Best Notebooks - Designers, 6 to 8 Hours Battery Run Time

small, fast and in a league of its own

Not a Retina MacBook Air, but awfully close

Eye-pamperingly gorgeous Retina display

While the new Pro with Retina isn’t a huge leap forward from its predecessor in anything except battery life, its generous price drop offers good value and makes ultrabook alternatives look over-priced.

Very good display, Good program performance

High Resolution Display, Hybrid Hard Drive and Blu-ray Drive

Stable, well-manufactured aluminum case

Eye-catching color and design, Strong performance

Fast startup, OneKey Recovery button

Huge Storage Capacity, Dedicated Graphics Processor

Strong performance on HD video and 3D

Powerful AMD GPU with more dedicated memory

Best touchpad so far, Switchable graphics

Thin, Strong performance, Excellent speakers

Good overall performance

Convincing performance, Speedy GPU

Sleek design, Vivid display with wide viewing angles

"Good enough performance" for most serious gamers while on the road

Easy upgrade, Performance of the hardware

Gorgeous 15-inch 1080p display, Sleek design

Great slimline design, Blu-ray drive

Pleasing keyboard and touchpad

A potent software application for video editing

Great gaming performance for an integrated GPU

Great build quality, Relatively lightweight

Solid outer build, Good choice of ports