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say what you will about tablets being the future this is the present and laptops ain't going anywhere I'm Molly wood in for Brian Cooley with a CNET top-5 the best five laptops you can buy right now so why buy a laptop when tablets are the future of media consumption well maybe because laptops are still the future of getting some damn work done already if you still like typing you don't like grease smudges on your touchscreen and you could use a little more horsepower than an oversized smartphone chip here are the five laptops that are seen at editors they are the best you can get coming in at number five is the HP Pavilion dm1 the main thing we love about this guy great battery life and the AMD fusion platform it combines that power efficient performance with better graphics than you would normally see in a budget netbook because it also cost less than five hundred bucks if it weren't for that HP bloatware it would be love at number four we're going the opposite direction price-wise and size wise but we're sticking with HP it's the high-end HP Envy 17 the envy line is HP's premium laptop brand in the envy 17 is a sleek aluminum macbook pro clone with a beautiful display high-end audio plenty of power and performance and even USB 3.0 for around 1,500 bucks plus trust me I actually own the HP Envy 14 and believe me when I tell you it's real Purdy in at number three the 11 inch MacBook Air the first MacBook Air came off like an overpriced toy for annoying wanna be CEO types the second MacBook Air came off like I gotta have it buy some reports air sales topped 1.1 million in the first three months after launch the 11 inch model is the stunner to unbelievably light and thin instant on performance and very impressive battery life although with a thousand dollar price tag no SD card slot no backlit keyboard and a pretty outdated processor the MacBook Air is still a little more flash than value but I dare you to use one and not have to have it in at number two you'll want to check out that CNET editor's choice toshiba portage AR 705 but maybe don't buy just yet this laptop is described by our editors as being as close to a perfect balance of design price and performance as you'll find in a Windows laptop so what can make it better Sandy Bridge the our 800 series is coming hopefully very soon so considering how much we love the our 705 the more powerful and efficient Sandy Bridge processors will make the Newport OJ's a total must-have and before we get to number one I'd like to hear your opinion on whether reports of the laptops death are greatly exaggerated Gartner research reported this week that tablet sales will grow from 15 million in 2010 to 54 million in 2011 and that laptop sales will tank as a result but I want to know what you think what are you more likely to buy in 2011 a laptop or a tablet tell us in our poll at the CNET TV blog over at blog scene at tv.com ok now it's time for the number one best laptop as rated by our CNET editors no surprise here it's the MacBook Pro in any size you want the 15-inch MacBook Pro is a CNET editor's choice thanks to its new high end processor options great graphics and the new Thunderbolt i/o port and the 13-inch model may not have the graphics horsepower but the 2.7 gigahertz core i7 processor a serious business and the battery life is amazing I know some of you were hoping for a redesign with the new models but come on it's not like the MacBook Pro is ugly and there you have it the five best laptops available right now or coming soon happy shopping everyone I'm Molly wood and you can find all the seen at top five videos at Cena at tv.com