Each year we see a vast range of new laptops hits the market, and with so many to choose from, it can be tricky to pick the right device. There are some good notebooks on the market, but which ones should you buy? To help you choose, we’ve picked out the best laptops of 2021 for work and play.
These notebooks will last for years and easily survive any workload you can throw at them. Whether you need something for school or just for fun — we’ve got what you need.
1.Dell XPS 15 (2020)
| Series | XPS9500-7002SLV-PUS |
| Brand | Dell |
| Specific Uses For Product | Multimedia, Gaming, Business |
| Screen Size | 15 Inches |
| Operating System | Windows 10 Home |
Combining staggering power in a stylish thin and light chassis, this laptop doesn’t hold back when it comes to internals and features that improve your computing experience overall, making this one of the best business laptops around. Among those amazing features are a gorgeous bright display with 500 nits of brightness, an extremely comfortable keyboard, impressive speakers, and plenty of ports for portability.
This premium laptop is crafted out of aluminum, giving it a sturdy metal build that also helps dissipate heat more effectively than plastic ever could. On top of all that, the Dell XPS 15 (2020) offers an astonishing 22 hours of battery life even if you’re doing something CPU intensive like rendering high-resolution videos or editing heavy-duty images.
2.MacBook Pro 16
| Model Name | Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, 16GB RAM, 1TB Storage) – Space Grey |
| Brand | Apple |
| Specific Uses For Product | Business, personal |
| Screen Size | 16 Inches |
| Operating System | Intel Core i9 |
If you are looking at the MacBook Pro 16″, you are in for a treat. This is ultimately the best business laptop choice by Apple, boasting all sort of features that would make any Windows owners jealous. It is powerful enough to handle most tasks, yet is sleek and beautiful enough to fare in almost every social setting.
3.Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 9
| Series | Thinkpad E15 |
| Brand | Lenovo |
| Specific Uses For Product | Personal, Business |
| Screen Size | 15.6 Inches |
| Operating System | Windows 10 Home |
The Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 9 is among the best Lenovo laptops for good reason. Just like the previous versions of this laptop, the X1 Carbon offers a lot in performance as well as features in a slim, portable package. Its battery life is about as good as it gets so professionals who need something to take on the road will appreciate all the extra juice.
4.Huawei MateBook X Pro
| Series | Huawei Matebook X |
| Brand | HUAWEI |
| Specific Uses For Product | Business, personal |
| Screen Size | 13.9 Inches |
| Operating System | Windows 10 Home |
Huawei may not be the first name you think of when looking to buy a new business laptop – whereas Dell and Lenovo are two names you’d more likely associate with notebooks for work, but the Chinese company has proved to be an excellent laptop manufacturer with its new MateBook X Pro.
It has a beautiful design that will get appreciative looks in the boardroom, while it also offers plenty of power for getting some serious work done. Of course, it’s not perfect, but it’s the best ultraportable laptop on the market today.
5.Dell XPS 13
| Series | Dell Xps |
| Brand | Dell |
| Specific Uses For Product | Business, personal |
| Screen Size | 13.3 Inches |
| Operating System | Windows 10 Home |
The Dell XPS 13 is an attractive ultraportable laptop in its own right. But with Windows 10 Pro across the entire range, Skylake hardware, and attractive pricing, it makes for an even more attractive proposition.
6.MacBook Pro
| Model Name | Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, 16GB RAM, 1TB Storage) – Silver |
| Brand | Apple |
| Specific Uses For Product | Business, personal |
| Screen Size | 16 Inches |
| Operating System | Intel Core i9 |
Have you ever bought something that exceeded your expectations? I know I have. And that includes the MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020). Most of its specs were unknown to me when I began using it.
All I knew was that this new generation of MacBook Pro (2020) had more power and speed than its previous models, and I find it incredible how an Apple product can deliver such a great experience for me — and for any user, actually.
7.Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano
| Series | Lenovo Thinkpad |
| Brand | Lenovo |
| Screen Size | 13 Inches |
| Operating System | Windows 10 Pro |
| Item Weight | 3.57 Pounds |
Even its limited ports and small trackpad cannot hold this ultraportable back. One of the best business laptops we’ve ever tested, Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Nano is not only the lightest laptop we’ve ever tested, but it’s also surprisingly powerful considering its sleekness. That makes it the most ideal choice for professionals who are always on the go.
8.MacBook Air (2020)
| Model Name | MacBook Air |
| Brand | Apple |
| Specific Uses For Product | Multimedia |
| Screen Size | 13 Inches |
| Operating System | MacOS 10.14 Mojave |
So, we’re finally here. It was a long and bumpy road, but we got there! We did it! We finally get to see and review the MacBook Air of the future. That’s right, folks — we made it to 2020 and Apple has unveiled its most anticipated laptop yet: the MacBook Air 2020.
Now, I know what you’re thinking: don’t we already have an Air? And, isn’t it just called the MacBook now? Well, yes and no. The explanation for this multi-naming madness is that while the general concept of this laptop has remained true — it’s still a thin and lightweight laptop — Apple has seriously upgraded this year’
9.Microsoft Surface Book 2
| Series | Surface Book 2 |
| Brand | Microsoft |
| Specific Uses For Product | Personal, gaming, business |
| Screen Size | 13.5 Inches |
| Operating System | Windows 10 Pro |
The Surface Book 2 (13.5-inch) is another entry from Microsoft in our best business laptop list, and it’s worthy of its spot, as Microsoft has crafted one of the most powerful 2-in-1 laptops in the world. The Surface Book 2 has some powerful enough components to keep up with many of the popular gaming laptops on the market right now, which means you can use this laptop for both works and play.
That power and versatility come at a price, however: $1899 for the base model and $2199 for the complete top-end version. While that’s not exactly cheap, we feel that if you want a large touchscreen display that can easily become a tablet while still giving you desktop performance.
10.Google Pixelbook Go
| Brand | |
| Screen Size | 13.3 Inches |
| Operating System | Chrome OS |
| Human Interface Input | Touchscreen, Touchscreen with Stylus Support |
| Special Feature | Touchscreen |
There are a ton of Chromebooks on the market today from a wide variety of brands, but many critics argue that they aren’t as stylish or powerful as other laptops.
Google is looking to change that perception with the Pixelbook Go, a lower-cost Chromebook option that brings a lot of the features found in its premium original Pixelbook model.