Best Notebooks - 3 to 5 lb. Weight, 220 to 814 GB Hard Drive Capacity

'The latest Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch with Retina display is still an excellent laptop with a high-resolution screen and enough power for content-creation tasks. '

'The 15-inch MacBook Pro has a brilliant Retina Display, powerful processor and new graphics card options, plus faster flash storage and a new Force Touch trackpad.'

'The base spec is very good, but it’s arguably overpriced and non-upgradeable.'

'The MacBook is thin, light and striking.'

'While the Tablet mode is top-notch, you'll likely spend most of the time using the Surface Book as a laptop. '

'If you can live with its design quirks, this is a great all-purpose high-end laptop. '

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'With its slim, lightweight chassis, however, the X1 Carbon Touch is a great choice if you travel for work. '

'The X1 Carbon is a notebook that stays pretty cool to the touch.'

'Battery life good but not the best. '

'Still, for a casual yet powerful commuter Ultrabook the X1 Carbon has got most things right. '

'Speedy PCIe-connected solid-state drive'

'It packs a dazzling 4K display in a fetching aluminum design. '

'The built-in speakers are a bit trebly, but moderately loud and distortion-free. '

'The configuration options are very good for its sub-$1,000 price; it gets more than 8 hours of battery life; and has excellent performance for everyday, mainstream use.'

'Full HD display with 10-point touch. '

'But the appealing factors for this laptop include the slim form factor and light weight, which will come at a premium. '

'Thanks to those additions, the 13.3-inch convertible's small speakers can fill a room with crisp and powerful sound. '

'very long battery life'

'Touch screen offers 180-degree tilt. '

'The Toshiba Satellite Radius 15 P55W-C5212-4K certainly works well as a large-screen laptop for power users, with good, though not superb, performance, a brilliant 4K display, and excellent system memory and SSD storage capacity. '