The Best Ultrabooks of 2024 The Best Premium Thin and Light UltrabooksThis section covers our recommendations for quality thin and light ultrabooks with the latest hardware specs and modern features.
Dell XPS 13, XPS 14 – still the quintessential compact laptop?
The XPS 13 has been my ultraportable laptop of choice for years, and the most recent variant improvements on the original model in many ways.
At some point in the past, Dell split the XPS 13 series into two different products: the regular XPS 13 and the XPS 13 Plus. We reviewed the regular Dell XPS 13 and the Dell XPS 13 Plus.
The current XPS 13’s internal design is also more sophisticated than the average 13-inch Ultrabook, with more advanced cooling solutions and competent Intel Meteor Lake Core Ultra H hardware running at fairly high power settings for this class. This won’t matter for day- to-day use, but it will certainly make a difference for serious multitasking, sustained workloads, and even some gaming since the Arc iGPU is built in and is more capable than previous generations of Xe iGPUs.
The XPS 14 is even more advanced, able to accommodate the optional dGPU and everything else, although it’s still a low-power RTX 4050, so not a very powerful offering. Additionally, the XPS 14 is significantly heavier than the XPS 13 and heavier than most other high-end 14-inch Ultrabooks, which may turn some people off.
These Dell XPS models won’t have nearly as long Dell XPS models batterylife either, especially the XPS 13, which only comes with a 55 Wh Dell XPS 13 battery, which is smaller than the batteries in other devices today. So if Dell XPS 14 battery battery life is important to you, there are alternatives that can outlast the XPS, such as bigger Dell Laptop batteries and/or AMD hardware. At least Intel hardware is efficient in this generation too. Lenovo ThinkPadX1 Carbon, X1 Nano – business ultrabooksThe X1 Carbon remains Lenovo’s flagship high-end ThinkPad ultrabook, sitting alongside the ultra-compact but less powerful ThinkPad X1 Nano.
But at the same time, the X1 Carbon is more expensive than the XPS 13 in most regions, and only comes in a single color (the classic black ThinkPad design). Additionally, while the latest XPS 13 and X1 Carbon models are both built on the same Intel Core Ultra H hardware platform, as noted in our review , the XPS 13 trends to outperform the X1 Carbon under sustained demanding loads. Still, both are perfect computers for everyday use and multitasking, so for this kind of use you can’ t go wrong with either one of them. It’s portable thanks to its weight of less than 1 kg (2.21 lbs), more compact 13-inch 16:10 display, and minimalist USB-C IO. But other than that, this is still a ThinkPad in most respects.
So if you need a highly portable premium Ultrabook for light use and daily multitasking, the ThinkPad X1 Nano is one of the better options, but if you can live with a slightly larger chassis, you can go for it The X1 Carbon and XPS 13 are still more powerful and versatile ultrabooks.
ASUS ROG Flow X13 – Gaming UltrabookAfter years of sitting at the top of the segment, the Razer Blade Stealth 13 has been dethroned by the Asus ROG Flow X13 as the most powerful and gaming-friendly Ultrabook out there, largely thanks to more advanced AMD and Nvidia platform Flow, also because of the balance of the Flow X13 series in its niche.
Somehow, Asus has managed to fit a Ryzen 9 HS processor and RTX (up to 4070 on the latest models) into a compact 13-inch chassis without sacrificing build quality, input, ergonomics, cooling, orASUS ROG Flow X13 batterylife. Beyond that, the Flow X13 is a convertible with a 360-degree 16:10 165Hz touchscreen and is cheaper than the top Stealth laptops of this generation. Follow this link for the latest configurations and pricing in your region, and check out our review of the latest Flow X13 model here.
The Flow X13 is also unique in that it is the first Asus laptop to be compatible with the ROG XG Mobile GPU case, which includes the higher-power RTX 4080 and 4090 Nvidia mobile graphics chips and connects via a proprietary connector to the laptop. Combined , the two offers the same kind of GPU performance and gaming experience you can get from the most powerful gaming laptops of this generation, if you’re interested and willing to pay around $3,000 for both.
What surprises me more, though, is the fact that the ROG Flow X13 is a standalone ultraportable laptop that at under 3 pounds offers unparalleled versatility, whether for daily casual use or sustained workloads and gaming , Ryzen 9 cannot match the currently available Intel platforms. I must also add that the Flow X13 isn’t the only powerful 13/14-inch ultraportable laptop currently on the market, and we’ll discuss a few other such options in our dedicated section on performance/gaming ultrabooks further down, including Asus ROG Flow Z13, Asus Zephyrus G14 and Razer Blade 14. This year, the Acer Swift Buy the most balanced multi-purpose ultrabook in euros.The Swift This year, the Acer Swift Laptops cost around 1000-1200 USD/EUR.
The Swift Acer redesigned the internals and used a slightly thicker chassis to accommodate the cooling modules required for this type of hardware in a 14-inch case, while the design lines, inputs, IO, and screen options are borrowed from the Swift 3 14- inch model.
That may change once the Asus VivoBook Pro 14X becomes available, with its superior thermal design and better OLED 90Hz screen, but for now, the Swift X is my recommendation in this segment. I’d still leave the Lenovo IdeaPad/Yoga Slim 7 here , both 2020 models with Ryzen U and FHD 16:9 displays, which should be pretty affordable right now if you can still find them in stock, especially the Lenovo Slim 7i Pro X ( Reviewed here). This one features a full-power Intel H processor and RTX 3050 dGPU, as well as an updated 16:10 high-resolution screen with a 120Hz refresh rate.
You may want to consider specific features and features that may not be available in our recommendations above, such as certain screen formats and panel types, certain design choices, longer Laptop battery life, or a more affordable price tag in your region, as the Dell XPS and Lenovo ThinkPads tend to become very expensive in certain countries, which makes other brands more competitive there.
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