the processing power and the screen real estate. Sony Vaio laptops come in several sizes, and the Sony VAIO F Series Laptop VPCF12XHX/B is a big powerful and pricey computer that should handle almost any business- or multimedia- need you have.
image from Choosing the Best Sony Laptop for Your Needs
image from Buyers Guide to the Top 5 Dell Studio Laptop Computers - Dell XPS Studio 16
Other choices for desktop replacements include an option packed edition of the Dell XPS Studio 16, which is still portable, and the number one choice in that article. Adding an upgraded Intel Core i7 720QM Quad Core, 6GB of DDR3 RAM, a RADEON HD 4670 video card, and Soundblaster X-Fi High laptop986334 Definition Audio, rounded out with a 9-cell 85 Whr primary battery, you will pay upwards of $1600, but you can handle virtually anything.
Business laptops are often meant to go along on business trips, and so some of the best have 14 inch screens. Rather than expansive screen space, they offer rugged builds, good graphics, and truly high end performance. Some also offer better than usual battery life. However, they may be heavier than the average 14" laptop to provide those features.
Among the serious contenders in this group are the HP EliteBook 8440w, meant to fill a top corporate laptop niche. It is encased in metal, and has a resolution of 1600x900, which means you can put up two documents side by side on a 14" screen. HP considers it a mobile workstation.
image from List of Tablet PC Laptops - HP TouchSmart tm2
Another option that may be helpful for business users is to review laptop computer tablets. Among the best available are the Dell XT2 and XT2 XFR, from $2000- $3000, with providing a solid build and rigid format for travel and the other an extremely durable and rugged tablet which can function well in extreme environments. Fujitso, HP, Sony and Lenovo also offer tablet format laptops that are built to survive and deliver powerful performance.
One the next page of our best laptop computer reviews, we look at different gaming laptops and choices for children's laptops.
Macbooks have a rep, and Apple fanboys - and fangirls defend them vigorously. Style, yes- everyone gives Apple points for style. However, that style comes with a hefty procetag. If you are not an Apple partisan, you may be convinced there are a number of brands making portable computers equivalent to the Macbook and the MacBook Pro for quite a bit less money. image from review of the MacBook Air 13
Recently Steve Jobs introduced two new Macbook Air computers. These are sylish, light, and and reasonably powerful. The contender that makes the list of favorite laptop reviews is the MacBook Air 13. Apple Laptop BatteriesPortability, great resolution, serious battery life, 128 GB SSD and the 1.86 GHz Core 2 Duo CPU are the basivc package, and you can up the specs - and the price. For Ultraportability and a screen bigger than a netbook, Apple gets a positive laptop review for this particular new offering.
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