Here are the best laptops you can buy to improve productivity and help improve your work from home experience.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Working from home requires a fast laptop to get your work done quick
- These laptops have to be powerful, but affordable at the same time
- MacBook Air and Dell XPS 13 are good lightweight options that also offer impressive portability
The ongoing Covid-19 outbreak has seen major businesses shut down their swanky offices and forced millions of employees worldwide to accept a new reality — Work From Home (WFH). As many of us have found out in the past few days, while the concept may sound quite simple, the execution of it isn’t.
To work from home efficiently, one not only needs to strike a fine balance between their personal and professional life but also a fast laptop that can help you get through a ton of work real quick. By removing an unnecessary bottleneck, the right laptop can help reduce stress by letting you effectively manage work pressure.
But finding the right laptop for working from home isn’t always the easiest of tasks. There’s a lot that needs to be factored in, as you’d essentially want a machine that’s powerful and feature-rich but also affordable at the same time. But fret not if you’re facing this conundrum. We’re here to make your search easy.
Here’s a list of five laptops that you can buy to help make your work from home experience better.
Dell XPS 13 (7390)
For those in the market for a new ultrabook for work, playing games or just binge-watching TV shows all day, the Dell XPS 7390 is a very good option. It brings excellent performance, and has a gorgeous display and is ultraportable because of its lightweight chassis at just 1.16 Kgs.
The XPS 13 comes in a Frost White’ colour with silver finish. As for the specs, it includes Intel HD Graphics 620, up to 16GB DDR3 RAM, Intel Core i7 processor, a 13.3-inch 4K touchscreen display, three USB Type-C ports, and a 52WHr battery.
MacBook Air (2020)
Apple recently introduced its latest MacBook Air in India which fixes some of the issues that had plagued the previous editions of this MacOS-based lightweight laptop. The laptop gives up on the butterfly-style keyboard in favour of the older scissor-style one and crucially does so by starting retail in the country at Rs 92,990 — making it the most affordable MacBook Air in recent memory.
In addition to a new keyboard, the new MacBook Air also gets a faster processor and more storage in its base variant. Apple says that the new MacBook Air features the latest 10th-generation Intel Core processors up to 1.2GHz quad-core Core i7 with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.8GHz. According to Apple, it delivers up to two times faster performance when compared to the previous generation MacBook Air.
Dell Inspiron 2-in-1 (7391)
This is another great option for those looking for a convertible that offers great performance but without compromising on the portability. The Dell Inspiron 7000 2-in-1 features housing for a full-size Active Pen. You can use this laptop for graphic designing and high-end photo editing.
It comes with a 13.3-inch FHD TrueLife LED Backlit Non-touch display with a resolution of 1920x 1080 pixels and up to 10th generation Intel Core i7-10510U processor. There’s 8GB of 2133MHz LPDDR3 RAM and also a backlit keyboard to help you work in the dark.
HP Chromebook x360 12b
If your work doesn’t involve editing and firing up resource-intensive applications, then HP’s Chromebook x360 12b could be just the perfect device for you. At Rs 29,990 it is a better bet than any other entry-level Windows laptops, as it runs on Google’s Chrome OS.
The Chromebook x360 12b has a 12-inch IPS LCD display with a screen resolution of 1366 x 912 and an anti-glare feature. Running the show here is an Intel Celeron dual-core processor that’s paired with 4GB RAM. The laptop only gets 64GB of eMMC storage onboard but it has a micro SD card slot for expanding storage.
Dell Latitude 2-in-1 (7400)
A convertible for those that require just that extra amount of horsepower from their portable computers. For internals, it’s available in powerful Core i5 and i7 options paired to 8GB or 16GB of RAM, and 256GB or 512GB solid-state storage.
The display on the device is an HD+ panel. However, its biggest highlight is its 60Whr battery that can run for long hours. As for the design, the Dell Latitude 7400 2-in-1 is premium business laptop one that is sure to help you get your work done quickly while you’re working from home.
Bonus: Zen Book Pro Duo
Asus’ ZenBook Pro Duo is for those looking for something different from their next laptop. The laptop offers a 4K secondary touchscreen that works seamlessly with the main 15.6-inch 4K UHD OLED touchscreen display.
It is powered by a 9th Gen Intel core i9 eight-core processor, sat next to 32 gigs of DDR4 memory running at 2666 MHz. For running games and graphics-intensive applications, the Zen Book Pro Duo comes with a GeForce RTX 2060 graphics card and an SSD for storage.