The 21st century brought with it the advent of high-tech laptops.  While we leave our poor desktops to collect dust, we figure out which laptops are worth our attention.

This ultra portable laptop has a high resolution Retina display and weighs less than 4 pounds. It has a processor speed of 2.5 GHz and has a RAM of 8GB. Catered to the businessperson, the MacBook can store up to 256 GB of data. It can be bought for approximately $1999; pricey but worth all those wonderful pixels and the HD resolution.

Although made for general purposes, this laptop is portable. It has a processor speed of 1.7 GHz and a RAM of 4 GB. It weighs in at 4.4 pounds and it screen stretches to 14 inches. Not only does it have double the storage capacity of the MacBook, a whopping 524 GB, but it also has a touch screen. The laptop can be bought for less than $700.

This ultrabook has a processor speed of 1.7 GHz and a RAM of 4 GB. It weighs less than 4 pounds even though its screen is almost the size of the VivoBook, 13.3 inches. It also has a touch screen but its storage capacity is less than fifth of the VivoBook, 128 GB. However its thin look and very good battery life makes it worth its sale price of $1199.

The latitude is a tablet-like laptop and possesses a processor speed of 1.8 GHz. It has a 2 GB RAM and weighs around less than 1.5 pounds. Its screen size is around 10 inches and it has the storage capacity of 128 GB. The Latitude can be yours for $1146.

Meant for the businessperson, this Ultrabook has the same speed of the Latitude. However what makes it different from the Latitude is its 8 GB RAM. It has a 14 inch screen and weighs around 4 pounds. The storage capacity is the same as that of the Latitude and its price is around $1300.

With a speed of 1.5 GHz, this tablet has a RAM of 2 GB and a weight of 1.36 pounds. However, its storage capacity is low (32GB) but so its price, $679.

This tablet has the 2nd highest speed on the list, 2.6 GHz. It has a RAM of 4 GB and a weight of 3.7 pounds. With a storage capacity of 320 GB, the Lenovo can be bought for $1349.

This tablet has a speed of 1.7 GHz and a RAM of 4 GB. It can store up to 128 GB of data and can be bought for less than $1000.

This laptop is well equipped for the gamer as it has a speed of 3 GHz. Not only does it have the highest speed on the list, but also has the largest RAM, 16GB. It can be bought for less than $4500, worth the 1256 GB of storage.

With a speed of 2.5 GHz and a RAM of 6 GB, the Portege has the 2nd highest storage capacity of 640 GB. It can be yours for just $829.