Gadgetory

we all have smartphones and a lot of us also have tablets but when it comes time to get a lot of work done nothing beats a trusty old laptop a laptop is great whenever you need to do a lot of typing multitask between a bunch of different programs or really plow through your inbox the options for laptops are seemingly endless and can be daunting and if you choose the wrong one you'll be living with that mistake for years a good laptop is easily portable fast enough for multitasking has a great keyboard and trackpad has a display that's bright and easy on your eyes and lasts all day without needing to be plugged in there are a lot of laptops that offer some of those qualities but the best laptop for the most people hits all of the marks if you want the best all-around laptop that you can get the 13-inch MacBook Air is the one you should buy that shouldn't really be a surprise the MacBook Air has been the gold standard for years because it hits all of the marks you need for a great laptop computer it's super thin really light really well-built and has a best-in-class keyboard and trackpad outside of gaming or video editing the base MacBook Air is fast enough for the vast majority of things you need to do with a laptop the AERS display isn't as good as the displays on the larger and heavier MacBook Pros but it's bright and good enough for web browsing and watching video it also has awesome battery life easily topping 12 hours away from an outlet something that the new even thinner macbook can't come close to the macbook air isn't cheap but if you use your computer for many hours a day it's worth the investment if you want a Windows computer the options for you are even more daunting but Dells XPS 13 is an excellent laptop it's thin and light just like the MacBook has an even nicer display and it's powerful enough in any configuration for most any tasks the XPS 13 s keyboard is excellent and while its battery life and trackpad can't quite match the MacBook Air neither are deal-breakers other Windows laptops like Microsoft Surface pro 3 try to be both a tablet and a laptop at the same time but they're not really great at either it's a classic jack of all trades master of none problem if you want to tablet get a tablet but if you need a laptop you should really focus on getting a great laptop there are ton of cheap Windows laptops but if your budget is really tight and strongly recommend considering a Chromebook Toshiba's Chromebook 2 is a great option it's got a great screen and fast performance and only costs a few hundred dollars picking the right laptop is a big decision this is a machine you're likely to use day in and day out for at least a few years do yourself a favor and make the right decision and right now the right decision for the most people is the 13-inch MacBook Air