Best Everything: Best of Laptops 2016

2016 has been a great year for laptop makers, with the debut of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update alongside new graphics cards by AMD and Nvidia and Intel's new Kaby Lake processors, the best laptops on the market continue to succeed.

From thin, light and stylish budget notebooks to thick, robust powerhouse computers, laptops are on their way up rather than out. However, finding a laptop that suits your needs hasn't become any easier considering all there is to choose from. So here's my picks on the best laptops of 2016 categorised for you to narrow down your search.

Best Overall Gaming Laptop

Asus ROG G752VS OC Edition

Asus' ROG G752VS OC, a sleek gunmetal and copper redesign with a vibrant 17.3-inch display sets a higher standard for high-powered portable gaming rigs. Featuring an overclocked Intel Core i7 6820HK CPU, and Nvidia GTX 1070 8GB GPU, this notebook is more than just a pretty face, delivering incredible overall performance, with enough power to spare for your VR cravings.

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Best Workstation Laptop

Dell Precision 15 5510

Dell's Precision 5510 is a well-crafted mobile workstation, boasting of a powerful Intel Xeon CPU, Nvidia M1000M Quadro graphics and an eye-popping 4K touch display, which is one of the sharpest and most impressive screens on any laptop with almost no bezel at all, which is ideal for CAD work, 3D animation or other graphically intensive business apps. Weighing 4.6-pound, this 15.6-inch workstation packs equal parts performance and portability.

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Best 2 in 1 Laptop

HP Spectre x360

Gorgeous, Slim and Speedy, that may be your first impressions when you see HP's Spectre x360. Featuring one of Intel's new 7th-Gen Core i5 or i7 CPUs (Kaby Lake), this 2 in 1 offers top-notch performance and an impressive battery life in a stunningly thin chassis. The 13.3-inch glossy full-HD touch display with super-thin side bezels complement to the Spectre's gorgeous design.  HP's Spectre x360 is pretty much everything you want in a premium laptop!

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Best Budget Windows 10 Laptop

Lenovo Ideapad 100S

The Lenovo Ideapad 100S is a lightweight, affordable and long-lasting Windows 10-powered laptop. Like any other system in this price range, the 11.6-inch 100S with its Intel Atom Z3735F CPU and 2GB RAM  (non-expandable) offers a very modest performance that's good enough for daily tasks such as web surfing, editing documents, viewing movies and multitasking. For a laptop this inexpensive, the Lenovo Ideapad 100S looks pretty decent with a  classy matte finish and is available in red, blue, gray or white. This laptop is said to offer amazing typing experience.

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Best Apple Laptop

Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch (2016)

This year's entry-level, 13-inch MacBook Pro doesn't have the Touch Bar everyone is talking about, but that doesn't make it a laptop not worth buying. Apple opted for a 6th-generation Core i5 CPU on the 13-inch MacBook Pro running at 2-GHz instead of the new Kaby-Lake CPUs every other manufacturer is going for, this year's MacBook. You also get 8GB of RAM, 256GB of flash storage and Intel Iris Graphics 540. The result is a faster MacBook than the previous Pro but not as speedy as its competitors.

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Best MacBook Alternative

Dell XPS 13

Dell XPS 13 features a vibrant and sharp 13-inch screen into an 11-inch chassis, making it one of the most compact ultraportable ever. Dell has raised the bar even higher with a 7th-generation Intel Core CPU update to its XPS 13 making it the top MacBook alternative. The Thunderbolt 3 port will be very useful for high-end video editors, as will the high-resolution display. There's also a headphone jack and SD card reader. Hear it Apple?

Best Chromebook

Acer Chromebook 14

Chromebooks have traditionally been associated with the education market and budget shoppers, due to its web-centric OS. But with the Google for Work initiative, Google has given rise to a new class of Chromebooks intended for the business scenario. Part of this new group, the Acer Chromebook 14 for Work, packs in some serious IT management features such as a 1080p display, a 6th Generation Core i5 CPU, 8GB of RAM and 32GB of local storage.Plus, it comes with some helpful tools for companies such as TPM, SAML support, and remote configuration through the web-based Chrome Device Management panel.

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Apple Mistakenly Leaks MacBook Pro Images With 'Magic Toolbar' OLED Panel

With the commercial release of macOS Sierra 10.12.1 on Monday, Apple has mistakenly leaked images of the upcoming MacBook Pro in the new version of the operating system. The images confirm the arrival of the rumoured Magic Toolbar OLED touch panel expected to replace the function keys on the keyboard. The entire MacBook lineup is also likely to be refreshed on Thursday.

These hidden Apple Pay images were found by a MacRumors reader, and they demo how users will now be able to pay using their fingerprint on the OLED panel, confirming Touch ID integration as well. The Magic Toolbar is expected to let users perform tasks quickly based on what they are browsing on the screen.

In these photos, the Touch ID is placed right where the power button used to be. It is seamlessly integrated right next to the Oled screen and is hardly visible. The images also reveal that the speakers are situated at both ends of the keyboard on the new MacBook Pro.

Furthermore, according to 9to5Mac, the resource files of macOS Sierra 10.12.1 also have additional images related to Touch ID. The padlock and circular images below hint that the Touch ID sensor can be used for unlocking the device, apart from making payments as well.

The MacBook Pro is expected to be the most significant upgrade to the entire Mac lineup. It is said to be lighter and thinner than its predecessor, and also be powered by Intel's Skylake generation processors with up to 2TB SSD storage. The laptops are also supposed to offer improved display quality and energy efficiency, and are rumored to come with a "MagSafe-like adapter".

While previous rumours indicated a new 13-inch MacBook Air with USB Type-C port, new iMacs and a fresh 5K display are also expected to be unveiled at the event, more recent reports indicate that the new iMacs may not be revealed until next year - alongside the standalone 5K display.

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New MacBook Pro With USB Type-C and Thunderbolt 3 Ports Tipped to Launch This Month

Apple was rumoured to refresh its Mac lineup in October, but there had been no announcements of an event until now. Its the second half of October, and Apple seems to be presumably too preoccupied with its iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus launch in various countries, to think about another event.

But according to a Macotakara report, Apple has not abandoned its plans to launch the new MacBook Pro, and is very much going to launch them this month. In fact retailers will also get the new products by the end of this month. The report also refutes Apple's plans to kill off the MacBook Air series, and claims that only the 11-inch variant will be ditched, while the 13-inch MacBook Air will continue to live.

As for the MacBook Pro, the report states that the refreshed variant is to sport USB Type-C and Thunderbolt 3 ports. Apple is said to be ditching MagSafe connectors, as well as traditional USB and Thunderbolt 2 ports on the new MacBook Pro.

If old reports are to be believed, the new MacBook Pro is said to bring in some significant updates, including an Oled panel replacing the function keys on the keyboard. The panel will be integrated with TouchID for enabling fingerprint access to the laptop.

Even the new MacBook Air will be seen with USB Type-C port connectivity. A 5K standalone monitor with integrated GPUs was earlier rumoured to be unveiled alongside the Mac lineup. Apple is said to be working with LG for bringing this product to reality. A date for the unveiling of these products is unknown, but if this report is true, we expect Apple to send invites soon.

Source: Macotakara

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MacBook Pro Overhaul to Bring Touch ID Power Button, Oled Function Keys: Reports

In May this year, noted KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that Apple's MacBook Pro lineup will get the most significant upgrade among all of company's devices in 2016. He claimed there will be two new 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pro laptops introduced in Q4, and that they will come with the an Oled display panel above the keyboard that will act as a replacement for the physical function keys.

Now, 9to5Google has citing a 'reliable source' claims the new MacBook Pro models will sport a Touch ID power button, apart from the Oled function-key panel.

The MacBook Pro models are expected to be launched this fall. As noted, the KGI report from earlier this year had mentioned Touch ID support would be present in the new MacBook laptops, but lacked the specifics about the feature. Now Touch ID is said to be incorporated into the power button itself, as it is with home button on recent iPhone models.

The KGI analyst also claimed that the new MacBook Pro lineup will adopt USB Type-C (or USB-C as Apple calls it) and ThunderBolt 3 in addition to faster Intel Skylake processors. The new models are also expected to sport sport AMD's new 400-series Polaris graphic cards as per the report by KGI.

The 12-inch MacBook launched in April marked the introduction of Intel's new Skylake architecture, had faster RAM, an improved battery life, and came with a new Rose Gold colour variant.