To join in the industrial revolution, you need to open a factory; to join in the internet revolution you need to open a laptop – Alexis Ohanian
Knowledge is power, and the sum of all of humanity’s knowledge is available to anyone with a high-speed internet connection and a laptop. At the touch of a button, all of the collective power that our species has ever acquired can be absorbed, learned, and utilized in any way that we see fit.
For most of us, that involves the betterment of the self and finding newer, richer, and more in-depth ways to entertain and amuse ourselves. But if we want to see everything that there is to be seen, via the internet, we need to see as it was meant to be seen, in all of its magnificently detailed glory, which is why the best way to dive headfirst into the internet is with a laptop with an IPS display.
Made to make the most seemingly insignificant details spring to life and leap into the annals of your imagination, IPS (In-Plane Switching Panel) screens and monitors let us see the things that we’d normally miss. It’s all about the details, and since the advent of IPS, they no longer belong to the devil.
They now belong to the future and the internet. So that you can make the most of the world that’s available at your fingertips, we’ve put together a list of the best laptops with an IPS display, so that you can see the online world the way it was always meant to be seen. It’s time to step through the looking glass and find out how things look with IPS…
Best Laptops With IPS Display
1. Asus ZenBook 14 Ultra-Slim Laptop
Sometimes you need to head toward the horizon to see what was right in front of you the whole time, and this ultra-slim laptop has hopped halfway around the world to show everyone what’s possible with a little bit of innovative know-how. It may not be the biggest laptop you’ll ever see, but Asus ZenBook proves that bigger isn’t always better.
With a five and a half-inch cutting edge interactive touchscreen trackpad that adapts to how you want to use the machine, and a nano-edge IPS display, this Zenbook hs a five hundred and twelve-gigabyte hard drive and sixteen gigabytes of dedicated RAM, which means you’ll be able to travel to every corner of the internet in record time while you’re working on a multitude of other projects. It isn’t just fast, it also makes everything look good.
Intuitive and responsive, the ZenBook has been designed to bring the world to you, so that you can see all of its glaring imperfections, and with the help of the touchscreen trackpad and an IPS display, you can, slowly but surely, start to make the world a better place.
Pros:
- It’s light (it weighs just under three pounds), fast, and innovative. In fact, it’s everything that a state of the art laptop should be.
- And that state of the art design and intuitive feel that the Zenbook personifies? It’s exemplified in its touchscreen trackpad which is a remarkable piece of technology that’s made even better by being used in conjunction with an IPS display.
- While most of us don’t have much use for brand names in the real world, if you’re going to put your faith in a laptop, it’s always better to invest in a name that you know you can trust. And Asus is a name that computer fanatics the world over have devoted themselves to.
Cons:
- All of the technological punching power and speed that the ZenBook is imbued with? It comes at a cost, which means that the Asus isn’t exactly cheap. In fact, it’s the exact opposite of cheap, and it will leave a lasting mark on your pocketbook. But you know what they say about the best? If you want it, you have to pay for it.
- The build quality, if a number of rather disgruntled (and former) Asus fans are to be believed, isn’t what you’ll hope it’ll be for the price that you’ll pay for the machine, Which seems a little befuddling to us. Why make a great laptop and then wrap it in a cheap chassis? That really makes no sense at all.
- Innovative screen pad: 5.65-Inch interactive touchscreen trackpad that adapts to your needs for smarter control and multitasking
- App switcher on screen pad: easily move docked Windows between your main display and screen pad Display
- Handwriting on screen pad: take note or jot down your ideas by writing on the screen pad
- Number key on screen pad: turn screen pad into a numeric keypad for easy numeric data entry
- 14 inch wide-view full HD 4-way NanoEdge bezel Display Glossy
2. Acer Aspire 5 Slim Laptop 15.6 inches Full HD IPS Display
Another machine that’s traveled countless leagues across the sea to level the playing field and show the world what can be done with forward-thinking application and excellence of design, the Aspire 5 is one of Acer’s premiere laptops. And this latest generation machine has ensured that Acer’s frontline laptop just got a little better.
Using a Ryzen 3 processor in conjunction with a two hundred and fifty-gigabyte hard drive and eight gigabytes of RAM, the Aspire brings the world to life with its IPS display and AMD Radeon Vega 3 graphic card. Speed, accessibility, and ease of usage are the bywords that Acer uses to show you everything that the world could be when you lose yourself in the miasma of gorgeous color and detail that this laptop readily delivers.
Like Asus, Acer has devoted their business to changing home computing for the better, so that wherever you are, you’ll always be part of the internet revolution. The future just got a little brighter, which means that you’ll probably have to wear shades to make the most of the Aspire. It’s just a shame that Acer didn’t think to include a pair with this laptop.
Pros:
- It weighs in at just four pounds, so wherever you go, the Aspire can go too. And it’s sturdy, durable, and strong chassis makes sure that even if it does take a bit of beating on your combined travels, it’ll fire up every single time you switch it on.
- And thanks in no small part to its incredible processor, IPS display, and pretty hefty hard drive, it’s also fast and can be as good looking as you want it to be. It all depends on what’s on the screen.
- The best thing about the Aspire though? It won’t break your bank and or melt your pocketbook. It’s a whole lot of laptop for an incredibly reasonable price.
Cons:
- While it’s an ideal machine for surfing the internet and seeing all that there is to be seen, it isn’t quite speedy enough to keep up with the big boys of the gaming world. It isn’t a world series gaming laptop and was almost certainly designed with the more studious user in mind.
- 【Upgraded】RAM is upgraded to 8GB high-bandwidth RAM to smoothly run multiple applications and browser tabs all at once. Hard Drive is upgraded to 256GB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD allows to fast bootup and data transfer, 1TB Hard Disk Drive for ample storage space. Original Seal is opened for upgrade ONLY, 1-years warranty on Upgraded RAM/SSD from PConline365, and original 1-Year Manufacture warranty on remaining components
- 【Processor】AMD Ryzen 3-3200U Processor (2.60 GHz, up to 3.50 GHz Max Boost), AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
- 【Screen】15.6" Full HD (1920 x 1080) TN 220 nits Non-Touch Backlit Anti-Glare Display
- 【Tech Specs】 1 x USB-A 3.1 (Gen 1), 2 x USB 2.0, 1 x HDMI, 1 x Ethernet, 1 x Headphone / mic combo| Windows 10 Home
- 【Authorized PConline365 Bundle】Bundled with KKE Mouse Pad, Authorized Sellers ONLY
3. Lenovo Chromebook C330 2-in-1 Convertible Laptop
Historically, the greatest revolutions have always been the ones that no-one sees coming until it’s far too late. It’s the way that things have always been and the way they always will be, and home computing was and is no different. The Chromebook arrived from out of left field and continues to subvert all of the traditional ideas and conventions that the laptop world built its foundations on.
This eleven and half-inch best of both world laptop has an IPS display, a sixty-four-gigabyte solid-state hard drive, and four gigabytes of RAM. While those numbers might not seem as impressive as the previous entries on our list, as the Chromebook is designed to do everything online and to store all of your work safely in the cloud, it doesn’t need to get bogged in the everyday running patterns that other laptops do, which means that it’s every bit as quick as any other IPS laptop on our list.
Designed to double up as both a laptop and tablet, Lenovo’s Chromebook is versatile, adaptable, and brings the power of the internet directly to you. And best of all? It looks good doing it. While we don’t normally get swept up in, and aren’t normally taken in by design aesthetics, we have to admit that we’ve fallen hard for this laptop.
Pros:
- It’s a Chromebook, so it’s pretty much guaranteed to be virus-free forever and day. You’ll be able to surf the internet for as long as you want and not have to worry about your machine picking up any nasty infections along the way.
- Thanks to a little engineering inventiveness and know-how, it doubles up as both a laptop and a tablet. And thanks to its IPS display, anything and everything that you watch, search for or see on this Chromebook looks incredible.
- And then there’s the price. It’s an insanely affordable way to enter the world of IPS laptops.
Cons:
- At just eleven and a half inches, it’s far from being the biggest laptop on our list, but it does make maximum usage of the screen size that’s available.
- It’s a Chromebook so when it’s offline, it’s not as powerful or quite as user-friendly as a traditional laptop is. But then, who wants to spend their life offline, when the majority of the fun that you can have with an IPS laptop can be found on the internet.
- Get high performance when you need it – The Chromebook C330 boots up in seconds and features easy-to-use Chrome OS, plenty of memory and storage, and so much more
- Sleek, stylish, and secure, this 360⁰ convertible laptop is less than 1-inch thin and about the weight of a hardback book, with an 11-inch touchscreen display that's perfect for day-to-day computing and multimedia, on or offline
- The Lenovo Chromebook C330 is easy to use, offers built-in virus protection and keeps going with long battery life. No setup needed – Just login with a Google account so emails, maps, documents, and photos stay with you via cloud storage
- Built to connect, this notebook computer includes a variety of USB ports for effortless connectivity. Plus, stay in touch with the built-in camera. Bluetooth 4.2
- Users love it; "High end features for a low price," says one happy reviewer. Another adds, "This Chromebook has far exceeded my expectations. The speed is snappy and the device responds quickly to gestures and commands."
4. HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop 15.6″
From the brand formerly known as Hewlett-Packard, this gaming laptop has been imbued with all sorts of technological bells and whistles by their ‘X’ (we call them that because it sounds cooler than it probably is) division and leaves most of is competition choking on its net fueled, gaming happy, computerized dust.
With a one terabyte hard drive and eight gigabytes of dedicated RAM, this HP gaming monster is powered by the latest generation of Intel processor, which combined with its full HD IPS display and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 graphics, means that it’s a jaw-dropping beast of a laptop that’s been purpose-built to outpower just about every other machine out there. And that’s exactly what it does with a deadly combination of speed, user-friendly intuition, and breath-taking graphics.
American made by an American company who have rebranded and repurposed themselves for the twenty-first century, the HP is like a fine-tuned muscle car. Just point it in the right direction, fire it up and nothing can catch it or keep up with it.
Pros:
- It’s fast, it’s dependable, and has a chassis that’s been built to last and a screen that’s been made to keep your attention focused in one place.
- Given everything that’s packed into its shell and it’s, as far as our list is concerned anyway, relatively large size, it’s surprisingly light. At just under five pounds, it’s made to go wherever you want to go, whenever you want to go there.
- And as it uses Windows 10 as its base operating system, you know that as well as being a gaming machine for the ages, it’s also stable, safe, and secure.
Cons:
- For the most part, it’s a laptop that is beloved by the gaming and academic communities in equal measure and only seems to have one inherent flaw. It’s lamentable battery life. From a full charge it’ll only run for seven and a half hours, and the harder you push its CPU (central processing unit), the faster it’ll drain whatever relatively little power its battery is holding.
- Brand New in box. The product ships with all relevant accessories
5. Lenovo Ideapad L340 Gaming Laptop
The gamers have the IPS machines market just about sewn up, but that’s hardly surprising as when you play hard, you expect nothing but the best from your machine and your on-screen display. The Ideapad is Lenovo’s entry into the gaming universe and once you’ve spent some time with it, the chances that you’ll ever want to look at another laptop are slim to non-existent.
Powered by a ninth-generation i5 Intel processor, eight gigabytes of RAM and a five hundred and twelve gigabyte SSD (solid state hard drive) and backed by the latest NVIDIA GeForce graphics and an IPS display, the Ideapad is a machine that doesn’t know how to, and will never, quit. It’s made to go the gaming distance, punch a hole in the internet and be a dependable home office based laptop, and readily and easily delivers on all three fronts.
While other brands have been content to sit back and play catch-up with their competition, Lenovo has been continually pushing the envelope of what is both possible and achievable in the home computing revolution. And with the Ideapad, they’ve finally made a machine that they, and everyone else, can be proud of.
Pros:
- Built to perform like a race car, the Ideapad is fast, hard, and made to go to the distance. The more you push it, the more you’ll get out of it, and with an IPS screen display that most of Lenovo’s rivals would give their right arm to put in their machines, it’s a laptop that’ll see you securely through whatever minefields you need it to navigate.
- While it’s far from the cheapest machine on our list, it’s not the most expensive either and sits somewhere in the middle ground. And given all of the power that this machine has, that’s not a bad place to be.
Cons:
- Like all gaming machines, it’s beset by one major flaw. It’s battery life. And the harder you push the CPU, which you will because it’s a gaming machine and that’s what gaming machines are made to do – be driven hard, the less life the woeful battery that the Lenovo comes with will have.
- A new dimension of gaming performance awaits - with 9th-generation Intel Core i5 processors, the IdeaPad L340 gaming has the power you need to outshoot, outrun, and outsmart anyone. Includes 8GB DDR4 RAM and 512GB NVMe SSD
- Take it to the next level - With the latest NVIDIA GeForce Graphics behind you, you can tame the hottest titles with faster, smoother, and more power-efficient gameplay. Plus, the 15.6-Inch screen delivers a stunning full HD IPS Display with 1920 x 1080 resolution
- A portal to a new sound dimension - hardwired into every Idea Pad L340 gaming is advanced Dopoundsy audio technology. Take your mobile gaming experience to another dimension and have a real blast along the way
- Control your own fate - Game in 'quick' Mode or work in 'quiet' Mode. It's your call with a simple function setting that lets you shift gears between modes, instantly.
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Buyer’s Guide
Which IPS Display Laptop Is The Right One For Me?
Given the huge disparity in both price and performance, it’s important that you know exactly what you want your IPS laptop for, and what sort of budget that you have to play around with.
Set the latter, and make a decision based on that. While it’s tempting to always push that budget as far as you can and maybe blur its lines a little, don’t.
The evolution of technology is moving at a frantic pace, which means that in all likelihood you’ll be tempted to swap your IPS laptop for a better model in a couple of years. And if you blow past your budget now, you won’t be able to up your IPS laptop game a little further down the road.
So stick to your budget rigidly, as we guarantee that the right machine for you is on this list and at a price that you can happily afford
Frequently Asked Questions
What Is An IPS Display Laptop?
IPS, or in-plane switching, was developed by Hitachi during the late nineteen nineties to solve some of the problems of traditional liquid crystal screens. Composed of a system of panels that are built into the screen, IPS delivers a much richer depth of color than normal LCD’s do and a much greater range of viewing angles.
It is and was, the answer to the issues that LCD screens often presented and is commonly used in conjunction with HD (High Definition) monitors to create an incredibly vivid on-screen display.
While IPS delivers a much sharper, clearer, and focused picture, it requires far more energy to run than conventional LCD screens do, and when used in laptops, can use up to fifteen percent more power than a traditional LCD screen.
