The Hottest Laptops Coming in 2018
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2018-05-06
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here at ces 2018 we've seen a lot
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of laptops some from some strange brands
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and some from the big guys but which ones did we think are best well these
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five in no particular order brought to you by Intel up first is the new gram
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from lg with the 13-inch model coming in at just
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965 grams this thing is insanely light
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but also surprisingly robust in our review of the late 2017 model we had
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said if they added Thunderbolt 3 and changed the location of the camera it
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could be basically the perfect laptop and they did both so with a quad-core
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8-gen Intel processor increased battery capacity thanks to the 72 watt hour
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battery and a fingerprint sensor that's been moved into the power button
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this might be the laptop to beat for ultra portables speaking of portable if
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you have a little less space in your backpack but you can take a bit more
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weight at just 8.98 millimeters the acer swift 7 is insanely
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thin looking at it from the side it almost disappears but somehow they kept
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the keyboard feel excellent with a surprisingly long travel the only thing
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you're compromising here is the 7th gen Intel processor seems that dual core is
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still alive in super thin ultrabooks but
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you could be forgiven for trading power for looks like this
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if you can't sacrifice power dell has got you covered though the completely
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new xps 13 not only has 24
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less volume but a staggering 80 percent
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more power it features an Intel 8th gen quad-core processor that they've been
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able to soup up with some clever cooling for higher and longer turbo boosts the
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build quality remains impeccable it uses the same keyboard as the outgoing model
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which is a good thing and with a 4k HDR
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option available for the screen it is a treat for your eyes too moving on to
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dell's xps 15 well now there's a two in
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one and there are a lot of cool things about this laptop it not only has an
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Intel 8th gen processor but built into
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the CPU package it has rx vega m graphics this means a massive increase
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in graphical performance compared to onboard making it perfect for things
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like photoshop and light video editing now it's not the thinnest laptop we've
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ever seen but it's still respectable at 16 millimeters and to help achieve this
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thinness with two in one folding functionality dell actually developed a
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new type of keyboard switch which they're calling maglev this allows a
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surprisingly clicky feel in what would otherwise be a very restrictive amount
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of space and uh oh continuing with the trend of magnets there's also a magnetic
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pen for people who are into that moving on we've got the lenovo x1 carbon now
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this isn't really a new laptop but we feel like the new model steps it up with
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a lot of nice to haves these additions include Windows hello facial recognition
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up to a 1440p panel with HDR support
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although unfortunately touch is only available on the 1080p model and a
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quad-core Intel processor and your fingers actually get treated to a
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luxurious 1.8 millimeters of key travel
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with excellent tactile feel as well as a whole heap of i o to prevent you from
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the embarrassment of forgetting the right dongle for your meeting and this
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is all wrapped up in a premium feeling chassis that i imagine will keep on
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trucking for years and although that's actually five already we actually have
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one honorable mention the MSI raider ge63 we weren't allowed to know what
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processor was in it but we know it's new we know it's from Intel and we're really
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pumped for whatever that is just around the corner so thanks for checking out this video of
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our top five Intel laptops from ces 22
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so thanks for checking out this video with our top five laptops from ces 2018
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