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Apple MacBook Air 13" (M3)
Silent, thin and genuinely all-day — the default laptop we recommend to most people.
4.8 · 12,840 reviews
$999
$1,099
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Best for work
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12
The keyboard and battery life that make a full day of typing painless.
4.7 · 2,140 reviews
$1,649
$1,899
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The twelfth-generation X1 Carbon keeps the best keyboard on any laptop and pairs it with a Core Ultra 7 that never gets loud. It's the machine we recommend to anyone whose job is mostly words.
- Best-in-class keyboard for long typing days
- Up to 14 hours of battery
- Under 1.1 kg in a magnesium chassis
- MIL-STD tested for real travel abuse
The verdict
Why it scores 4.7 out of 5
Works for you
- Keyboard and trackpad are still untouchable
- Real ports, including two USB-A
- Runs cool and quiet all day
Worth knowing
- Expensive once you add memory
- Speakers are merely fine
Full specifications
- Processor
- Intel Core Ultra 7 155U
- Display
- 14-inch 2.8K OLED, 400 nits
- Memory
- 32 GB LPDDR5
- Storage
- 1 TB SSD
- Battery
- Up to 14 hours
- Weight
- 1.09 kg / 2.4 lb
- Ports
- 2 x Thunderbolt 4, 2 x USB-A, HDMI 2.1
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