Best 13-inch Laptops for 2018

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Last modified on October 19th, 2018 at 2:54 pm

Created on: January 7, 2018 Laptops

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Apple MacBook Pro with Touch Bar (13-inch,…

Apple’s travel-friendly Pro laptop

Editors’ Rating : 8.6 –
Design : 9 – Features : 8 – Performance : 8 – Battery : 9 –
Apple’s powerful little laptop with the Touch Bar treatment.

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HP Spectre x360 13 (late 2017)

Best all-around ultraportable 2-in-1

Editors’ Rating : 8.6 –
Design : 9 – Features : 8 – Performance : 8 – Battery : 9 –
Like the 15.6-inch version, except, you know, smaller, the Spectre x360 line continues to impress us with its design and performance.

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HP Spectre x360 (13-inch, 2017)

Best all-around ultraportable 2-in-1

Editors’ Rating : 8.6 –
Design : 9 – Features : 8 – Performance : 8 – Battery : 9 –
Like the 15.6-inch version, except, you know, smaller, the Spectre x360 line continues to impress us with its design and performance.

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Dell XPS 13 (2018)

Best 13-inch Windows ultraportable

Editors’ Rating : 8.6 –
Design : 9 – Features : 8 – Performance : 8 – Battery : 9 –
The world’s smallest 13-inch laptop gets injected with new power.

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Asus ZenBook 13

Affordable ultraportable with discrete graphics

Editors’ Rating : 8.6 –
Design : 9 – Features : 8 – Performance : 8 – Battery : 9 –
The UX331UN brings new performance possibilities to those who want to travel light.

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Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 370

2-in-1 digital notetaker for business

Editors’ Rating : 8.6 –
Design : 9 – Features : 8 – Performance : 8 – Battery : 9 –
It looks like a traditional ThinkPad, but the hybrid design and stylus let you do much more.

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HP Spectre (2017)

The most stylish ultraportable with power

Editors’ Rating : 8.6 –
Design : 9 – Features : 8 – Performance : 8 – Battery : 9 –
HP’s ultraslim 13-inch laptop is arguably the coolest-looking new laptop of the year.

• $1,149.99 at HP : Click here

Asus ZenBook Flip S

More style than your average hybrid

Editors’ Rating : 8.6 –
Design : 9 – Features : 8 – Performance : 8 – Battery : 9 –
If you like your laptop to stand out, stop here.

Apple MacBook Air (2017)

An old friend shows its age

Editors’ Rating : 8.6 –
Design : 9 – Features : 8 – Performance : 8 – Battery : 9 –
The 13-inch Apple MacBook Air doesn’t have much new under the hood, but it remains the least expensive way to get a Mac laptop.

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