Laptop Mag's Best Laptops of 2016

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Our friends over at Laptop Mag keep a running record of the best laptops of the year.

To help you all pick the best laptop, we'll be linking to some of their reviews here. See Laptop Mag's Best Laptops in full for all of the best picks and information.

Need more picks? Perhaps you want a Chromebook, small laptop, or one for video editing? Check out Laptopmag.com.

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BEST OVERALL

The Laptop team loved the Dell XPS 13 (2015) and chose it as best overall.

The Dell XPS 13 is the best ultraportable laptop for the money, thanks to its wonderfully compact design, long battery life and snappy performance.

 

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BEST OS X LAPTOP

If you use a Mac, you can't go wrong with Laptop Mag's pick: The MacBook Air 13-inch (2014). It's light, its SSD is fast, and it has a great touchpad.

A faster processor, even longer battery life and a lower price solidify the 13-inch MacBook Air as the best ultraportable laptop value.

 

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BEST GAMING LAPTOP

The best gaming laptop has gotten even better -- and faster. The Alienware 17 R3 (2016) keeps the sleek sci-fi design and colorful keyboard of its predecessor.

An excellent gaming laptop, the Alienware 17 features a gorgeous 4K screen and a secret weapon in its optional graphics amp.

 

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BEST 2-in-1

Why buy a traditional laptop when the Lenovo Yoga 900 can do so much more?

Lenovo's flagship 2-in-1 is the total package when it comes to hybrids, featuring a stunning design, solid performance and a supersharp display.

 

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BEST CHEAP LAPTOP

Despite its sub-$200 price, the Lenovo Ideapad 100Slooks and feels anything but cheap. .

The IdeaPad 100S gives you an attractive chassis, solid performance, free Office 365 and long battery life for under $200.

 

[bayingsqi]

You can get a solid machine on a budget if you know where to look.

 

[Reynod]

http://www.laptopmag.com/best-laptops This is one of our sites too !!

The EE205 looks a good buy for a school student ... and its cheap.

One of my sons has one and he carts it around everywhere ... so far its been very good.

Hope this helps.

 

[Willie0]

a friend actually bought me a Gucci one for my bday.

 

[okcnaline]

Best video editing goes to the 15" premium model from the ZenBook like? S*** my ***. Seriously. For about the same price, you can get an i7 with a Quadro K1100M, which would wreck the GT 940 by certified CUDA acceleration.
But the XPS 13 is probably the best ultrabook out right now. That one I can agree with.

 

[velo3100]

But the XPS 13 is probably the best ultrabook out right now. That one I can agree with.

What about the Lenovo x1 carbon?

 

[okcnaline]

I love X1 Carbon's look, but...
1) It's $200 more expensive.
2) It's 1" bigger, diagonally. While still well portable, eh... Slightly harder to say it's portable.

Plus, I heard that recently Lenovo's quality dropped a bit. So... Yeah. X1 Carbon the best ultrabook? Eh... Hard to say.

 

[quilline]

I'm looking for a laptop that could boost my productivity and help my small business grow. I think Lenovo ThinkPad T450s has all the brilliant features on it. What do you think guys? But there are also other brands and models out there the boasts the same features. Which among is the best and has the excellent value. I'm looking forward for the replies in this thread.

 

[Ramya_3]

Yaa Lenovo Thinkpad have beat features. But there are some other laptops are also there. Which have advanced features. They are dell, Acer, Samsung. In these laptops there are no driver issues.

 

[Shishudo]

I recently purchased the Dell 7559 with the i5 chip 256GB SSD. This machine was under $800 bucks and handles everything perfectly well. Starts up about 10 seconds from off and handles all applications very well. I've been gaming on this thing too and it's held up pretty well. It's a good purchase after a few system setting tweaks.

 

[MikeLevin]

I really like new Dell and HP laptops. They are the best. However, want to purchase last MSI notebook for gaming