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Vendors: Acer - Alienware - Asus - Dell - Gateway - HP - MSI - Sager (Clevo) - Sony - Toshiba
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Screen Size and Resolution antiglare or matte screen

15" or bigger?
16x10 aspect ratio:
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3840x2400
2560x1600
2048x1280
1920x1200
1600x1000
1280x 800
16x 10
Memory 16GB or 32GB
Hard Drive
1TB or 2TB
Or see Accessories
DVD/CD Writer Perhaps not needed:
Blu-Ray_ROM_DVDRW burner
Networking 802.11ac wireless card plus 10/100/1000Mb/s Ethernet RJ45 connection
Keyboard Full sized backlit keyboard (with option to enable/disable backlit feature)
Battery life 4+ hours
Integrated Digital Video Camera and Microphone ?MP or better
Other Microphone input
VGA, DVI, DisplayPort, HDMI video out ports
hybrid eSATA/USB ports
USB 3.0 ports
SATA 3.0 (6 Gbps) ports
Operating System(s) Windows 11
and maybe dual boot:
Fedora Linux

Future Top Picks:

Razer Blade - Razer Blade 18 - Razer Blade 16

ASUS Vivobook S 16 Flip - Costco

ASUS Zenbook S - ASUS Zenbook S 16 (UM5606) - Dave2D overview "The Laptop I've ALWAYS Wanted!" - The Tech Chap "Is THIS the Laptop of the Year… so far? [ft. New Ryzen AI 9 Tested]

Dell XPS

Framework - Framework Laptop 16 - Framwork Laptop 13





OLD:

Razer Blade Stealth - ultrabook-desktop - The Verge

Dell XPS 15 3840x2160 - Dell Outlet

Dell Business Outlet - Dell Outlet Twitter

Dell Latitude E5470

Dell Latitude E5450

Dell XPS 13 9343 - (Samsung 850 evo m.2 500GB SSD - Samsung Magician Software - AnandTech review) - ifixit teardown - m.2 SSD upgrade video

Dell XPS 15 (2015) - The Verge review (8.5)

Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro

Vendors:
AVADirect - Reseller Rating
GenTech
PCTorque (Sager notebooks)
Power Notebooks
XoticPC

Optional Extended Warranty:
SquareTrade

See also:
PC Magazines top 10 gaming laptops
ComputerShoper Top 5 Gaming Laptops
CNET reviews best laptops
Intel Core i7 notebook listing
Notebookcheck
NoteBookForums (NBF)
NoteBookReview (NBR)

Page updated: June 20, 2023