The laptop has long been an indispensable form of a miniature personal computer for use outside the main place of work. With it, you can conveniently and productively work at home, on vacation, on the plane and train. With the decrease in size and increase in the power of processors, graphic chips and video cards, laptops almost caught up with stationary personal computers in terms of performance. Appeared devices, the cost of which is approaching that of a car. They got the name ultrabooks in the IT environment.
TOP 5 most expensive ultrabooks in the world
Our story is about the five most expensive desktop personal computers.
5th place - Voodoo Envy H171
The device, which is authored by Voodoo PC engineers, “pulled” $ 9,000. Its distinctive feature is the presence of three hard drives with a total capacity of 600 GB. The amount of RAM is 4 GB. The laptop is equipped with an Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 processor and an NVidiaGeForce7950 graphics chip. Seventeen-inch FullHD display produces a picture of amazing quality.
Other interesting solutions:
- Ethernet network controller (10/100/1000 Mb / s);
- webcam (1.3 megapixels);
- proprietary digital card reader Voodoo Internal Digital Card Reader;
- universal ENVY DVD ± RW Dual Layer DVD & CD drive.
Manufacturers presented the novelty as an upscale multimedia center. The filling of the laptop allows you to use it as a gamepad. Of course, if you can make a lot of money playing games. With all its advantages, the device has one significant drawback. The impressive dimensions and weight of more than 5 kg do not have to carry the device in a case continuously.
4th place - Ego For Bentley
A luxury laptop for use in a luxury car. Its name speaks for itself. The development of the laptop “for the weaker sex” was carried out by the engineers of the world famous automobile concern Bentley in collaboration with the design company Ego LifeStyle. You do not need to be an oracle in order to understand that this “toy” must be purchased with a car. Initially, its design was developed in strict accordance with the appearance of luxury cars.
For the exterior, unique soft leather is used. The oval case of the laptop in several places is inlaid with white gold and handmade diamonds. As for the technical characteristics of the device, they repeat the capabilities of ordinary cheap laptops. This clutch has no technical frills. Its main advantage is beauty, miniature size and ease of wearing.
The price of a beautiful addition to a luxury car is $ 20 thousand.
3rd place - Mac Book Air Supreme Ice Edition
Apple's reputation does not allow to stay away from the development of laptops, which not every millionaire is able to buy. Unique Ice Edition gadgets made only 10 pieces. Despite its considerable age (year of manufacture - 2010), the device is valued at 200 thousand dollars. Computer case - 2.5 kg of platinum and logo decorated with 53 diamonds with a total weight of 25 carats. Not everything is made of platinum. In some places, designer Stuart Hughes used polished aluminum.
The developers of the device sacrificed autonomy for the sake of beauty. Gloss perfectly emphasizes the subtle “ice” design. In addition to, in fact, the cost of the acquisition, the happy owner should think about organizing security. It is noteworthy that the manufacturers have not yet submitted reliable information about the “stuffing” of the laptop to the general public.
2nd place - Acer Predator 21 X GX21-71-76LZ
This laptop has a price that is incomparably lower than other laptops - “only” 10 thousand dollars. But in the ranking it occupies a legitimate second place by right. This is the world's most powerful device of this class.
Its main technical characteristics are simply amazing:
- processor - 4 cores, clock frequency 2900 GHz;
- RAM - 64 GB;
- Winchester - 16 384 GB;
- graphics card - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (2 pcs.).
The developers provided the Predator with a mechanical keyboard with a removable touchpad. The owner has the opportunity through the Tobii Eye Tracking system to control the operation of applications installed on the gadget with a look. The list of engineering tasks that can be solved using this unique laptop is almost unlimited.
1st place - Luvaglio
One million dollars. That is the price of the world's most expensive laptop. The device is equipped with a replaceable case made of expensive mahogany and ebony. Gold is used to decorate the touchpad, keyboard and monitor. A case for storing the device was made using the same technology. The internal surfaces of the device are richly inlaid with diamonds of various colors.
Like its super-expensive rating neighbors, the development of British designers has a considerable age (created in 2007), and very mediocre technical characteristics. The volume of high-speed SSD is only 128 GB. For the time when the most expensive laptop to date has just appeared, the use of a Blu-Ray drive to view high-resolution video files was advanced.
Feature Comparison
Name of laptop | Screen, ” | Volume random access memory, GB | Hard disk, GB | Notes |
Voodoo Envy H171 | 17 | 4 | 600 | Card reader Voodoo Internal Digital Card Reader. Universal ENVY DVD ± RW Dual Layer DVD & CD drive. |
Ego for bentley | 12,1 | 2 | 160 | AMD Turion 64 processor. Display 1280 x 800 WXGA, 16:10. |
Mac Book Air Supreme Ice Edition | 13 | — |
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Acer Predator 21 X GX21-71-76LZ | 21 | 64 | 16 384 | Tobii Eye Tracking |
Luvaglio | 17 | SSD 128 | Blu-ray drive with slot loading |
It is clear that the laptops featured in the ranking will never be the property of ordinary buyers. To be able to purchase such devices, to have a lot of money is not enough. The owner of a laptop for a quarter of a million dollars or more can only be one who has the appropriate status.