If you're looking for the best thin and light laptops in India then you're looking for a device that is not only lightweight and offers great portablity, but also comes with the hardware to handle demanding workloads with ease. At Digit, we consider laptops with thickness under an inch, and weight under 1.4kg to fall under the thin and light laptop. These laptops, despite their small size, pack a powerful punch. Premium thin and light laptops often come with the best processors in the market, speedy RAM and storage, and fantastic displays. They're capable of running the most demanding apps and perform tasks like photo and video editing with ease. Of course, the high-end specs and compact form factor don't come cheap. The most expensive laptop on our list of the best thin and light laptops costs around Rs 1.6 lacs, however, we've got some budget offerings as well, which are as low as Rs 48,000. In this list, we've got premium thin and lights like Apple's MacBook Air M2, the evergreen Dell XPS 13 Plus, and convertibles like the HP Spectre x360. Like we mentioned, we've got budget offerings as well, like the MSI Modern 14. The Acer Swift X and the Xiaomi NoteBook Pro 120G take the middle ground at around the 80K budget.
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If someone asks you what are the best laptops to buy in terms of price-to-performance ratio, then the Apple MacBook Air is a very common recommendation. It is one of the world’s most popular thin and light laptops, and for good reason. Its reliable performance for day-to-day tasks while delivering class-leading battery life are just a few of the factors. With the introduction of Apple’s new M2 chips, the performance of the MacBook Air has only skyrocketed even further, making what was already a pretty powerful laptop into a spec beast when it comes to general usage. The new MacBook Air with the M2 chip comes with increased GPU cores, higher unified memory, a better 1080p webcam, and more improvements, all while being lighter than the M1 variant.
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We can go writing all day about this beautiful and sleek yet powerful laptop. If you are looking for a thin and light laptop that has that modern look and makes you stand out from the crowd then Dell XPS 13 should be your pick. It is a lightweight business laptop weighing only 1.24 kg. It comes with a 13.6-inch UHD panel with touch support and 500 nits of brightness however it is not convertible. It comes with an Intel i5 1250p mobile processor, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB of SSD. The laptop also has a capacitive touch function row (backlit) which supports media and function keys. These backlit keys can be toggled and their brightness is also adjustable.
The laptop also has two thunderbolt ports along with a display port which gives you more versatility and options to connect more devices efficiently. The laptop also has fingerprint reader support and an option to expand the RAM up to 32GB.
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If you are looking for a thin and light laptop with multitouch support, convertible and metallic build then the HP Spectre x360 should be your choice. It comes with a 13.5-inch 3K2K OLED panel with a 90% screen-to-body ratio build and 400 nits of display brightness. It is powered by an Intel Evo i7 1225U mobile processor, 16GB of LPDDR4 RAM, and 1TB SSD for storage.
The I/O ports in this laptop include a display port, a thunderbolt 4 port, a single USB port, a Type C port, a 3.5mm audio jack, and a fingerprint reader. The most impressive feature of this thin and light laptop is the battery which can last up to 17 hours as claimed by the brand. The laptop also supports HP Fast Charge which can charge 50% of the laptop in just 45 minutes. These are some of the features we generally look for in thin and light laptops and the HP Spectre x360 got them all.
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The Xiaomi NoteBook Pro 120G is a power-packed, feature-rich thin, and lightweight laptop in our list. It is made from Aerospace grade Aluminium alloy which provides precision-cut fine details in the build quality. This laptop comes with a 14-inch 2.5K QHD resolution bezel-less display panel with 300 nits of brightness.
It is powered by an Intel 12th Gen i5 12450H mobile processor with a max clock speed of 4.4GHz, 16GB LPDDR5 RAM, 512GB SSD, and Intel integrated graphics. This is a good choice if you are looking for a thin and lightweight laptop as it weighs only 1.4 kg. Along with the sleek metallic build, it also comes with a fingerprint sensor, and a backlit keyboard and supports fast charging up to 100W.
The I/O ports on this laptop include a thunderbolt 4 port, a USB port, a Type-C port, a 3.5mm audio jack, and an HDMI port. The thunderbolt port increases connectivity options and increases the use case of this thin and lightweight laptop.
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This thin and light laptop from the house of HP is designed by keeping performance and entertainment in mind. It comes with a 14-inch 2.2K IPS panel with 300 nits of brightness. It is powered by an Intel 12th Gen i5 12500H mobile processor with Intel Turbo Boost technology that delivers clock speed of up to 4.5GHz, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD and integrated Intel Iris Xe Graphics.
It is built on a notebook kinda form factor and weighs around 1.4 kg. The I/O ports on this laptop include 2 SuperSpeed USB Type-C ports, 2 SuperSpeed USB Type-A ports, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a MicroSD card port, and an HDMI port. If you are looking for a thin and light laptop for performance and entertainment, the HP Pavilion Plus is a good pick for you.
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Featuring an AMD processor, the HP Pavilion Aero 13 is a thin and light laptop weighing only 1 kg. It is one of the most lightweight laptops on our list. This light yet powerful laptop comes with a 13.3-inch WUXGA IPS panel with 400 nits of display brightness. It is powered by AMD Ryzen 5 processor with clock speed up to 4.2GHz, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, and integrated AMD Radeon graphics.
This laptop from the house of HP has a full Magnesium Aluminium chassis build and it’s the first HP laptop to have ~90% screen-to-body ratio. It comes with built-in Alexa to give you full control over entertainment features. It also includes a fingerprint reader to help you keep the laptop secure and unlock it faster.
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Ankesh Pawan Pandey
Ankesh Pandey is a BSc in Information Technology and loves programming and coding. At Digit, he works as a reviewer where he is mostly involved with testing laptops and creating videos for Digit’s Instagram page. Read More
