My Favorite Laptops of 2018! #Helpful Post

hey guys this is Austin we've taken a

look at a lot of laptops this year but

these are my absolute favorites and huge

shout out to Intel for sponsoring this

roundup starting out with we have the HP

Spectre folio now a very recently took a

look at this and it is hands-down one of

the most unique laptops I've seen all

year long first of all we have the

design so it's made out of a hybrid of a

magnesium chassis paired with leather

that's wrapped all the way around and it

looks and feels incredibly premium

unlike a lot of laptops this does have a

standard hinge so you can use it just

like a standard notebook or if you want

you can pop out the magnetically

attached screen and use it here either

in the tent mode we can use the touchpad

or if you want to go completely flat you

have a nice little folio like many of

the other laptops in this roundup it is

powered by an Intel Core i7 eighth

generation processor in this case is the

8500 Y which means that not only is it

incompletely fanless so it's thin and

light but importantly it still does have

the power to run full-fledged Windows

apps what's really cool about this is

that it's an always connected PC with an

Intel modem that is built-in so with an

always connected LTE setup what this

means is that you don't have to go

around and hunt for a sketchy public

Wi-Fi or anything like that it makes a

big difference to the way that you use

the PC and I do feel like this is going

to be something we're seeing a lot more

in the next couple of years the biggest

problem with the Spectre folio is price

with the Mac top version with the core

i7 as well as the LTE modem it is a full

$1,500 but if you want one of the most

unique and coolest laptops that you can

buy right now the spectre folio

definitely fits the bill if you're

looking for something a little bit more

traditional the asou simbook s is

definitely one of my favorites the

Zenbook also has an interesting design

so this is what it suits calls ergo left

as you can see when you open up the

screen it gives a little bit of a lift

to the keyboard now this has

implications for things such as the

cooling but importantly pair with the

awesome keyboard this is one of my

favorite typing experiences of the year

it is so comfy to type on this guy for

long periods this really is the sweet

spot for a thin and light laptop you

have the portability but you also have

the power with that 8th gen Core i7

8550 you and on top of that you have a

pair of Thunderbolt 3 ports which means

that even though it's super thin it's

super light you can get some proper work

done on this guy it's not perfect

especially when you outfit it with the

4k touchscreen battery life is only

decent but when you put the entire

package together this is hands-down one

of my favorite ultra portable laptops of

the year another option is the brand-new

razor blade stealth now we're still well

into premium laptop territory here but

for such a thin and light form factor

we're getting a lot more performance

than you usually expect inside of course

you'll find the 8th gen core i7

processor but it's also backed up by an

NVIDIA MX 150 GPU now it's not

completely unheard of but this is a

pretty unique combination in such a thin

and light laptop which can not only play

some decent games maybe not on ultra

settings but importantly also has the

great build quality and the great

battery life to back it up it also has a

great screen and speakers the touchpad

is awesome and the keyboard is really

solid the important thing here is that

while it does have the power to do some

gaming importantly you're not

sacrificing anything as an everyday

laptop now if we really want to get

overkill with things we have the assume

G 703 which I sadly don't have here

because they asked for it back but this

is hands-down the craziest laptop we've

ever looked at with a $5,000 price tag

overclocked core I 9 processor GTX at

1080 full desktop-class GPU 64 gigs of

ram it's got a full 1.3 terabytes of

raid SSDs I mean this thing is literally

like a nerds dream as long as you're a

very buff nerd who can pick up the very

hefty I can't say it it is not remotely

practical in any way for the quad this

is my favorite laptops of the year how

can I not include the most ridiculous

overkill thing that we've taken a look

at well pretty much everyone a laptop

side next up we have everyone's favorite

laptop the crowd favorite known as the

Apple MacBook Pro so this is slightly

cheating since this is actually brand

new in 2016 however it did get a big

spec bump this year well the six core

Intel Core I 9 inside this is a properly

powerful system now know it might not be

quite as powerful as that g7o 3 but

there's also something that can be

picked up and carried by normal human

people a very important trait of a

laptop it's still got some of the best

build quality in the game and the basics

are pretty much all here with the slight

exception of the keyboard which is just

so-so when you put it all together this

is one incredibly expensive machine but

because we do so much stuff that is

specific to Mac OS specifically with

Final Cut it means that this is actually

one of my most used laptops this year

even though it might not necessarily be

my favorite if we switch over to a

slightly more reasonable price range we

have this the vive book F 510 UA

for just about $500 this is easily one

of the best laptops in the game right

now so one

important things that you should

probably keep in mind is that this is a

standard hard drive configuration for

500 bucks but for only about thirty

dollars you can very easily upgrade it

with an SSD and I definitely recommend

it it makes a huge difference and it

really nicely rounds out the rest of the

package with the Viva book even though

it is a fairly cheap laptop you're not

really giving up a lot and I think

that's very very important at this price

range so you've got an ace gen i5

processor a pretty impressive 1080p IPS

panel got a good keyboard good touchpad

plenty of ports there's really very

little that's wrong this laptop and that

is super super impressive at the price

okay so I am really really cheating with

this one but my next choice is the

Microsoft Surface go yeah you could say

this is a tablet but the way I use it as

a tiny awesome little Windows laptop

even leave base $400 version is built

well and you've got a decent amount of

performance thanks to the Pentium Gold

processor nothing too crazy but it is

enough for a 10 inch laptop on top of

that you've got a lot of the nice

surface features including the fully

adjustable kickstand as well as the

keyboard now yes if you take off the

keyboard it's a tablet so this doesn't

really quite qualify as a laptop but I

mean you should buy the keyboard you

should put it on it should live like

this and then it's eligible to be in my

video look ok I get it's not really a

laptop but I mean the way I use this

thing is just like a laptop it's got a

cut touchpad and a keyboard and I don't

know I actually really like the surface

go I think it makes a lot of sense and

especially because it has things like I

don't know a USB C port something that

some of the other surfaces could maybe

take note on this really is one of my

favorite cheap budget devices right now

especially you consider just how

portable and small and cool it is you

tell I really like the surface go now

say you want to game on a budget well

boy have I got the deal for you the Acer

Aspire fine this is a laptop we actually

took a look at very early in the year

and yet it is absolutely held up all

year long and that is for good reason

this is easily my favorite

recommendation if you want to get into a

low-end gaming laptop at $600 the spec

list is impressive you have a Core i5 8

gigs of ram MX 150 graphics a 256 gig

SSD you even got nice things like I saw

a touchpad and a backlit keyboard the

only real downside here is the screen

which while it is tane

unfortunately not IPs but you can look

past that in 600 she kind of should this

is a very impressive gaming laptop

considering that it shares a similar MX

150 graphics setup compared to that

razor blade stealth you should be able

to game at pretty decent settings again

that ultra but for $600 if you want to

get into an entry-level gaming laptop

the Acer Aspire 5 is still one of my

absolute favorite things I'm taking a

look at this year