ULTRABOOKS
Sophisticated and slim laptops that deliver exceptional
performance for productivity and creative endeavours
1 Matebook 13
£1,200, http://www.huawei.comHuawei has been biding its time to take
on the best Ultrabooks. But now, their
time in the limelight is here. Like the
Huawei MateBook X Pro before it, the
Huawei Matebook 13 packs a ton of
powerful hardware into a gorgeous shell,
all while offering it at a price that’s more
than reasonable. Those discrete graphics
are also worth a mention – the Huawei
Matebook 13 may be one of the tiniest
laptops out there to come with an
MX150 GPU. It’s not hard to see why
the Huawei Matebook 13 is the best
Ultrabook right now.2 XPS 13
£1,100, http://www.dell.comThe Dell XPS 13 has been king of the
Ultrabooks for years, and while it’s
been unseated by the Huawei
MateBook 13, it remains one of the
Ultrabooks to beat in 2019. This time
around, Dell has moved the webcam
from the bottom of the display back
to the top, fixing one of the biggest
flaws that held back the XPS 13 for
years. Add the updated internal
components to the mix, and the
Dell XPS 13 still makes the best
Ultrabooks list – even in the face
of tough competition.3 MateBook X Pro (2018)
£1,000, http://www.huawei.comSometimes an Ultrabook arrives that
totally changes everything. When
the 2018 model of the Huawei
MateBook X Pro hit the scene, it did
just that. This beautiful Ultrabook
brings high-end components into
an elegantly designed package that
puts even the MacBook Pro to shame.
It really is one of the best Ultrabooks
on the market, despite its 2019
successor’s attempts to best it with
an Intel Whiskey Lake processor. It’s
still the 2018 model that’s captured
our computing cores.Winner!
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