The world's most extreme laptops

Some laptops will give you a hernia, while others will fit in a coat pocket. Some cost a day's pay--others, half a year's. Here are the outliers of the notebook world.

Extreme Laptops



There’s something about the laptop that encourages experimentation--and competition. Manufacturers start trying to figure out how thin they can make their latest model, and pretty soon they’re in a full-scale, enter-the-Octagon battle for the title of World’s Slimmest Laptop. Or biggest. Or most powerful. Or even most expensive.

Unfortunately, tech devices don't have their own Guinness Book of World Records. But I’ve done my best to compile the laptops section. After searching far and wide, I've found notebooks with the most extreme specs and the most surprising features. Best of all, most of these laptops are available online, or around the corner at your friendly neighborhood computer shop.

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