With the start of the new school year, it’s up to students to find a high-performance laptop to start this new year. Ideally, a machine that isn’t too heavy to carry, offers good battery life, decent performance, and value for money.
However, today there are many models and various brands of devices, and it is not always easy to make the right choice. Here is our selection of laptops according to needs, imponderables, but also budgets.
1. Magic book of honor
With its new 14-inch MagicBook, also available in a 15-inch version, Honor has achieved a true tour de force by offering a versatile and ergonomic machine at a relatively affordable price. Thin (less than 16 mm thick) and light (1.3 kg), the chinese brand It is distinguished by an elegant and refined ultra-compact design, supported by an aluminum chassis and a Full HD screen. The latter provides a good level of contrast as well as a high brightness ideal for watching videos.
This ultraportable also shows a very satisfactory level of performance that allows you to perform everyday tasks without difficulty (office automation, Internet browsing, etc.), but also play video games without problems.
If it is well provided in terms of connectors, its autonomy is not far behind. In its 14-inch version, the Magicbook advertises about 10 hours without recharging. It’s a bit lighter for the 15-inch version (7.5 hours). This laptop PC offers excellent value for money for anyone who wants a big screen and a machine that performs across the board.
2. Acer Aspire 5 A515-45
With its silver-colored aluminum and plastic case, the Acer Aspire 5 makes a good impression. Its 15-inch Full HD screen offers a fine and detailed image. Equipped with an AMD Ryzen 5 processor, this laptop shows decent performance. However, he is capable of multitasking (office work or entertainment) without weakening. There’s also a good number of connectors (USB 2.0, 2x USB 3.0, USB-C, HDMI, Jack, RJ45) and Wi-Fi 6 support.
Quiet and with a good battery life of up to 10 hours, the Acer Aspire 5 will appeal to those looking for a big screen at an affordable price, with a small size and especially 1TB SSD storage. – Gaming board configuration that requires low-resource gaming experiences.
3.Asus VivoBook S14
This laptop from the Taiwanese brand is committed to its versatility to seduce. In fact, its pedigree – an AMD Ryzen 5 processor, 16GB of memory, and a 512GB SSD – allow it to run all your everyday applications without a hitch. If it’s not specifically designed for gaming, this model can still start a game with a relatively smooth experience.
Quiet, well built, this laptop has a sleek aluminum casing and a Full HD panel that effectively limits reflections. We appreciate its row of extra buttons on the far right and the touchpad that, with a click, turns into a number pad. Its 1.4 kilograms are very easy to transport and its autonomy is worthy since it is possible to endure a day of classes or work without needing to recharge it.
Furthermore, the Vivobook has a well-stocked connection. There’s a USB-A 3.2 port, a USB-C 3.2 port, an HDMI, and a mini-jack on the left side. On the right, there are two USB-A 2.0 ports and a micro SD card reader. Given its excellent price-performance ratio, this Asus is certainly a laptop of choice.
4.Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5i
The Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5i sports an understated, understated design. Modular, it is distinguished mainly by its functionality that allows it to be fully convertible and used in tablet or easel mode. Equipped with a 12th generation Intel Core i5 processor (Core i7 also available), the machine can support running various programs smoothly.
Designed for multimedia use and office tasks, its 14-inch touch screen offers good visual comfort. It is even possible to take it with the OLED screen option. And it’s packed with advanced connectivity with USB-C/Thunderbolt 4 and USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports.
5. Asus Zenbook UX425
Functional, the Zenbook UX425 is light (1.2 kg) and compact, allowing it to be carried with one hand without any difficulty. Its main assets: a good level of performance, powered by an 11th generation Intel processor that gives it power without sacrificing autonomy, and its 14-inch Full HD screen that is quite bright and, above all, with quite thin edges. Its autonomy can reach 13 hours in Balanced mode.
It has Windows Hello recognition through its infrared camera and is compatible with Wi-Fi 6. It is still equipped with an HDMI socket, 2 USB-C Thunderbolt 4 ports (one of which is also used for power supply), a USB 3.2 Gen 2 socket and a microSD card reader. It also has a touchpad that turns into a numeric keypad with one press.
6. Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2
The Surface Laptop Go 2 is designed for students and those who need a stylish, portable PC. The 12.4-inch 3:2 screen is quite nice, and we appreciate the secure Windows Hello facial recognition connection. The set is very quiet and does not get hot.
We are sorry that the connections are a bit limited. But everything works perfectly fine mainly for office automation. Count about 10-12 hours of autonomy. And if you want a little color, it comes in worm, blue, sand pink, and platinum grey.
7. HP Envy X360 13
With its OLED screen in 16:10 format, the HP Envy x360 13 will delight consumers of video content who want a stylish PC. It has a 13.3-inch touch screen with very thin borders, which allows it to become a tablet by folding it 360°. This is also one of its strong points: its convertible side (PC, tablet, tent mode for presenting a document to an interlocutor by supporting the product on a table).
Hybrid computer, it is very light, because it is mainly made of recycled aluminum, quite compact and therefore easy to carry everywhere. Its wide-angle camera, which always puts you in the center of the frame and corrects brightness or complexion to make you look better, will come in handy in video conferences, as will its four Bang & Olufsen speakers for optimized audio quality. This ultraportable runs Windows 11 Home and still offers 512GB of storage.
8. MacBook Air M1
For those who want an Apple device, the M1-powered MacBook Air is a good compromise despite the recent release of its successor with a slightly more powerful M2 chip and a different design. The 2021 MacBook Air can do it all without flinching.
Whether for office automation, video or audio editing, photo editing, it is capable of doing it all, quickly and easily, but above all without heating up and in great silence.
This ultraportable, one of the most powerful on the market, also has a gigantic autonomy that allows you to go out a day of work or class without having to worry about the battery. If we want to look for the little beast, we blame a FaceTime webcam that does the minimum level of quality.
The BFMTV newsroom made this selection independently. BFMTV is likely to receive compensation when one of our readers makes a purchase through the links in this article.
Source: BFM TV
