IT Pro's Top Products of 2013

We roundup the best smartphones, tablets, laptops servers and software.

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PC sales have suffered due to the availability of low-cost tablets, but there's no denying that a traditional laptop is still the primary productivity machine in most enterprise environments.

Thankfully, vendors have upped their game - bring the best batteyr life we've ever seen, innovative form factors and plenty of grunt.

MacBook Pro 13in with Retina Display

One of the best all-round laptops released in 2013 - the MacBook Pro includes a phenomenal Retina Display, up to 10 hours of battery life, solid performance and the ability to run OS X and Windows.

Verdict: 4 stars + Recommended award

Sony Vaio Pro 13in

The best regular Ultrabook which has been released this year - the Vaio Pro 13 has phenomenal battery life for a Windows machine, weighs in at just 1kg and prices start at 899.

Verdict: 4 stars + Recommended award

Lenovo Yoga Pro 2

If you're looking for a device with more flexibility than a regular Ultrabook, the Yoga Pro 2 has you covered. The ingenious design allows users to flip and fold the Windows machine into numerous positions. It's got the latest Haswell chipset and a reasonable battery life to top it off.

Verdict: 4 stars

HP EliteBook 820 G1

One of the most upgradeable laptops you're going to see on the market today - the EliteBook G1 allows users to replace the battery, hard drive and RAM as well as add in a mini-card SSD. If the battery life and display would have been better, this would have been our laptop of the year.

Khidr Suleman
Khidr Suleman is the Technical Editor at IT Pro, a role he has fulfilled since March 2012. He is responsible for the reviews section on the site  - so get in touch if you have a product you think might be of interest to the business world. He also covers the hardware and operating systems beats. Prior to joining IT Pro, Khidr worked as a reporter at Incisive Media. He studied law at the University of Reading and completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Magazine Journalism and Online Writing at PMA Training.
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