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BEST CHROMEBOOK
ACER CHROMEBOOK 514
$499 (AS TESTED) EDITORS’ CHOICE Llllm
Acer’s Chromebook 514 came closest to the platonic ideal of a Chromebook in 2019. The
aluminum body is better than you normally get at this price in a laptop of any persuasion. Also,
the Chromebook 514 includes a sharp 14-inch touch display and offers long battery life. If
you’re in the market for an inexpensive laptop and are considering a Chromebook, look no
further. This is a luxe ride at an econobox price.5
BEST BUSINESS LAPTOP
LENOVO THINKPAD X1 CARBON GEN 7 (2019)
$1,179 (AS TESTED) EDITORS’ CHOICE Llllh
With a sturdy, lightweight exterior made of carbon fiber, plus an excellent keyboard and plenty
of security and manageability features, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 7 is the best
laptop you can buy for your business. Besides the legendary durability and red-rubber pointing
stick that are ThinkPad hallmarks, the X1 Carbon also offers enthusiast-minded features like
face recognition and a gorgeous HDR-enabled 4K glossy screen, letting it mix business and
pleasure with ease and grace.6
BEST MOBILE WORKSTATION
LENOVO THINKPAD P53
$5,000 (AS TESTED) EDITORS’ CHOICE Llllm
If you need the most raw power possible to plow through heavy workloads, look no further.
Yes, the high-spec model we tested will cost many, many thousands of pretty pennies, and it’s
a fairly hefty 15-incher. But it’s impossible to argue with the raw might of an Nvidia Quadro
RTX 5000 graphics chip and an Intel Xeon processor.7
BEST GAMING LAPTOP
RAZER BLADE 15 ADVANCED MODEL (2019)
$2,599.99 (AS TESTED) EDITORS’ CHOICE LlllH
Sure, you can find less-expensive gaming laptops out there. But the Razer Blade 15 is the best
one. No other laptop matches its build quality or style, and its gaming performance and
battery life are among the best. Adding GeForce RTX graphics and the possibility for high-
refresh panels in 2019 just made this perennial contender even stronger. It’s an object of envy
that performs its role extremely well.8
BEST CONVERTIBLE-HYBRID LAPTOP
DELL XPS 13 2-IN-1 (7390)
$1,597 (AS TESTED) EDITORS’ CHOICE LlllH
With sterling build quality, a brilliant display, and an Intel “Ice Lake” CPU with real graphics pep,
the Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 is tops among 2019’s crop of convertible laptops. Its light weight and
sleek, slim exterior are joined by extreme flexibility, thanks to a 360-degree hinge that lets the