Discover Popular Laptops

Shopping for a new laptop can be both exciting and intimidating at the same time. Every new machine comes with pros and cons that may or may not be right for what you’re looking for. Buying the right laptop for your particular needs means doing research. It’s important to take a little time to become familiar with the product so can you understand it better. Once you examine reviews, watch videos, and dig into user opinions you can begin to get a feel for the machine. Once you know it’s good and bad points and can begin to see youself buying or not buying it. Most importantly of all you’ll be more educated to make the right purchase decision.

The best place to start your research is popularity. Which laptops are popular? Why are they attractive? What are people use the laptops to do? Newegg.com is one of the best places to start for one major reason – people who’ve bought products on Newegg write their own reviews. Check it out right now. Go their their Laptops / Notebook section, click on a particular laptop like this Lenovo Ideapad Y650, look for the Comsumer Reviews Tap (middle center), and click read all 9 reviews. Wham! You’ve got an unbiased list of user reviews from people who’ve bough the laptop one week, one month, or one year ago. These users aren’t being paid by Lenovo to write a review – they’ve bought the Y650 from Newegg and are writing their own direct options. No holes barred – these reviers tell you exactly what they like about the sytem, what’s it’s good for, and lay out all positives and negatives.

Top 5 Laptops on Newegg

With all that in mind here are the top 5 laptops people on Newegg right now. The list is the result of the highest rated laptops as well as most reviewed laptops.

5. HP HDX 16-1370US. $1,099. This machine has a 4 egg rating and 16 reviews. HP has put together bang up high end gaming and multimedia with the laptop with the HPX 16-1370.  This machine delivers an eye catching design, a 16-inch 1,366 by 768 BrightView display that exports 1080p via HDMI port, and killer gaming performance. This PCMAG article indicates the HPX 16-1370 performs 50 percent better than most multimedia laptops and performs on par with other midrange gaming laptops.

User Summaries: Skim the user reviews and you can find many reasons to love the HPX 16-1370. The sub woofer delivers superb sound. The graphics card delivers strong, near desktop-like performance. This beast easily handles World of Warcraft, Left 4 Dead as well as 3D content creation software like Maya and ZBrush. While it can handle anything you throw at it, battery life is limited to 3-5 hours (depending on settings). The HPX 16-1370 easily handles multimedia applications; Netflix videos stream without any problems. The keyboard works flawlessly and has a great look and feel.

4. MSI CR600-013US. $529. 4 egg rating with 18 total reviews. The CR600-0013US is a great basic laptop. It comes with a 16-inch high definition wide screen display with a 1366×768 resolution. It comes with a fair amount of memory, a 320GB hard drive, wireless N, 1.3Mpixel webcame, and a 6 cell battery. Make sure you use it for basic computing since  it doesn’t have enough power to satisfy today’s gamer or media enthusiast. Find a basic summary on this Blogcatalog page.

User Summaries: Most users liked this lightweight laptop. The CR600-013US has has all the features you need when you on the go: fast wireless speed, bluetooth connectivity, and webcam that works great with Skype. Some felt the keyboard has cramped keys and is hard to type on. The LCD is bright and attractive. Removing the bloatware from the CR600-013US will give you a zippy machine. This is a great laptop for anyone who wants a laptop with good performance for a moderate budget.

3. ASUS F50 Series F50Sf-A1.$949. Now rated 4 eggs with 19 total reviews. ASUS F50SF delivers enough power and the entertainment and media user alike - just be aware that it only has a 2 hour battery life. This full page press release from XoticPC brags on the systems cutting-edge design and high end audio and multitasking capabilities. The high end graphics card, quick start abilities, and facial recognition abilities are attractive on this machine.

User Summaries: Shoppers from Newegg are generally impressed with the system speed, keyboard, and graphics card. The words “pretty good” come up over and over across the review spectrum. The F50Sf-A1 runs World of Warcraft, Command & Conquer 3 KW, Red Alert 3, Rainbow Six LV2, and many other titles at a high framerate at max settings. The design is sleek and 16″ high-def screen are stunning. Some were disappointed by the short battery life but the F50Sf-A1 makes up for it by delivering high end power.

2. Lenovo IdeaPad Y530-7343U. $849. Rated at 4 eggs with 26 reviews. This 15.4″ widescreen IdeaPad was designed for those who are looking for a multimedia focus. Laptoplogic says this computer looks very pretty, displays quite nicely, and has a couple key features that will have you showing all the YouTube or Hulu videos at any laptop party. If you want a laptop that comes with basic browsing or nice media displays then this is the laptop for you.

User Summaries: Neweggers indicate that IdeaPad Y530 as a great laptop that’s very fast, has nice screen, and good wireless range. The Y530 simply worked right out of the box and easily installed main software like XnView and Office Enterprise with no issues. The speakers sound great, the Wireless N Multimedia Controls work well, and the keyboard has a solid feel that is easy to type on.

1. Acer Aspire AS5739G-6132. $849. Currently rated 4 eggs with 113 reviews. The Acer AS5739G was designed for entertainment and gaming. Games appear incrediable crisp and realistic on the 15.6-inch HD CineCrystal 1366 x 768 display. The Intel Core 2 Duo processor processor combined the Dolby Home Theater surround sound system (with 5.1 channel surround sound) brings movies and music to life. Find a little more details on the AS5739G here at Gizmodo.

User Summaries: Newegg buyers describe the AS5739G-6132 as fast, cool, and stable. It’s components (2.1GHz dual core processor and 4GB of DD3 RAM, and GT 130 graphics card) allow your the play games from 2007 on a medium-high setting. Its speaker system and  built in sub-woofer sound excellent.  Battery life is about 2.5 hours at high settings and 5-6 hours on low settings. You’ll have to uninstall a far amount of the bloatware and upgrade to Windows 7 but doing so will significantly speed up the system.

Final Thoughts

Shopping for a new laptop can be initimidating if unless you’ve done some level of research. Finding out which laptops are most popular is the best place to start looking. These top 5 laptops are popular for different reasons. TThe HP HDX 16-1370US and the Acer AS5739G deliver enough power for the mid-range gamer.  The media user will like the zippy speed of the ASUS F50SF or IdeaPad Y530. MSI delivers all the basics with their CR600.

Cheers. Enjoy your search and make an excellent purchase decision. In November we’ll be reviewing the top 5 laptops at Bestbuy. Enjoy the approaching cool weather!

-Jeremy Ashburn

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