The competitive desktop replacement laptopcategory , there is no question that laptop manufacturers have been gunning for the top spot of Apple , emulating every aspect of the MacBook Pro , from the comfortable keyboard and clickpad to its thin , under - one- inch profile . Apple MacBook Pro ( late 2011) ( $ 1,799 direct ) retained the iconic look of the previous iterations , with the same unibody design and backlit chiclet keyboard as seen on the Apple MacBook Pro 15 - inch ( Thunderbolt ) ( $ 2,199 direct , 4 star ) . It ratchets up the parts , with all new graphics and processing hardware , and Apple 's - award winning OSX Lion operating system . There may be one or two areas where competing desktop replacement laptop do better , but the overall package is put together so well design , software , and components are so well integrated - it earns our Editors Choice ' for desktop replacement laptop .
Unique unibody chassis The MacBook Pro 15 - inch , milled from a single piece of aluminum , weighs 5.5 pounds and measures just 0.95 inch at its thickest point . It is the same weight as the Dell XPS 15z ( Microsoft ) ( $ 999 direct , 4 stars ) , but just a hair thinner . Considerably thicker and heavier plastic bodied Toshiba Satellite P755 - S5269 ( $ 979.99 list , 4 stars ) , which has a size of 1.4 - inch thick , and weighs in at 5.8 pounds
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