Tech analyst Anshel Sag shares his favorite laptops from 2021.
The HP Spectre x360 14 was another interesting notebook I reviewed in 2021. As the first HP laptop I had used in some time, it served as my personal reintroduction to the brand. I thought it did a lot of things extremely well. The first thing you’ll notice about this laptop is its overall design and premium aesthetic. I really enjoyed the device’s unique 3:2 aspect ratio with the 3K x 2K OLED display and found that it really improved the overall quality of the experience.
While I do appreciate the Surface’s magnetic charging system, I would still like to be able to charge it on both sides of the laptop. My guess is that Microsoft would have considered this a waste of space on such a limited chassis. Any type of full-size ports would also be welcome. I was quite impressed with the battery, which lasted all day even with a discrete GPU onboard. The biggest thing I thought was missing from the Surface Laptop Studio was 5G connectivity.
5G connectivity is one option, and I can firmly say it vastly outpaces 4G in the earlier days of connected PCs. That said, the operators are going to need to work more closely with the PC OEMs to reduce friction to users accessing 5G connectivity—perhaps an offer of 6 – 12 months of free service would do the trick. PC OEMs should not wait for Apple to come to market with an M-based variant with a 5G modem to start taking the 5G PC experience seriously.
I also hope to see GaN continue to grow in popularity and improve the size and weight of laptop chargers . Huge bricks are not fun to carry around and I believe they defeat the purpose of having these thinner and lighter notebooks. We may also see OLED grow in popularity. Though it has struggled to catch on in the last few years, I believe it represents a great qualitative improvement to the PC experience.
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