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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