2013 Holiday Gift Guide: The 10 Best Laptops

Acer Aspire S7

Price: $1,310
Destined to be one of the lightest and thinnest Ultrabooks on the market, the S7 sports an elegant 13.3-inch 1080p display and weighs in at less than 3lbs. This easily makes it one of the best to slide out of your carrying bag with ease. Enjoy fast performance courtesy of a Core I5 processor and get to work with its 8+ hours of battery life. That’s long enough to hold you flying from NYC to LA and have reports ready by the time you get off the plane. The S7 is so light, you have to use both hands to open it, otherwise you just might flip it over.

HP Spectre 13 X2

Price: $1,100
One of the most popular convertibles of the holiday season, the Spectre X2 is a versatile machine catered towards all multimedia platforms from gaming to movies. A hi-res 13-inch IPS display ensures beautiful visuals, where as the built-in Beats sound system pumps out sufficiently rich and loud noise. The keyboard base serves as an extra battery pack and adds extra ports like a full HDMI, two USB 3.0, and full SD card slots.