Consumer Reports – December 2018

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POOR EXCELLENT

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RECOMMENDED

Brand & Model OveScorrall e Price ResSurvey ults Te st Results Fea& Sturpecses

RecommendedRank Predicted reliabilityOwner satisfactionPortabilityPerformanceVersatilityDisplay Battery life (hr.)Weight (lb.)To u c h s c re e n2-in-1*

12- TO 1 3 -INCH LAPTOPS

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Apple MacBook Pro 1 3 -Inch

(2018, MR9Q2LL/A)^83 $1,800^500550500350 17.75^3

! 0 2 LG Gram 1^3 8th Gen.^80 $1,200 −− 50 40 04 40 16.25 2.1^0

! 0 3 Apple MacBook Pro 1^3 -Inch MPXR2LL/A^78 $1,175 50 50 40 40 03 50 13.75^3

! 0 4 LG Gram 1^3 Touchscreen^76 $900 −− 50 40 04 40 12.75^20

! 0 5 Apple MacBook 12-Inch MNYH2LL/A^76 $1,240 50 50 40 40 03 50 11.5^2

! 0 6 HP Spectre 1^3 -AE011DX^73 $1,150 30 03 50 50 04 40 14.75 2.7^0 C

! 0 7 Microsoft Surface Laptop (Core i5, 256GB)^73 $1,050 30 40 50 40 04 40 13.75 2.8^0

! 0 8 Asus ZenBook Flip S UX^3 70UA-XB74T-BL^72 $1,400 30 03 40 40 04 40 10.5 2.4^0 C

! 0 9 Asus ZenBook UX^33 1UA-AS51^71 $800 30 30 50 40 03 50 13.75 2.7

! 0 10 Samsung Notebook 9 Pro^71 $1,100 40 30 40 40 04 40 10 2.9^0 C

! 0 11 Dell XPS 1^3 XPS9^3 60-7710SLV^71 $1,100 30 30 50 50 03 40 15.75 2.7

! 0 12 Asus Q^3 25UA-BI7T21^71 $1,300 30 03 40 40 04 40 9.75 2.5^0 C

! 0 13 Microsoft Surface Book 2^70 $1,365 30 04 40 30 04 40 16 3.4^0 D

! 0 14 Microsoft Surface Laptop (Core i5, 128GB)^70 $780 30 40 40 40 03 40 12.25 2.8^0

! 0 15 Microsoft Surface Laptop (Core i7)^70 $1,300 30 04 40 40 03 40 12.5 2.8^0

! 0 16 Dell XPS 1^3 XPS9^3 65-7926BLK^70 $1,470 30 30 50 40 04 40 14.75 2.7^0 C

! 0 17 Dell XPS 1^3 (i7 8th Gen.)^70 $1,200 30 03 40 50 04 40 13.25^30

! 0 18 Microsoft Surface Pro (Core m^3 , 128GB)^70 $700 30 04 40 40 04 40 12.25 2.4^0 D

! 0 19 HP Spectre x^3 60 1^3 -AC01^3 DX^70 $1,230 30 30 40 40 04 40 13.5 2.9^0 C

! 0 20 Dell XPS 1^3 Convertible^67 $1,400 30 03 40 40 04 40 12 2.7^0 C

! 0 21 Samsung Notebook 7 Spin^67 $900 40 03 30 40 04 40 9.5 3.2^0 C

14-INCH LAPTOPS

! 0 1 LG Gram 14 8th Gen.^78 $1,400 −− 50 40 04 40 15.25 2.2^0

! 0 2 Lenovo Yoga 920 14^75 $1,300 30 30 50 50 04 40 16.5^30 C

! 0 3 LG Gram 14 Touchscreen^74 $1,050 −− 50 40 04 40 12.75 2.1^0

! 0 4 Asus ZenBook Flip UX461UA-DS51T^69 $1,300 30 03 40 40 04 40 11 3.3^0 C

! 0 5 Asus ZenBook UX4^3 0UADH74^68 $1,100 30 30 40 40 04 50 9.5 2.8

! 0 6 Acer Swift 5 SF514-52TP-52LH^68 $1,300 30 20 40 40 04 40 9.25 2.1^0

! 0 7 Lenovo Flex 6-14IKB^67 $870 30 03 40 40 04 40 12 3.4^0 C

*C=convertible. D=detachable.

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