One of its most outstanding aspects is an amazing battery life that few other Ultrabooks can come close to meeting. And, Samsung fans will be excited to know that the Galaxy Book Pro integrates very well with Samsung smartphones. Read the full review: Samsung Galaxy Book Pro. That battery life, for example, is no match to the competition. Still, this is among the best hybrid laptops out there. Read the full review: Lenovo Thinkpad 14S Yoga.
North America. Included in this guide: 1. The best ultrabooks are among the finer computers being made right now. Dell XPS 15 Screen: Storage: Up to 4TB M. Reasons to avoid - Could have better discrete graphics. HP Elite Dragonfly G2. Graphics: Intel Iris Xe Graphics. HP Spectre x Reasons to avoid - Fans can get noisy - Pricey. We expect the battery life to be slightly better on the newer model. Budget pick. Upgrade pick. Everything we recommend.
Why you should trust us. Who this is for. How we picked. Size: An ultrabook should be as thin and light as possible, but a well-built, slightly thicker laptop is better than a thin one that feels flimsy or has poor battery life. It needs a to inch screen, large enough for work but small enough that the laptop can slip into a backpack.
Battery life: A great ultrabook must survive through a day of work away from an outlet. Battery life degrades over time, so the more a laptop starts out with, the better. But since RAM is soldered into the motherboard of most ultrabooks—and therefore not upgradable—you should consider starting with 16 GB if you regularly open dozens of browser tabs at a time or edit large photo or video files.
Solid-state storage: A solid-state drive SSD can read and write data much faster than a traditional hard drive can. Having an SSD speeds up any task that requires accessing data, such as booting up your laptop and saving and loading files.
Similarly, many Windows laptops now have touchscreens, but their glossy glass is prone to glare, which can make touchscreens less convenient to use in more situations. Ports: Different ports matter to different computer owners, so a selection of new and legacy ports is ideal. A Thunderbolt 3 or Thunderbolt 4 port—which looks just like a USB-C port and can use the same accessories, plus more—is handy for future-proofing as more docks, displays, and peripherals move to the USB-C standard.
And most ultrabooks now charge over USB-C; because good USB-C chargers are cheaper and easier to buy than proprietary chargers, we prefer our laptop picks to have that ability. Extras: With laptops that support Windows Hello , you can log in using your fingerprint or face, a method intended to discourage weak passwords by letting you log in instantly without having to type in a password every time.
Wi-Fi: Many ultrabooks now ship with Wi-Fi 6, or How we tested. Our pick: Dell XPS 13 Recommended configuration. Processor: Intel Core iG7 Screen: Flaws but not dealbreakers. Photo: Michael Hession.
Also great: HP Spectre x But the laptop does have a full USB-A port for older peripherals, as well as an audio jack. On the left side, the Yoga 7i has two Thunderbolt 4 ports that can carry power and a display signal, as well as an audio jack.
Photo: Andrew Cunningham. Other good ultrabooks. The competition. Jump back. As you'd expect from a Yoga-series laptop, the Yoga 9i has a premium, ultra-portable chassis and a unique hinge that doubles as a rotating soundbar speaker. As a 2-in-1, that hinge can rotate degrees to convert the Yoga 9i into a tablet or be placed in tent mode so you can watch movies without a keyboard in the way. When it comes to viewing content, the Yoga 9i's p 4K is available display is crisp, vibrant and bright.
For all the basics it gets right, my favorite things about the Yoga 9i are its extra features, which include a webcam cover no more need to buy tape , a slot for the improved Active Pen and a fingerprint sensor.
Unfortunately, there is no IR camera. See our Lenovo Yoga 9i review. Want a gorgeous chassis? You got it! Want long battery life? Of course, you do! And the ZenBook 13 delivers here, too. And if you want quick performance and a great keyboard, well, I think you can guess where I'm going with this.
But wait, don't the other laptops in this list deliver in those areas as well? It's a specs-to-price ratio you just won't find in premium laptops from other brands. The icing on the cake is the 13 hours and 47 minutes of battery life, which makes this one of the longest-lasting laptops we've ever tested. Lenovo made several welcome changes to the 9th Gen edition of its flagship business Ultrabook. Along with fast performance from 11th Gen Intel CPUs, you get epic battery life, powerful quad speakers, a new inch display with a aspect ratio, and plenty of ports, all in an impossibly lightweight chassis 2.
Yes, we wish the ThinkPad X1 Carbon hadn't ditched the SD card reader in the previous, and top configurations can get very expensive, but you'd be hard-pressed to find a better overall business machine.
It is truly a price-to-performance ratio we haven't ever seen before. Other things we like about the Swift 3 include its lightweight design 2. The keyboard is also a bright spot, delivering a satisfying typing experience. It's a bit thicker than some of the other options in this roundup but the ZenBook 13 earns its spot for having an innovative secondary display and discrete graphics in a relatively portable chassis. Speaking of the chassis, the ZenBook 13 is a gorgeous laptop whose dark blue aluminum frame stands out against its bland peers and is tested to military-grade durability.
If that indigo hue doesn't catch your eyes, the ScreenPad 2. You can use the extra screen real estate to extend the main display or you can launch and control apps straight from your touchpad. While the ZenBook 13 has a dim display, it makes up for it with good audio, a decent selection of ports and a discrete GPU. The word "Ultrabook" officially refers to notebooks that meet Intel's strict standards for weight, thickness and usability.
These days, nonbusiness laptops rarely carry the chipmaker's official Ultrabook label, but many people still use the term to describe super thin and light laptops of all kinds. We've listed our favorite lightweight Ultrabooks on this page. To qualify as an Ultrabook, as per Intel standards , a laptop with For convertible tablets, it is less than.
Further, these laptops must on low-powered Intel processors and have a battery life of minimum 5 hours. The laptops should also have the ability to resume from sleep or hibernation within 8 seconds. These Ultrabooks further require USB 3. With Intel Ultrabooks, dubbed as second generation Ultrabooks, use Ivy Bridge processor, which provides them with amazing speed.
Additionally, majority of the models available on the market consist of Intel integrated graphics. Having said these, it should also be noted that Ultrabooks may not be an ideal choice for gamers, who are into serious gaming.
The graphics may not support much of video rendering or audio conversion.
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