

Up to 64GB of RAM and a massive 8TB SSD round out the top-tier specs. It also comes with up to an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, though that's more power than you'll really need for music production. Starting with performance, the Dell XPS 17 comes with up to an Intel Core i9-13900HK processor with 14 cores and 20 threads, capable of boosting up to a whopping 5.4GHz. It's a more powerful version of the popular XPS 15, which would also deserve a spot on this list. If you want a larger screen so you can fit as much content as possible, the Dell XPS 17 is almost unmatched when it comes to content creation.

You get two Thunderbolt 4 ports, USB Type-A, HDMI, a headphone jack, and a microSD card reader, which gives you plenty of options for connecting peripherals to the laptop if you need to. Rounding things out with ports, the Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Ultra has a very strong supply of them. It comes in a single colorway called Graphite, and it's fairly thin, at 16.5mm, and its 3.9-pound weight is very reasonable for a powerful machine like this. Samsung has also gone for a very premium design with this laptop, giving it a full aluminum chassis that looks and feels premium. What's more, you get the benefit of an AMOLED panel, with true blacks and vivid colors that even the mini-LED panel of Apple's laptop can't match, and the refresh rate is also 120Hz. That may not be quite as sharp as the MacBook Pro, but on a screen of this size, you won't see a difference, and this is already a lot of pixels. At 16.8mm, it's a relatively thin laptop, but it's not very light, starting at 4.7 pounds.įor the display, we're looking at a 16-inch panel with a very sharp 2880 x 1800 resolution, which works out to a 16:10 aspect ratio. The design of the MacBook Pro is fairly standard if you've seen one of the previous models, and it still comes in the classic silver and space grey color options. However, there's no Face ID support, so you still have to use Touch ID. That means you should look pretty good during video calls and meetings, should you ever need to make them. You might have noticed that the display has a notch, which houses the 1080p webcam with AI enhancements powered by the M2 Pro/Max chips. It's also got a refresh rate up to 120Hz. This also makes for an aspect ratio that's slightly taller than 16:10, so you get the benefits of that taller screen making room for more tracks or UI elements in your music production software.

This is a 16.2-inch mini-LED panel, and it comes in a super sharp 3456 x 2234 resolution, so it looks crisp regardless of the configuration you choose. The display on the MacBook Pro 16-inch is also phenomenal.
