The differences in performance between laptops and desktops are slowly decreasing. Some of the top end performance-based laptops are coming with configurations which any desktop owner would love to have.
Usually processor manufacturers such as Intel and AMD design low-powered dual core processors instead of quad core processors for laptops. The reason behind this is that high-end quad core laptops would reduce your battery life significantly. But with the advent in technology, energy-efficient quad core laptops are available to give us the power to effortlessly multitask. Let us take a look at a couple of quad core laptops.
Apple 17inch Mac Book Pro
In recent times the MacBook pro has become one of the most popular laptops around. They offer some of the best specifications and performance that you will find in a laptop. The build quality is by far the best you will find. Coming to the configuration the 17 inch MacBook Pro comes with the latest Intel quad core i7 processors. It also comes with 4 GB ram in dual channel. The 17 inch display is vibrant and bright and it is full HD ready. That means it can display a resolution of about 1920*1080. Along with this you get a 750 GB hard drive with an option to upgrade to a 1.5 TB hard drive. Lastly this laptop comes with an AMD Radeon HD 6750M graphics card with 1GB GDDR5 memory. This will be more than sufficient for any video editing or playing the latest games.
Alienware M14x
If there was a laptop which gave the perfect blend between performance and battery life, it has to be the Alienware M14x. This laptop comes with the latest Core i7/i5 quad core processors from Intel to give you the best possible processing power. This laptop also comes with the Nvidia GT 555 graphics card with Optimus technology which will give you enough firepower to play the latest games and also not drain your battery. Apart from that it comes with about 4 GB of RAM which can be upgraded to 12 GB and a 500 GB hard drive which should suffice a laptop user on the go. This is one well-designed futuristic looking laptop which will draw attention no matter where you go!
So get yourself the latest quad core laptops and experience desktop computing on a laptop!