20 Best Windows Laptops For Programming (2023 Updated)

Pros: Before I start, I just want to point out I have only used this for about 2 weeks as I had actually bought it for someone else. DesignThis is incredibly light (lighter than my 13″ laptop in fact) and yet it doesn’t feel flimsy or cheap.

The overall design aesthetic is nice and industrial, without looking boring. Keyboard/TrackpadThe keyboard is spacious, quiet and nice to type on. The trackpad is equally spacious, with accurate tracking and a quiet, satisfying click action.

PerformanceDay to day performance is excellent, with very fast startups (and almost instant shutdowns), near-instant app launches (even on larger apps such as Photoshop) and impressive performance in games.

DisplayThe screen is easily the headline feature. The brightness is definitely above average (although not even close to what you would find on something like a Macbook) and the QHD resolution keeps things sharp despite the increase in screen size.

However, the colors are what stand out most to me – it is hard to put into words, but everything looks so much more vibrant without looking oversaturated. SoftwareAs you’d expect, Windows 11 runs like a dream on this kind of hardware without any kind of hiccups.

Even the dreaded windows updates barely take any time. MiscellaneousThe sound when you close the lid is very satisfying. It is very easy to open, without being floppy. Battery life is great for a Windows laptop (seems to last about 8 hours), although not on the level of a Macbook or Chromebook.

The speakers are surprisingly good, and you can actually get some bass out of them with the right EQ settings. Cons: DesignI would prefer the plastic bezels around the screen to be replaced with the continuous glass variants found on most laptops these days, however, it is not a huge issue considering how thin the bezels are.

Keyboard/TrackpadThe keyboard backlighting is quite harsh in comparison to my other laptops and is also non-adjustable. In dark environments it is ideal, but it can be overpowering in other situations.

Somehow, LG has even managed to put bloatware onto the keyboard, with the function row being dedicated to opening their various preinstalled apps (none of which I found a use for). PerformanceThermal performance could be better, as they have definitely tried to keep this thing light and quiet instead of being a top performer.

DisplayNo complaints hereSoftwareLG has loaded this thing up with some of the most obnoxious bloatware I have seen, and most of it is useless. For example, one such app is a utility to sync your phone to your PC, despite the fact there is an identical feature baked into Windows already.

The same story goes for pretty much all of it, and even after resetting Windows it all comes back. One thing that irked me most was during the setup process. LG had bolted in the terms and conditions for some of their bloatware onto the same page as the terms and conditions for Windows.

This means you couldn’t accept the Windows T&Cs without simultaneously consenting to all of LG’s random software. MiscellaneousThe webcam is predictably terrible. There is no facial recognition. There is no full-size SD card reader, which seems especially dumb considering most people buying this will probably want to import photos and footage from their camera using an SD card.

The USB-C ports are only found on one side of the laptop, meaning it can only be charged from one side unlike some of the other laptops I have used.

There are many good things to say about this laptop. First of all the display is excellent; it has very good saturation, crisp text and overall excellent brightness. I currently have it set on a value of 60 and this is quite bright.

The initial set-up of the machine was super easy. The combination of the fingerprint scanner and the power button is good. Since this laptop has the Intel evo certification it has been tested and must pass certain requirements to obtain that certification and it certainly does.

From the time you touch that fingerprint/power button to useable Windows is seconds; it’s really fast. It’s equally fast opening programs and working with them. On-screen displays pop up with different key combinations to let you know when you activate various functions such as Caps Lock, Keyboard Backlight, etc.

Very nice. There are reviews out there that mention the flex in the unit. Well, I don’t really notice any extreme flex, I can easily pick it up from either corner without any noticeable flex. In any case it is not creaky or noisy when you do pick it up from one side.

Which brings me to weight; no computer this large (16”) should weigh this little! You mind plays tricks on you because you see this larger device on your desk and you anticipate it being heavy, but when you pick it up, well it is not heavy at all.

In fact, the advertised weight of my MacBook Air (early 2015 13. 3 inch) is 2. 38lbs, this LG is only 2. 62lbs; amazing. The track pad is large and just slightly off-center to the left not; really noticeable, but a good placement to help avoid unintentional input from it when typing.

It is very responsive to clicking and tracking as well as scrolling. I have had absolutely no issues with unregistered or extra clicks, it just works flawlessly. The keyboard has good size and feel to it with good travel and is backlit.

You can adjust the level of backlighting via the Fn+F8 option, and you can even set a “time out” for the backlight to turn off vial the LG Control Center. There is also a numeric keypad on the deck. The bundled LG Control Center makes it easy to see how things are set up on the computer and very easy to make changes from one central place.

Definitely a good piece of extra software as is the LG Update Center which takes care of drivers and such that LG specifically installed that are not part of Windows Update. I don’t doubt that the advertised battery life is achievable, but realistically I am getting about 14-16 hours from it.

That is to be expected as I changed the default behavior of the display battery saver in the Intel Graphics control from level 6 (most conservative) to level 3. This gives me a good balance of display quality and battery life.

Should I ever need to approach those higher battery numbers I would simply change that level back to 6. Also my normal activities do involve some battery draining actions, such as online games. A far as upgrading well the memory is soldered to the system board so what you buy it with is fixed.

There is however a second NVMe slot inside the unit that will accommodate another SSD should you ever want to add storage. Note that to take off the bottom cover you do have to remove the feet as they hide screws.

Heat of the unit is not really a problem either; there are professional reviews out there that measure temperatures, but I can say this; is it as cool on the lap as my 2020 M1 MacBook Air? No. But it is no where near as warm as my Mid 2010 MacBook Pro.

I have to mention the display again, because it is absolutely perfect. When you look at the image quality this display produces, you cannot say enough about it. So if you are looking for a light and quick laptop with a large screen (16” 2560×1600) with excellent saturation and color reproduction, that is quiet and a pleasure to use…well, you found it!.

I needed an updated laptop as my i5 8250U chipped laptop was sometimes struggling to drive a big 4k screen when there were a lot of windows active and lots of cameras on in Zoom calls. Costco ran this LG laptop at a very good price for Black Friday so I retired the old laptop a bit early.

Good points: Good internal spec. Unless you like playing games you will find this set up fast & capable for pretty much everything. Really good screen. 99% colour gamut & higher than HD resolution is great.

Even if you don’t edit photos you’ll like it. Real number pad on the keyboard! Not embedded in the letters like smaller laptops. It really is very light indeed and the power pack is reasonably compact.

Every time I pick it up I’m surprised at how little it weighs. Battery life is good and as it’s only a week old it’s getting better. It can cope with a 10 hour day working with Office apps on battery.

I haven’t tried any heavy photo editing etc. on battery yet. It comes with a little rubber keyboard protector. I don’t use it but if you want to use the laptop in the kitchen for recipes or while you’re eating breakfast it’s a very handy little addition.

Not so good: Keyboard is a bit clacky and doesn’t ooze quality. It’s a big laptop and the keys seem a long way away. You’re sort of reaching over half the laptop to reach the keys which makes it tiring to type a lot of text.

They could shrink the oversized touchpad and move the keys closer. If you lock the number pad on you need to hold down the Fn key to use Home & End! What were they thinking about? I guess I’ll get used to this but really.

When you close the lid to put the laptop to sleep there’s no way of knowing if it’s actually asleep. Other laptops will have a flashing yellow LED or similar so you can see if something wakes it up and starts eating the battery.

I would really like this functionality. Maybe this isn’t the laptop’s fault but my bluetooth headset connects even when the laptop is asleep. My other laptop doesn’t do this and I wish the Gram didn’t either.

It’s probably a setting somewhere in the BIOS. Obviously every review of every laptop has to complain about the ports. I need an SD port (full size please) so I bought a little USB-C dock which has extra USB ports, LAN, SVGA etc.

The camera is good rather than great. Good enough for family Zoom calls but if you make a living delivering online meetings you’ll want something better. Speakers are good enough for listening to radio or a movie but you really notice the improvement when you plug in external speakers for music.

As always I’m not interested in freeware so McAfee went straight away and I’ll have a look at the Cyberlink stuff but they’re unlikely to stay. I’ve no idea what the various LG apps do but so far they don’t seem to be using up too much resources so I’m leaving them for the time being.

Probably the biggest issue is the super-sensitive touch pad. Instead of the left & right buttons being fully separate from the pad they are still part of the pad so you’ll find yourself zooming in on pages when you are just trying to left click.

Obviously a wireless mouse solves this at your desk but I still use a laptop on the move quite a lot and I’d prefer not to have to keep undoing things that I’ve done by accident. Overall it is a great machine and highly recommended if you find it a the right price.

I’m previously a gen3 owner so given my positive experience I had this on pre-order excited with its release. The speakers are improved in this model. This keyboard was improved with a lower profile, but the space bar feels and sounds really cheap.

It’s a couple steps forward in improvement but one step back in the quality and feel of the keyboard. I have the IPS display. The 16” LCD has a warmer more natural backlight to it than gen3’s IPS display’s blue tint and they somehow crammed an extra inch of display space without increasing the size of the laptop by more than a few mm.

The anti-glare coating on it is too aggressive on this creating a lot of colorshift when you move your head. Even if you stare in the middle of the screen the corners are color shifted. Once again, another couple steps forward but one back.

I deducted a star in my rating for these two minor disappointments. A couple build quality issues that was my other rating star deduction: Also increase in size is the massively oversized power brick lets off a lot of chirpy coil noise.

When you are in a quiet room, the faint noises from the power supply can be hard to ignore. Maybe mine is an isolated incident. There is an oil residue behind the camera pane. You can see it ooze around when sliding the privacy shutter.

This creates a misty glare on webcam reminiscent of 1980s glam shots. In my opinion the fan noise is not any louder than gen3 and quieter than the gen4 I tried. Maxing the cpu/video card did not make the laptop as hot to the touch as gen4 Bottom line, this is a solid feeling laptop with a bit of an identity problem.

It’s lightweight and portable around the house but if you want to slip it into a bag you have to toss in a power supply that is 1/3rd the size of your laptop. The finish also scratches easy so handle with care compared to the T-series but it has an improved video card for gaming… but isn’t quite a full out gaming laptop.

On a side note, the new environmentally friendly packing is very impressive. Even the plastic wrap on the computer was replaced with paper. I think you will like this laptop a lot. Just don’t expect build quality perfection that was seen in areas of previous generations.

I bought it for my birthday in November 2021. This is my daily laptop. I chose Lenovo because I liked the P14 laptop my work gave me. Pros: 1. Bright Display 2. Wide Screen size, great for multitasking 3.

Super Fast everything: startup, opening apps, downloading files, surfing the internet 4. Numeric Keypad 5. Touch screen 6. Charges fast 7. Backlit keyboard with 2 brightness levels(it would be cool, if the user can change the keyboard light colors to what they want.

Maybe even an animation to it. ) 8. Design and keyboard layout 9. Light around the startup button Cons: 1. There are no USB C ports. You will have to use your laptop charger slot(USB C) or purchase a USB A to USB C adapter 2.

The battery life is mediocre. Last maybe 5 hours most on 100% display while using the PC. Then its back to plugging in the charger. 3. There is no pause/start/stop/fast forward/rewind buttons. Yet there is a hang up and answer button(very unnecessary) 5.

I have no idea what some of the function buttons do. Example. The f9 button, f12 has a star on it which makes no sense if it opens the inspector. 6. Bloatware 7. Very Limited/No color selection, only black 8.

Limited number of ports: 1 x HDMI, 2 x USB-A 9. The price for what I would have paid does not make it a perfect fit. Luckily, I bought the laptop with a coupon around black friday. Rather than its original $1800+ price tag.

10. Cannot use other touch screen pens with this model. I tried with an HP Pen from my previous laptop. 11. Only Apple laptops seem to be able to do this, when you dim the light to the lowest level. It makes the screen black/dimmed out completely as if the screen is sleeping.

Overall: 8/10. I’m happy with the purchase thus far, despite my cons list surpassing my pros list. Its only been a little over a month. The Laptop performance hasn’t given me any issues. If Lenovo can make upgrades to some of its PCs based on my con list.

I’d consider them the best by a huge margin.

I have owned this device for about 3 weeks, and it is a phenomenal device. My last Lenovo product was an E531, which lasted me 10 years and is still running, so I knew I wanted another Lenovo product.

This has not disappointed. The lightweight design is a huge plus for anyone traveling and using this computer on the go. I have used both 15″ and 13″ screens, and I think the 14″ is a great compromise between the two, as you get some extra screen, but the computer does weigh as much or take up the majority of your backpack.

Battery seems solid, and I appreciate being able to have the selective charge feature that allows for you to only charge to 80% in order to reduce battery deterioration for people that are plugged in most of the time.

People have complained about the fan noise on the gen 10, but for this gen 9 it is very quiet 99% of the time, and only ramps up during peak load when rendering a video or backing up your computer. The chassis does get rather hot, but if you don’t have it in your lap, that isn’t something to be concerned about.

The ports they kept on this device feel perfect. Enough USB A ports to get by, but also 2 USB C for the heavy data transfers and docking stations. Speakers are super loud, best I’ve ever seen on a computer.

I love my music, and when on the run they are great for video calls. Speaking of video, the camera is sub-par and rather disappointing. Probably the only hardware part they really cheaped out on 720p really gets grainy in low light.

Will want an external camera if you do more than just the occasional meeting online. Privacy shutter is nice though. Overall, this is a solid device! Sadly, MS has a glitch on their updates, and I had to reinstall Window 11 a few days ago in order to get a Win10 era update to go onto my device.

Not a Lenovo problem hardware problem at all, but do be aware that you may have to do some update work simply because MS hasn’t fixed their update system properly in Win11. This is a pricey computer, but I would say that the durability and quality of the product pays for itself in a very short time.

I’ve been researching for a while to replace the 5-year old laptop. I mostly use laptop to write Python scripts, querying data, watch video, surf web. For those reasons, it has to be light-weighted, does not have a dedicated graphic card (for battery), at least 400 nits, 1200p screen (battery and extra vertical space), non-touch screen, good keyboard, ability to upgrade RAM (not with C9).

Finally settled with the X1C9 and this is my first Lenovo. What I like so far: -Having both 15″ and 13. 5″ in the past, 14″ screen is perfect for my need, and 1200p is a bonus. In my case, I find 2k and 4k screens are not practical–I dock to external monitors when not roaming.

But when roaming, I prefer battery over resolution. -Keyboard is much better than any of my previous ultra laptops, although many reviewers find the C9 keyboard took a step backward compared to the older gens.

-I like the grainy and snappy feel of the track pad. -Battery usually last a whole day when watching videos and other light activities. What I don’t like: -Despite Lenovo telling this matte screen helps reduce reflection outdoor, it is not the case.

Text is hard to read. Adjusting brightness does not help much. My old 300-nit laptop did better outdoor. -The red LED dot on the logo behind the screen bothers me and I can’t find a way to disable it.

-This chassis is not for people with oily/greasy fingers. -When under heavy load, it can be warm and fan can be loud. It’s hard to find an ultra laptop non-soldered RAMs these days. To compensate for this, I maxed out the RAM configuration while choosing the smallest NVMe card to cut cost.

Bought and installed a 2TB NVMe card — it was painless. Overall, I’m happy with the laptop. Day-to-day productivity is somewhat light so it’s hardly warm/loud. Those cons I pointed are for people to be aware of.

They do not affect me drastically to take points off. Buy only when on sale. I got a discount via my company.

I purchased an Acer Aspire 5 A515 a few weeks ago that started having intermittent Wi-Fi network connection problems. It just wouldn’t show any networks at all to connect to. I tried to fix the issue with help form Acer Canada on their chat line, but they were not able to figure out what the problem was.

I returned the laptop to BestBuy within the 30 day warranty and they just replaced the defective laptop with a new one. The replacement laptop hasn’t shown the same issue, so far! Good job BestBuy ! What I like: Touch screen is very responsive, the back lit keyboard is very helpful in a dark environment.

The i3 Intel chip is fast enough and seems to be the right combo with the 8MB Ram and the 512G SSDrive is more than enough storage for my kind of light use. What I don’t like: After being in a 1 hour Zoom meeting, the computer heated up quite a bit and froze up.

There was no response from the power button, either turning off or turning on. It took about an hour of punching keys for the issue to resolve itself. It hasn’t done it again, but I’m still wondering if perhaps there might be an inherent issue with this computer.

I’m Tickled to Bits! I’m Linda J. This is a review from an extremely happy customer! NOT A ROBIT lol. Awesome for the price!!! I just received this laptop and am so thrilled with it! I have a friend that is an IT specialist, I have very limited funds and he was so happy to see what I got for the money! I did get it on sale, but such a beautiful, very light, attractive laptop for the price! I did buy an open box laptop so I saved about 50 bucks for that as well! I had a very limited budget so it was super important to find something good for an average user laptop that had good components for the money! My IT friend was impressed at what I got for the price! The specs, the actual touchscreen, the very smooth feeling backlit keys, lit’s also lightweight, fast product for the money is really great! I spent my very hard-earned cash to come up with on it, and I mean it! I have to say I raved about it to my friends when I received it recently.

This is a nice looking great product for a low price. Don’t hesitate to buy. Thank you, Linda.

I’m a website designer and purchased this laptop mainly to do work while away from my home desktop computer, where I’m spoiled by two monitors and a very high speed internet connection. Overall, I’m happy with this purchase.

The computer boots up quickly and has enough speed to do everything I need to do. While the screen isn’t the most vibrant, at least it’s anti-glare, which I greatly prefer to those glossy screens that display beautifully – until I’ve got my fingerprints all over them! The biggest drawback to this computer is the keyboard.

While it feels okay to type on it (no modern laptop has the mechanical keys I love), it’s the layout that is driving me crazy. Being in a bilingual country, I totally understand and support Acer’s desire to have the keyboard identify both English and French characters.

What they’ve unfortunately tried to do is add the number pad keys to the offering! This not only diminishes the size of the primary keys, but ends up making a dog’s breakfast in the arrangement of the editing keys (home, insert, etc.

), even making one or more of them initially unintelligible! So, in addition to miniscule up and down arrow keys, there are three-columns of number keys that also double as editing keys. While some are obviously identified (e.

g. End/Fin), the ‘home’ key is mysteriously identified solely with a left-pointing arrow! And doesn’t Acer realize that add-on USB number keypads are available for the small percentage of users that would actually desire and use such a thing?! I’d be much happier if the entire width of the laptop’s body were devoted to keys more closely arranged and spaced comparable to a typical desktop keyboard.

In need of a update/upgrade for a Laptop the ASUS VivoBook 15. 6″ appealed with the minimum sized screen I wanted and the Intel i7 processor to try and future proof for a minimum of two years. Although being given the benchmark of Intel and comparison with AMD Ryzen the difference between was at the level of running application’s open marginally bettered by the AMD Ryzen chipset, which using a huge programme like Adobe is noticeable even with my limited knowledge.

The Screen is uber impressive with amazing standout colours and depth of detail this being noted on Bing daily downloads, have recently had an update for the graphics card and enhanced the screen ratio even more.

New to Windows 11as most, like the simpler format just getting adjusted to the layout on screen. Other noticeable difference is the SSD and no physical background noise which is the reason of Intel over AMD Ryzen as a desktop I am using is distractingly noisy.

All round very efficient lightweight, attractive subtly, Laptop although still assessing the battery reliability. “As for the integrated GPUs (called iGPUs), they all have them. The Intels have their Iris Xe iGPUs which are slightly more powerful than the AMD Radeon iGPUs in general – but don’t really focus on the iGPU, focus on the raw CPU power.

” Furthermore, all of these are either 15” or 17” size form factors apart from the Acer Enduro (option 6) which is only a 14”. They all have 16GB DDR4 3200MHz RAM and either 512GB or 1TB SSDs – so you’re sound in the RAM/Storage departments with any of them.

Don’t worry if any of these run native Windows 10, you’ll most likely be able to upgrade to Windows 11 for free (and if not, just return the laptop and get the alternative). Looking at them, the Asus options (options 4, 5 and 5.

5) seem to have better value, albeit at the cost of design in my opinion, although looking back at the past two hours and a half, they’re growing on me; they’re all nice looking laptops. You just won’t get the convertible-ness (the 2-in-1 ness) on the Asus’; however, the Asus laptops also come with OLED screens and are PANTONE® certified; meaning they have smacking panels / visual fidelity – the old Aero 15x was PANTONE® certified, and you know how much that cost; you know, if the screen is something you’re looking for in your laptop, too.

I think that’s all. I mean- there’s loads more options and manufacturers out there, and it is a pain in the backside(sic) check through the options, let alone all of them. But these should do you good for a while; you know technology, you’ll be upgrading down the road in two/four years anyways.

Pick your poison. Like really, please choose one of these; you’re most likely not going to find any better at this time in this price range, without really deep clean searching the web. Kind Regards, Elliot I also had assistance from my son who brought his first Laptop from SCAN before starting University studying Gaming.

I have been using this laptop for around a day and a half and wanted to write a thorough review since often these laptops don’t get reviewed. I work from home so I will be using this laptop everyday, but here are my initial experiences.

Battery life on average day of work (On day 1), working in VM with one 20 minute video call on “better battery” mode – 100% – 30% (2 hours and 30 minutes) – estimated additional 1 hour and 21 minutes until battery dies, so I estimate around 3.

5 hours of battery on the better battery mode. However, not everyone will be working in a VM outside of regular browsing which will be better for the battery. Also longer meetings will kill the battery quicker.

The good: – Display is very nice. 300 nits and Iris xe with slim bezels make it very pleasant to use the laptop. When comparing to my older laptop from 2016 there is a noticeable difference. – As someone picky with my laptop keyboards and touchpad (I do not used external mouse or monitor while working from home) this by far has the most pleasant keyboard and touchpad out of all the laptops I tried.

Keys are mechanical and larger, making typing easy. It is listed as bilingual, but keyboard layout is the same with a few extra symbols on some keys that don’t make a difference. Also the touchpad is a good size with a great feel, sensitivity, and pressure required to click down.

– Build quality feels great with a lightweight design, but also a material that doesn’t feel like it’ll break after falling a couple inches or after a year of use. Compared to other laptops in this price range this is much better.

– Sound system is great and you will not need to watch videos or be in meeting on full volume as it is too loud. – Fan is very quiet if anyone had concerns about that – Backlit keyboard is not too bright or too dim.

The average: – The camera and microphone while nice are not anything outstanding. However, it is hard to find a laptop that will be great in these categories. They will be adequate for video calls. – Battery while smaller than most laptops isn’t terrible.

This was my biggest concern, but considering I will be working from home and not bring my laptop outside my place much, it will do. Battery degradation is a concern, but I cannot comment on that. People who will be using this for over 2 hours without a charger may not like this laptop.

The bad: – I actually had to soft factory reset my laptop on day 1. Not sure why, but my internet on my work VM kept dropping for 10-15 second every 20 minutes or so. Also, I was randomly experiencing slowdown which should not happen as my old, much worse laptop could handle those processes.

After a soft reset (took about 20 minutes), the laptop has been performing great, but I will give it a week to see if performance decreases again. If so I will likely return for another model or different laptop.

Note: that the laptop after a soft reset is actually slightly different from what I received out of box, so I wonder if maybe there was something initially installed that I resolved after a reset. Value: In my opinion this feels more like an $800 laptop, but an extra $100 isn’t a big deal.

Every laptop feels overpriced these days. For the price range though I don’t think you will be getting much more from a different laptop as every laptop you are compromising something, for this laptop it is likely a 1-1.

5 hour shorter battery life which may be worth it for the form factor.

So. I bought this laptop about a month and a half ago. At first everything was great and swell. It does run fast as heck boi, and it is very silent and doesn’t slow down with several apps running. Battery life of about 4h when streaming videos, surfing the web and light gaming, so not the best out there but it does the job.

Screen colors and quality of image are fantastic. HOWEVER about a month in, my network cards disappeared. Out of the blue, suddenly, the computer acted as if wifi as a concept hadn’t been invented yet.

Tried everything I could try on my own, and after 2 days, resigned myself to go see the Geek Squad. Then when I get there, the cards are back. Guy said it had to be « an unpdate ». An update that takes 2 days? Sure Jan.

At that point I figured, ok, must’ve been a software issue, it’s Microsoft, it’s part of the deal, etc. Well lo and behold, it happened again. Actually, it’s happened twice since then. At this point, I guess it’s an hardware issue, but I’m told nah, everything is fine! So is it just mine? Is it that model that actually has issues? I don’t know.

But it sure isn’t something I ever experienced on Mac. All in all though, I would recommend it. It is a great model and a good laptop that can get work done. It’s Asus and the ratio price/quality is definitely worth it.

I just wish it wasn’t trying to cannibalize itself on a regular basis.

I purchased this laptop just before Christmas and am completely satisfied with it. The combination of SSD, memory, and processor makes it a snappy performer for my purposes (mostly office work but with some intensive processing applications also in use).

The screen is bright and clear. The fingerprint reader is a great feature. It’s nice to be able to sign into the computer quickly without having to enter a password. Any peripherals I’ve attached have worked perfectly.

I was waiting until the upgrade to Windows 11 happened to write this review. That happened a couple days ago via the Windows Update in settings. The upgrade took place flawlessly. Almost a month after making this purchase I have not had a single thing to complain about with this computer.

To be quite frank this laptop is pretty great for the price the battery isn’t as great unless when I changed some settings I messed up something with the battery. One flaw is that the laptop tends to shut down and close all ur tabs.

The first few days a few wifi problems other than that it’s pretty good. Power= bad tho. The fingerprint is useful. The keyboard is not too loud as I had thought it would be. Great screen but the loud fan is pretty annoying.

This laptop is great for university and some low-high-end gaming. The only problem as said before is the battery but other than that it is great. I got it for the Christmas boxing day sale 749. 99$ So I’m saying this is worth it.

My deciding factor to select this laptop was the backlit keyboard which, according to the description, this laptop supposedly has. In reality it does not and can’t be upgraded to have one either. If it is optional the description should say that.

The product description matched the product being sold. This was an open box purchase that I would assume was returned for the same reason. I have decided to keep it and save myself another day of transferring and reloading all of my programs.

I really like the Acer laptops but this is the second time I have gotten shafted. First time shame on them, second time shame on me. My next purchase will NOT be an Acer. Buying a laptop from Acer is like buying a car that says it has an automatic transmission but it comes with a standard.

Review of Microsoft Surface 4 laptop, 15 inch and Surface 4, 13. 5 inch, (16GB RAM, 512 GB SSD models). I use both the 15 inch and the 13. 5 inch models of the Surface 4, and they have a similar specification apart from the overall size, screen size, pixel count, and weight.

And the price. When connected to a UHD 4k TV by HDMI, the 15 inch produces a larger picture, occupying most of the TV screen. Surface 4: 15 inch, black matte: 2496 x 1664 pixels, weight approx. 1. 6 kg Smooth metal hand-rest around the keyboard.

Surface 4: 13. 5 inch, ice blue 2256 x 1504 pixels, weight approx. 1. 3 kg Alcantara-covered hand-rest around the keyboard, a bit more comfortable to use. Both have the 11th generation Intel Core I-7 processor, with four cores and eight logical processors.

Both have 16 GB of RAM, and a nominally 512 GB SSD, which the system reports as about 476 GB with about 420 GB free. The specifications are more than adequate for most everyday purposes, and the laptops tackle them very quickly.

The display is very sharp and clear and both have touch screens; because the trackpad is excellent I don’t find myself using the touchscreen very often. Both of these are slim and elegant laptops, with a solid feel due to aluminium cases, excellent keyboards and good sound within the limits of a laptop.

Construction and finish is of a high standard. Windows 11 runs fast, starts up quickly, and handles everyday tasks with ease. Web browsing including YouTube works perfectly. The battery life seems quite decent, around 12 hours or so of web browsing, and the battery charges quickly from the supplied charger.

I particularly value the fact that Microsoft 365, (which I use on a desktop computer as well) and therefore Microsoft One Drive, run excellently on these two laptops. The built in expansion ports are limited, as has been commented upon elsewhere, but are actually adequate for my purposes.

A dock is available if more ports are needed. The 15 inch laptop is connected to my TV, and has a Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse, so I can sit some distance away and view the big display. The 13.

5 inch laptop is used as a portable browsing device, replacing an iPad.

PROS + Bright, beautiful, and functional 3:2 screen + Fantastic keyboard + Sleek & thin design + All-day battery life + Ryzen CPU performs great + Speedy SSD + Big trackpad to match longer screen + Speakers surprisingly punchy + Windows Hello features integrate very well + Touchscreen CONS – Minimal port selection – 8GB of RAM pretty low for being paired with a Ryzen 7 CPU for power-focused users – Pretty thick bezels by modern laptop standards – Black color shows fingerprints/grease pretty easy THE LONG & SHORT OF IT Since working from home over the course of the past year, I have truly learned to appreciate the smaller conveniences that make a good laptop great.

Things like a long battery life, clear screen, speedy performance, and much more. The Surface Laptop 4 is in many ways the best laptop I have ever used. It is amazingly well constructed from what appears to be one solid piece of metal, which also helps make the laptop very thin and light.

The keyboard (one of the most underrated pieces of any laptop) is possibly the best I have ever used, with a solid key travel that feels just right, and a crisp bottom that easily allows me to generate some of my best words per minute typing scores.

It is the screen that is maybe my favorite feature of this laptop. With a 3:2 aspect ratio, it has more height than a typical computer screen. For things like media consumption, means you will likely end up with much larger black bars on the top and bottom than something like a more standard 16:9 screen.

However, what you gain with this aspect ratio is more height when viewing documents/pages, which helps make work production so much smoother. I’ve actually gotten pretty spoiled on the 3:2 aspect ratio, and often find I miss it when going back to my standard desktop.

On the brightness, sharpness, and color aspects, this laptop also excels. The screen gets plenty bright, punchy, with a 2256×1504 resolution that allows text to appear crisp and clean across the board.

I don’t have the equipment to officially measure color accuracy, but have owned many screens, including several calibrated ones, I can say this laptop looks great to the eye. As for performance, the AMD Ryzen 7 CPU in here performs amazingly well.

I write code for a living, and I found this processor to be fantastic at powering through most computational tasks I threw at it. It’s super speedy, and even for day-to-day work, it blows through everything I threw it at without skipping much of a beat.

The one area of performance I am less than thrilled with is in terms of RAM. With only 8GB, the package feels a little lackluster, and I would often run out of memory in more computationally expensive tasks before I hit any CPU bottlenecks.

At this size and price point, 16GB of memory standard would have been much preferred to pair with this kind of CPU. All this being said, for the average consumer or daily worker, I still think 8GB is plenty of memory for most scenarios, but just be aware you may see slowdown when running lots of memory-hungry programs at once, like Microsoft Teams with several Chrome browsers open, or for serious gaming.

On the note of performance, the internal SSD is plenty fast with very quick file transfer speeds and no read/write issues to note. For battery life, I didn’t run a formal clock on how long it took to go from 100% -> 15% (when I typically charge it), but it easily lasted me a full day without issue, and I have no doubt that you can easily get 12-14 hours out of this machine on a single charge if needed.

It is simply a workhorse when it comes to longevity. In general, there is so much to love with this machine, and apart from some thicker bezels (which seems a bit out-of-date in 2021 where many laptops are boasting near bezeless displays), there is very little to complain about.

The only other area where I think this machine is lacking is in the port department. Specifically, you only get one USB-A and one USB-C port, which means you will almost certainly need a USB dock if you plan to use any more than one or two USB devices at the same time.

I am not a fan of needing to carry a dock with me wherever I go when I want to use multiple USB ports at once, and so the lack of reports is a shame here. Not a deal breaker by any means, but certainty lacking if you use things like HDMI or many connected devices at once.

Outside of the USB ports there is a headphone jack and propriety power jack with the included magnetic laptop charger. All-in-all, I love this device. Like other Microsoft hardware I have owned in the past, the machine exudes quality and excellent performance.

Unfortunately, it trades some function for these things, and may not be perfect for anyone. This being said, if you need a blazing fast CPU, amazing screen, and long battery life, look no further. I have no issues recommending the Surface Laptop 4 for others, and fully plan to use it as my daily productivity driver from now on.

It simply feels like a quality device through-and-through.

I’ve been using the Windows Surface 4 for about a week, and I have enjoyed it from the moment it came out of the box. I’m going to break my review down into sections with a label at the beginning of each, so you can quickly find the information you find most pertinent.

Packaging: The unit arrived securely packed in a cardboard packing box with generous air cushioning. I really liked this, because everything is easily recyclable. The retail packaging was a plastic wrapped stiff and sturdy cardboard box, and the plastic wrap had a tab glued to it so that it could be opened without a knife or scissors.

Inside, the computer was protected by a thin wrap to prevent scratches and scuffs, and another piece of thin padding was placed between the keyboard and the screen. below the computer, the quick start guide and charging transformer and cords were secured in additional boxes.

All in all, it was nicely presented and very secure. Appearance and quality: The computer case is machined from aluminum, and has a quality, solid feel. It is finished in a matte black color with a shiny black windows logo centered on the lid.

The lid is attached with a nearly full-length hinge that feels very solid, and is stiff enough that the screen stays where you put it. Overall it seems solidly built even though it is also very light for a 15 inch laptop.

Connectivity: The connections offered are few, but all the bases are covered. On the right side is the “Surface Connect Port,” a magnetic power port which, unlike other magnetic designs, has a plug that fits into a narrow slot, which serves to keep it aligned, and prevents it from twisting and losing contact.

It seems like a good design. On the left there is a USB-A, USB-C, and 3. 5 mm headphone jack. I’m really grateful for the USB-A jack, as I still own quite a few peripherals which use that standard. Other manufacturers seem to be more interested in selling adapters than making things convenient for the customer.

Setup: As soon as I opened the lid, the computer booted in seconds, and I was greeted by Cortana, Microsoft’s virtual assistant. I was then given the choice to use my voice to answer the setup questions, or by simply clicking the microphone icon, revert to the keyboard.

I used the voice guided setup and found Cortana to be quite competent in understanding me and selecting the correct option. The computer connected to WiFi and downloaded a few updates, which took a few minutes, but not an inordinate amount of time.

Overall, the setup process was much more quick and simple than I recall Windows setup being in the past. Initial impressions: I really like the weight of this laptop. It is very light for a 15″ machine.

I also like the feel of the keyboard and trackpad. My previous laptop was a MacBook Air, so I’ve had to get used to the different feel of the trackpad. I was also very happy to find MS Office and Spotify pre-loaded.

I setup my personal Yahoo email in the Mail app, and my work Exchange account and personal iCloud accounts in outlook. Setup in both apps was quick and easy, and all my iCloud mail, contacts, and calendars synced with Outlook without issue.

I was disappointed that my iCloud calendars didn’t retain the same color code as on my MacBook, but since all the data came over flawlessly, that’s a small thing. Video: The 2496 x 1664 display isn’t quite 4K, but it is sharp and detailed.

The brightness range is excellent, getting bright enough to see well outdoors or in a room with lots of sunlight as well as dim enough to work well in a dark room. Colors are vibrant and beautiful. In watching live action, there was no apparent ghosting, judder, or other artifacts.

The display is very nice. Audio: Listening to Spotify, I found the speakers to have nice mid and treble production and adequate bass, which is really something for such tiny little speakers. Stereo imaging is excellent.

Unfortunately, I am travelling, and I don’t have any good headphones with me, so I can’t comment on what headphones might sound like plugger into the 3. 5 mm jack, but my Bluetooth earbuds were great! Processing: To see how the computer handled high processor workloads, I listened to Spotify while playing a movie and working with complex 3D drawings in Autodesk Fusion.

The processor handled all I could throw at it without missing a beat. Normally, the drawings I had open would cause my MacBook Air to grind to a halt all by themselves, simply by rotating the objects, so I was impressed.

I’m sure there are processing tasks that would slow this machine down, 3D modelling is pretty demanding, an it didn’t miss a beat. Overall, this is a great PC for most people, and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it to any of my friends.

I hope my review was helpful!.

HISTORY: I have been using two old LG Gram models for 5 years. Started with a 14 inch Gram in 2017 and 13. 3″ Gram in 2020. Those were very light and highly portable notebooks for frequent domestic and overseas travelers.

DESIGN: A good-to-touch, smooth and distinctive texture. All ports are neatly arranged. Two USB-C ports are nicely located and an HDMI port is at the rear. Very much thoughtful touches as considering the cable ergonomics.

A huge screen and a large touchpad are also easy to see and use. The best point is its SLIM & LIGHT-WEIGHT, 2. 95lb or a little over 1 KG. POWER SUPPLY: Previous GRAMs had an issue, Power Supply, it was a weak tiny round connector and not compatible with any other devices.

With this new 2021 16″ ultra-slim notebook, it is a standard USB-C with 65W MAX power. The cable management is very neat & compact; PERFECT!. SIZE & KEYBOARD: Compared to the other 14″ notebook, it merely larger about 1 inch on each side.

However, inside, there is a huge WQHD widescreen. It is so bright & crispy clear on both text and pictures. The screen edges are almost none as the screen occupies most of the space. GREAT COLOR and CLEAR TEXT.

The keyboard is wide and almost full-size key size with separate numerical keys. With large hands, there is no problem typing and accessing those keys, and no slowdown. The key is a little stiff compared to a mechanical keyboard, but, it is slim and is giving tactical feedbacks; The backlit keyboard is also handy, and a large touchpad – much-improved feels and usages compared to those old generations.

GREAT a FULL FEATURE KEYBOARD!. BATTERY: It comes with a 10% charge, and it took about 2 hrs to charge it 100%. Continuously using it for about 16 hrs, work-related tasks, such as Words, Presentations, WEB surfing, and some videos & music.

Hence it has enough power for two working days. GREAT BATTERY LIFE! Overall, it is a very powerful notebook for handling regular works, graphic design, and semi-hardcore gamers. Occasionally, hear the bottom fan sound, but, it doesn’t;t bother too much.

A great entertainment notebook for watching movies. Its WQHD (2K) bright screen provides a wonderful color representation and beautiful pictures. In the 2021 models of LG GRAM notebooks, LG is inched up to perfection by understanding user’s needs more than 100%.

Yes, I STRONGLY recommend 2021 GRAM notebooks. I received this product at a discount in exchange for my honest opinion.

Bottom Line: The Surface Laptop Go 2 is well-suited for students and mobile professional who want a capable device in a small, thin, and light laptop design. Review: Out of the box, the laptop has a ‘premium’ look and feel with its mostly metal casing (the bottom is a plastic composite).

Although the keys are slightly smaller than full size, the keyboard offers a comfortable typing experience with good key travel. The power button also houses a fingerprint scanner, which reads quickly and accurately.

Touch input, both on the trackpad and touch screen, is smooth, fast, and fluid. Overall, it feels really well-made. Performance-wise, the machine offers capable specs (i5, 8GB RAM, 256 SSD) in an ultra-portable, sub-13” design.

Office apps and internet browsing are fast and responsive, and there’s enough processing power to do some light work in more demanding apps like Photoshop. Microsoft did make some compromises, however, to meet its target audience and price point.

The laptop has a headphone jack, USB-A, and USB-C port (the latter can be used for charging), and a proprietary charging port on the right. I do wish it had a built in HDMI port, since I often need to connect to projectors for work.

Although I find images and video look fine, Microsoft went with a non-standard, non-HD resolution for the 12. 4” screen (1536 x 1024 @ 148 PPI). Given the pixel density and screen size, small text looks blurry/fuzzy depending on the typeface.

The screen also does not get very bright even at max setting, which makes it difficult to use outdoors on a bright day. The speaker output is louder than I expected, but they very much sound like laptop speakers.

Last, the webcam is adequate but not great. Regardless of lighting, the image tends to looks grainy (or too soft with some digital correction) on Zoom calls, although Microsoft did a decent job tweaking the low light ISP so that you’re actually still visible in those instances.

Overall, the Surface Laptop Go 2 is a good choice for students and business professionals looking for an ultra-portable laptop.

We have owned much more expensive versions of the Microsoft Surface laptop line and have always been satisfied with the quality, durability and performance. This Surface Laptop Go 2 was appealing to us due to its size, weight and price point.

Our primary goal was to have something smaller than the standard 15” laptop with minimal weight for portability when we travel or do business locally. With a 12. 4” PixelSense display and a weight under 2 ½ pounds the Go 2 really meets our requirements.

The sage color is very nice and Microsoft offers additional choices in platinum, sandstone and ice blue. The Go 2 is quick and easy to set up. The fingerprint power button is a nice feature for quick access.

I find the touchscreen to be very nice and an added convenience. A Surface pen is not included, but I’d think that it would work with one nicely. The keyboard has a comfortable feel and doesn’t seem cramped by any means for this size laptop.

For our purposes the USB-A and USB-C ports, plus the headphone jack are perfectly adequate; especially since there is a dedicated charging port. We’ve not run into any issues as of yet with battery life and Microsoft states it will charge 80% within one hour.

At this price point and size for a Microsoft Surface it shouldn’t be surprising that you’re not getting FHD, but the display is crisp enough to get the job done. I like the looks of dark mode and tend to use that more often than not.

Even the differences in build material seem to be done rather well with the aluminum top and other plastic components that don’t come off as cheap or lacking. The feel and sturdiness of the laptop actually feels quite nice and expected for a Surface product.

I think this Go 2 fits a need for those looking for a light weight, smaller version of the Surface line that doesn’t impact the pocketbook to the extent of their pricier models. Having said this, I’d still defer to this particular model and not get the lower end of this Go 2 line with lower specifications and capabilities.

In summary, I think Microsoft has done a good job of offering a nice build at a good value.

I write this review as an AVID microsoft fan, and old DOS guy. I picked up this laptop for audio and video editing, amongst other routing productivity tasks. This computer has beautiful graphics, I like a lot of Windows 11’s new features.

The speakers are great, the battery life has been surprising to me. I changed the setting to battery saver after 50% depleted, I have been very pleased with its battery life. To be honest, the most important thing to me with any tech purchase is that there are no bugs, I hate bugs.

I had an old iPhone 11 that had plagued me for years with issues, and I will never look at tech the same way. Bugs that shouldn’t be there, and that you grow accustomed to, I hate those bugs. This computer has a few.

Bluetooth range sucks, I walk into my adjacent living room, it starts disconnecting (I use airpods pro). I have an hp envy work laptop that lets me go all the way out to my driveway or backyard shed before fluttering.

The aesthetics/design of the laptop is great, but when I pick the laptop up by a corner of the base/keyboard, with one hand, it eerily creeks and sounds like the joists in a 100-year-old house. I understand the lightweight, yet extremely durable casing materials are to blame, and serve their purpose respectively, but this is something I can’t quite get over.

Also video playback has at least a 5 second lag when paused for over 15-20 seconds. I think this may only be with Bluetooth, but is extremely frustrating when trying to flip between an instructional video and the application (as I am perfecting my Adobe Premiere skills).

I think I fell into the trap of a computer that had all the aesthetics going on, but really lacks functionality and testing. Also, no thunderbolt ports even with the intel CPU is disappointing. I will say, that unless Microsoft concentrate on the testing and functionality a little bit more, I will probably be turning to other manufactures for future laptops.

Don’t get any of these MIcrosoft surface devices unless you’re only intending it for light usage and you need a touch-screen device. Stay away from these if you intend to use them for processing-intensive work.

POOR BUILD. They maybe thin and look pretty, but are very poorly built and tend to overheat. I got a brand new Surface Laptop 4 that gives me mild electric shocks every time it’s plugged in, and I Googled how to fix it and it turns out it’s a known issue with most surface devices (and Microsoft Customer service itself acknowledged it), and I just have to live with it.

It also regularly emits a buzzing static sound from its body and it’s as distracting as having a wasp flying around your ear. None of the other laptops I’ve worked with have this issue. MEDIOCRE PERFORMANCE Not very fast performance either despite having i5 and 8GB RAM.

My 4-yr old HP laptop with the same specs still outperforms it, especially during multitasking. Most people at work also have brand new surface devices because it’s what our company gives us, and the complaints about device performance are endless.

NOT ENOUGH PORTS A lot of my colleagues had to buy separate docks and monitor cables to make it work with their current setup at home because come on, who has a monitor with a USB-C connecting cable? Everyone has HDMI and this device has no HDMI port! To make matters worse, it only has one USB port, and if you connect a mouse to that, you can’t connect anything else.

BATTERY SUCKS 17 hours? Maybe 17 hours of typing on notepad while not connected to the internet. I’d consider myself lucky if I get 6 hours worth of work done when I’m using this unplugged. But I can’t use it when it’s plugged because I get mild electric shocks.

The Lenovo laptop I had in my previous workplace easily gives me 10 hours of battery doing the same things I do on Surface, and my HP laptop gives me 8. Maybe because those laptops don’t have a touchscreen, but really, what can you do with a touchscreen that you can’t do with a mouse and a regular screen? CONCLUSION : Get yourselves a proper laptop and don’t waste your money on a Surface if you’re planning to use this as your main work device.

I’ve owned multiple Surface computers, including two Pros, three Laptops, and the Surface Book. I wanted to love the Surface Pro because of its portability, but that easel configuration felt awkward and unstable, whether on a seatback tray or my thighs.

The Book is an impressive machine with its convertible design, but that’s a feature I rarely use. It was bulkier than I wanted for travel, so I repurposed it as a competent desktop replacement. If I had to choose just one Surface for maximum versatility, it would be the Laptop.

I’ve owned the first generation and Laptop 3. Laptop 4 is unquestionably the best yet. It feels fast and crisp. The AMD Ryzen 5 processor reacts swiftly to anything I throw at it–admittedly, nothing too taxing.

I simultaneously run Edge, Outlook, OneNote, some simple Excel spreadsheets, and Photoshop Elements. No gaming. The computer never feels like it’s straining to keep up. It’s more responsive than the Intel i5 in my previous Laptop 3, and the battery life is far superior.

The Ice Blue color is a refreshing change from tired shades of gray, and my palms are happy to be back on plush Alcantara after regretting the migration to cold, bare metal on the preceding generation.

My Surface Laptop 3 wasn’t yet a year old, but this Laptop 4 was a splurge I don’t regret.

A great little laptop but a few things really holding it back. It is a very well built laptop with a beautiful screen but it has huge bezels and has the same glossy super reflective screen for several years.

Would like to see much smaller bezels and an anti-reflective coating. An Oled display option would also be nice. The processor is good and bad. It was great a couple years ago but with 12th gen intel out and 6th gen Ryzen it is showing it’s age.

Speed feels fine but in a couple of years I am worried. Microsoft needs to deliver better internals for this price. Too much competition that is better. The build quality and design are top notch. The design aesthetic that Microsoft uses is one of the cleanest and best looking designs out there but as I said before it needs modernization of a few areas.

The speakers are excellent and I love them. The keyboard is excellent. Trackpad is one of the best. The battery life is decent but this is another area improvement needs to be made. Ports are just pitiful.

At least you get a usb a but I would like to see hdmi or at least sd card support. SSD sizes are really skimpy for the cost. Double the size across the line is needed. A little more heavy duty mag charging port like a braided cable would be really nice but I like the overall design.

The pure Windows experience is one of the main draws to these devices and the optimization Microsoft puts into the OS for these machines. Even on older hardware with meager specs you never feel the device is slow.

Overall the all aluminum models are a thing of art and the screen is beautiful and the speakers are good. The 3/2 screen format is also excellent. They just need to keep up with up to date internals and refine the design and add a port or too and extend battery life and I would fully recommend this device.

As it is now there are too many nagging issues to fully say 5 stars. It is certainly above average and a great device but for me I like to be current on specs if I am going to shell out premium price.

There hopefully will be a redesign and after the release a while when they go on sale I might just pick a model like this again.