Five best laptops of 2023: What makes them stand out?

Digital Trends presented the best laptops of 2023. To be included in this ranking, a device must have an amazing design, excellent performance, good screen and keyboard, long battery life and much more. Each of the laptops below has been thoroughly tested by putting them to the real test.

Apple MacBook Air M2

The leader of the list is the Apple MacBook Air M2, which is considered the best laptop running Windows. It has an Apple M2 8-core processor, an Apple M2 graphics card, three variants of RAM: 8 GB, 16 GB and 24 GB, as well as four variants of built-in memory: 256 GB, 512 GB, 1 TB, 2 TB(SSD), 13.3 inch Retina display, dimensions: 11.97 x 8.46 x 0.44 inches. The laptop costs $1,099 in the US.

Dell XPS 13 (9315)

Dell XPS 13 (9315) is on the second place of the list. This laptop comes with two generation Intel Core i5-1230U and Core i7-1250U processors, Intel Xe Graphics graphics card. The laptop has three variants of operating system and built-in memory: 8 GB/256 GB, 16 GB/ 1 TB and 32 GB 2 TB. Screen: 13.4 inches 1920 x 1200 IPS, dimensions: 11.63 x 7.85 x 0.55 inches. The laptop costs 600 dollars.

Razer Blade 14

Razer Blade 14, which is considered the best gaming laptop, occupies the third place in the list of Digital Trends. It has AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS processor and Nvidia RTX 4060, RTX 4070 graphics card. The notebook has two versions of RAM: 16 GB and 32 GB, and one version of built-in memory: 1 TB SSD. The screen is 14-inch QHD+ with a refresh rate of 240 Hz, the dimensions are 12.23 x 8.97 x 0.70 inches. The laptop costs 2400 dollars.

Asus ZenBook 14 OLED

Next on the list is the Asus ZenBook 14 OLED, which is considered the best affordable laptop. The device is released with two versions of processors: AMD Ryzen 5 7530U and Ryzen 7 7730U, graphics card: AMD Radeon. The laptop has two variants of RAM: 8 GB and 16 GB, and three variants of built-in memory: 256 GB, 512 GB and 1 TB SSD. The screen is 14.0 inches OLED, dimensions: 12.34 x 8.68 x 0.67 inches. The laptop costs $699.

Apple MacBook Pro (M3 Max)

Apple MacBook Pro (M3 Max) completes the top five laptops. It works with the Apple M3 Max processor, the graphics card reaches up to 40 cores. RAM is 128 GB, built-in 8 TB. The screen is Liquid Retina XDR, dimensions: 12.31 x 8.72 x 0.61 inches. The laptop costs from 2999 (Amazon) to 3135 dollars (Walmart).