2013 Holiday Gift Guide: The 10 Best Laptops

Asus Zenbook UX301LA

Price: $1,800
Definitely a beast in the specs department, the Zenbook UX301LA has a Core i7 dual-core chip blended with a 256GB SSD hard drive giving you ultimate performance where it’s essential for your multitasking desires. Besides power, Asus takes protection into account by coating the Zenbook with Gorilla Glass 3 not just on the 13.3-in IPS display, which has excellent visuals, but as well as on the darkish blue lid of the ultrabook itself.

Sony Vaio Pro 11

Price: $1,700
A suitable replacement for their Z line, the Vaio Pro 11 keeps you going at close to 7 hours of battery life, while sustaining hard bumps thanks impart to its carbon fiber body frame. Sony’s Triluminous display technology mated with a X-Reality chip for Mobile display engine, users can enjoy a stunning viewing experience from images to Netflix films. It even comes with 2 3.0 USB ports, HDMI inputs, and supports NFC, which allows you to transfer media files like images, music, and Word documents. With a 1.6-GHz Intel dual-core Core i5-4200U processor, 4GB of RAM, and a 128GB SSD under the hood, the Vaio Pro 11 is ready for any task you throw at it.