Laptops

Laptops

Ratings

(as of June 2017)

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Ratings and Test Results

OS Ergonomics Portability Performance Versatility Display Touchscreen Battery life (hr.) Weight (lbs.) Thin & light 2-in-1

Overall score

Brand & Model

12- to 13-inch laptops

81

Vaio Z

! Recommended

80

LG Gram 13-Touchsreen

! Recommended

78

HP Spectre x360 13t

! Recommended

76

HP Spectre x360 13-AC013DX

!Recommended

75

Dell XPS 13 Convertible

! Recommended

74 73 73 72

72

72 71 71 70 69 69

Vaio Z Flip

! Recommended

Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch MLL42LL/A

! Recommended

Acer Aspire S 13 S5-371T-76CY

! Recommended

Apple MacBook 12-inch MLHE2LL/A

! Recommended

Apple MacBook 12-inch MF855LL/A

! Recommended

Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch with Retina

! Recommended

Asus Q324UA-BH17T17

!Recommended

Apple MacBook Air 13-inch MJVE2LL/A

! Recommended

Microsoft Surface Book (512GB)

! Recommended

Microsoft Surface Book

! Recommended

Apple MacBook Air 13-inch MLH12LL/A

! Recommended

? 4 5 5 3 4 Windows 10 Home

N/A 17.25 2.6

-

4 Windows 10 Home 5 5 4 4 3 12.75

2

-

? 4 Windows 10 Home 5 5 3 4 4 15.25 2.8

C

4 Windows 10 Home 4 5 3 4 5

13.5

? 2.9

C

5 Windows 10 Home 4 5 3 4 4

12

? 2.7

C

? 5 Windows 10 Home 4 5 4 4 4 10.75 2.9

C

4 4 5 3 4 macOS Sierra 10.12

N/A 14.25

3

?

-

4 Windows 10 Home 4 5 4 5 3 11.5

3?

-

OS X El Capitan 10.11

4

5

4

2

5

N/A

13

? 2.1

-

OS X Yosemite 10.10

4 5 4 2 5 N/A

12.5

2

?

-

OS X Yosemite 10.10

4 4 5 3 5 N/A

14.5

3.5

-

4 Windows 10 Home 4 5 4 4 2 10.5

3

?C

OS X Yosemite 10.10

4 4 4 2 4 N/A 13.7.5

3

?

-

Windows 10 Pro 5 3 5 4 4 4 12.25 3.7

D

5 Windows 10 Home 4 4 3 4 4 11.75 3.4

D

4 macOS Sierra 10.12 4 5 3 4 N/A

12

? 2.8

C

Laptops

Ratings

(as of June 2017)

Ratings and Test Results

OS Ergonomics Portability Performance Versatility Display Touchscreen Battery life (hr.) Weight (lbs.) Thin & light 2-in-1

Overall score

68 66 64 64 64 63 62 61 60 60 60 59 58 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 52

Brand & Model

Lenovo Yoga 720-131KB

! Recommended

Acer Aspire S-5371-52JR

$Best Buy

Vaio S

! Recommended

Asus1 Transformer Book T300CHI-F1-DB Acer Swift 7 SF713-51-M90J

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Tablet

Lenovo ThinkPad X260 Samsung Notebook 9 NP900X3L-K06US Dell Inspiron 17378-0028GRY

Acer Aspire R7-372T-54TM Samsung Notebook 9 spin NP940XL-K01US Microsoft1 Surface Pro 4

Acer Spin 5 SP513-51-55ZR

Dell Inspiron 13 7000 3rd Gen

Dell XPS 12 2in1

Acer Switch Alpha 12 SA5-271-594J

HP Pavillion x360 m3-u103dx

Samsung Galaxy TabPro S

Huawei1 Matebook Toshiba2 Satellite Radius P25W-C2300-4K HP Pavillion M3-U101DX x360

5 Windows 10 Home 4 5 3 4 4 9.25

? 2.8

C

4 Windows 10 Home 4 5 3 4 N/A

10.5

2.9

?

-

Windows 10 Pro 3 4 5 4 4 N/A

8.5

2.2

-

Windows 8.1

? 4 4 5 3 4 4 7.25 3.2

D

? 4 Windows 10 Home 4 4 3 4 N/A

8.75

2.5

-

4 Windows 10 Home 4 4 3 4 4 8.75

? 2.3

D

3 Windows 10 Home 3 5 4 4 N/A

10

3.1

-

? 4 4 5 4 5 Windows 10 Home

N/A 6.25 1.9

-

4 Windows 10 Home 3 5 4 3 4

8.5

3.5

C

4 Windows 10 Home 3 5 4 4 4

8.5

3.5

C

5 Windows 10 Home 3 4 4 5 4

6.5

? 2.8

C

Windows 10 Pro 4 3 4 3 5 4 7.25

? 2.4

D

4 Windows 10 Home 3 5 3 3 4

8.5

3.5

C

4 Windows 10 Home 3 5 4 3 4 7.75 3.5

C

4 Windows 10 Home 3 4 4 4 4

7

2.8

D

4 Windows 10 Home 3 5 3 4 4

7

? 2.8

C

4 Windows 10 Home 3 5 3 4 3 8.25 3.5

C

3 Windows 10 Home 3 4 3 4 4

7

? 2.4

D

4 Windows 10 Home 3 4 3 4 3 6.75

? 2.6

D

4 Windows 10 Home 3 4 4 4 4

6

? 2.9

C

5 Windows 10 Home 2 3 3 3 4

8

3.7

C

Laptops

Ratings

(as of June 2017)

Ratings and Test Results

OS Ergonomics Portability Performance Versatility Display Touchscreen Battery life (hr.) Weight (lbs.) Thin & light 2-in-1

Overall score

52 51 50 50 50 49 49

Brand & Model

HP ENVY 13-d010nr Samsung Notebook 7 740U3L Samsung Notebook 7 Spin 13 HP Pavillion x360-13t Asus Q304UA-BHI5T11 Dell Inspiron 13 5000 HP Pavillion x360-13.3

3 Windows 10 Home 3 4 3 4 N/A

6

? 2.7

-

4 Windows 10 Home 2 3 4 3 4

8

3.9

C

5 Windows 10 Home 2 3 4 4 4 7.25 3.9

C

5 Windows 10 Home 2 3 4 3 4 7.75 3.8

C

4 Windows 10 Home 2 3 4 4 4 7.75 3.8

C

4 Windows 10 Home 2 3 4 4 4 6.75 3.6

C

5 Windows 10 Home 2 3 3 3 4 7.25 3.7

C

1Also tested as a tablet; see cro/electronics-computers/computers-internet/tablets/tablet-ratings/ratings-overview.htm 2Toshiba's consumer PC division has been sold to appliance manufacturer Midea, and will discontinue sales of consumer devices. Toshiba says it will honor all warranties and ensure repair services are available for qualifying devices. Expect to see laptops at retail outlets until inventory sells through.

What's behind our computer Ratings?

OS The operating system that was installed on the computer at the time it was tested. The operating system is the software that controls the basic operation of the computer. Common examples are Windows and Mac OS. The operating system determines the "look and feel" of the PC.

Ergonomics Represents the quality of the keyboard and pointing device, and accessibility of features.

Portability Based on battery life and weight including the keyboard dock for detachable laptops.

Performance Based on performance while running productivity applications, multimedia applications, web browsing, and 3D games.

Versatility Includes hardware such as memory-card slots and AV connections, software such as security programs and productivity applications, and tech support and warranty provisions.

Display Covers display size, clarity, color, contrast, brightness, and glare. There are some differences in scoring detachable laptops such as importance of screen size and glare which could lead to a slight difference when the detachable is scored as a tablet.

Touchscreen Judgment of Windows 10 and Windows 8 computers with screens that are sensitive to finger contact, letting you select and move screen objects, launch programs, choose from menus, scroll through photo

libraries, and the like. We judge how easy it is to do tasks such as playing a game, viewing photos, web browsing, playing a video and sending an email, all using touch. Some touchscreens have "multi-touch", letting you use more than one finger to resize and rotate objects.

Battery life The time to takes to deplete a fully charged battery while the laptop loads a sequence of web pages over WiFi. Bluetooth and 3G/4G are disabled and the screen is set to a specific brightness that's usable indoors or outdoors.

Weight The weight of the laptop as you would carry it around, including the battery but without the power adapter or a removable CD/DVD drive. Detachable laptops include the weight of the keyboard.

Thin & light Based on weight and depth. Laptops designated "Thin & light" have to meet both criteria of being thinner and lighter than the average laptop in their size category. This includes laptops that may be labeled "Ultrabook," "Sleekbook," "Thin & light," and "Ultrathin," among other terms.

2-in-1 Laptop is able to convert by folding, rotating, or spinning into a tablet form factor or the screen detaches from the keyboard so you carry it as a tablet. "C" denotes convertible, "D" denotes detachable and "-" denotes a standard laptop.

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