Get more than your money’s worth with these new laptops

You need deep pockets these days if you want a high-performance laptop. But since the market is saturated with options, it becomes quite a task to decide where you actually want to spend your money. Most high-end laptops offer the best computing technology available today.  They are all the same in this respect. But where they all differ from each other is on the finer points of design and ergonomics. There’s also usability. If there are brands like Dell, HP, Asus, and of course Apple among others, that excel in making notebooks for official work, there are also those ultra-fast devices, like the Acer Predator, meant for gamers. On the following list featuring the best high-end laptops, you’ll find some such options and more.

The ZenBook 3 is redesigned with an ultra-sleek 11.9mm chassis design that weighs 910g. The laptop delivers exceptional performance with Intel Core i7 processor, powerful quad-speaker audio,16GB of  RAM, up to a 1TB Gen 3 x4 SSD, a next-gen and USB Type-C port. It features high-resolution 12.5-inch display has a wide 72% color range and has an edge-to-edge covering of tough, scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass 4. ZenBook 3 also has an ground-breaking cooling system featuring the world’s thinnest fan design at just 3mm. ZenBook 3 provides up to 9 hours of battery life for all-day browsing. It features a full-scale backlit keyboard with 19.8mm key pitch. ZenBook 3 is priced at Rs 1,13,990.

The HP Spectre 13 is engineered in a way that laptop is slim and yet powerful. It’s a eye-catching laptop from pretty much every angle. The gold accents is a bit too ‘blingy’ for some but others will love the design. The build and display quality are equipped with high-end furniture details. It features multiple ports for connecting peripherals and comes with three multi-use USB Type-C ports all support charging, high-speed data transfer, and external displays. On the downside, battery life could have been better and the fan does get noisy during graphics intensive work. HP Spectre is priced at Rs 1,15,290.

The HP Spectre 13 is engineered in a way that laptop is slim and yet powerful. It’s a eye-catching laptop from pretty much every angle. The HP Spectre 13 is engineered in a way that laptop is slim and yet powerful. It’s a eye-catching laptop from pretty much every angle. 

The new Dell XPS 13 is a hybrid that is the first 2-in-1 from Dell to sport an Infinity Edge display. It can fit a 13.3-inch display in the frame of an 11-inch. It also features 2.4 GHz with Turbo Boost upto 3 GHz. The hybrid features touchscreen display that rotates 360-degrees, allowing users to utilise it as a tablet also. The other major highlight of the hybrid is its battery life, It sports a 15 hr of battery life. The hybrid is backed by the backed by the 6th Generation Intel Core processors. The 256GB Solid State Drive hard drive is paired with Intel HD Graphics 520 that gives flawless navigational abilities between various apps. It sports two Waves Max Audio Pro tuned speakers, apart from an infrared webcam and a fingerprint reader. Dell XPS 13 is priced at Rs 1,33,990.

Acer Predator 21X too has been giving good competition to other laptops in the high-end laptop market. The Predator supports Intel Core i7-7820HK processor Quad-core 2.90 GHz, 21” WFHD (2560 x 1080) 21:9 IPS, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 SLI with 16 GB Dedicated Memory for heavy gaming, 64 GB, DDR4 SDRAM1 TB HDD, 1 TB SSD, Tobii Eye Tracking Camera. Its major highlight is its massive exhausts opening up behind the display. Acer Predator is priced at Rs 3,49,990.