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5 Best Surface Laptop Alternatives in 2018
Before you buy the Microsoft Surface Laptop, consider purchasing one the five best Surface Laptop alternatives we have listed in the article below. Buying one of them could save you money and make your life easier.
These Surface Laptop alternatives deliver most of the Surface Laptop’s features but can save you money or give you extra features. Streaming video from Netflix looks gorgeous on their high-definition displays. Their built-in keyboards and trackpads let you navigate Windows 10 and input text without purchasing a keyboard or a mouse. You can log in without using Windows Hello on some of them.
These Surface Laptop alternatives also have some features you don’t get from Microsoft’s new laptop. The Surface Laptop doesn’t have USB Type-C ports, but many of these devices do. Special hinges on some of these notebooks let you turn them into a tablet. These notebooks also have fingerprint scanners instead of Windows Hello cameras.
Read: Surface Laptop vs 2016 MacBook: 7 Things to Know
These notebooks all come with Microsoft’s Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Pro operating system. Surface Laptops need an upgrade to get Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Pro. In fact, Microsoft will stop offering Surface Laptop buyers a free Windows 10 Pro upgrade on January 1st, 2018.
These laptops all also offer decent battery life, premium designs and ports for connecting your favorite accessories. Some of them cost less than the Surface Laptop.
5 Best Surface Laptop Alternatives
- Dell XPS 13 Laptop
- HP Envy 13
- Lenovo Yoga 900s
- HP Spectre 13
- ThinkPad X1 Carbon
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