TOP 5 unusual laptop brands

The Thomson Neo N15 is one of the most affordable laptops that we can generally recommend for purchase. The brainchild of the French brand is built on the energy-efficient Intel Celeron N5100 processor. Compared to previous generations of Celeron, this one is already quite fast. Combines four Jasper Lake architecture cores and an Intel UHD 600 graphics accelerator.

The processor's heat dissipation of only 6 W allows it to be cooled passively, that is, completely silently. There is a respectable 8 GB of RAM, and the solid-state drive is generally 512 GB, which is usually typical for much more expensive laptops. But the screen, on the contrary, is simple: a TN matrix with narrow viewing angles and a low resolution of 1366x768 pixels.

There are both wireless Wi-Fi and Bluetooth interfaces, as well as wired ones: two full-size USB Type-A ports, a reduced Mini-HDMI video output, a paired Mini-Jack audio connector and a MicroSD card reader. The licensed Windows 11 Home operating system is installed by default, making this inexpensive laptop an even better buy.

PrologiX R10-230 is a laptop from a Ukrainian brand with a 14-inch screen. The IPS matrix has wide viewing angles and a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels. The body is entirely plastic, which is typical for laptops in this price category. Under the hood is an AMD Athlon 7220U processor with two physical Zen 2 architecture cores and four SMT virtual threads.

The processor has a built-in graphics accelerator Radeon 610M of RDNA 2 architecture. It cannot be called a full-fledged gaming one, because it can only handle undemanding games: Dota 2, WoT, Skyrim and the like. But it can play movies in hardware even with the latest AV1 codec, not to mention the older H264, H265 and VP9. 8 GB of RAM installed.

Moreover, the memory used is a rare LP-DDR5 format, which is soldered directly to the laptop motherboard and cannot be upgraded. The only thing that can be easily replaced is a solid-state drive, which has a large capacity of 512 GB, but with a slow M.2 SATA interface (not to be confused with the fast M.2 NVMe). The 45 Wh battery lasts up to 8 hours of battery life.

2E Complex Pro 14 Lite is a very thin and light laptop, only 18 millimeters and 1.35 kilograms. It has an IPS screen with an expanded color gamut of NTSC 70% (versus the typical 45%). This makes it a good choice for photo editing and video editing. The top cover of the laptop is made of metal and painted in Ice Crystal Blue color.

The keyboard has a European ANSI layout with a long left Shift and single-level Enter, full Ukrainian localization and white backlighting with several gradations of brightness. The Intel Core i3-1220P processor has two powerful Alder Lake cores and eight energy-efficient Gracemont cores. The P index means an increased power limit of 28 W, which contributes to longer Turbo Boost acceleration.

The battery has an above-average capacity of 53 Wh, which according to the manufacturer is enough for up to 11 hours of battery life. The kit comes with fast charging with a 90 W round plug, and also supports universal Power Delivery charging via USB Type-C. And the Thunderbolt 4 port allows you to connect a 4K monitor or a super-fast external SSD (40 Gbps).

Dream Machines RG4050-15UA26 is a gaming laptop from a Polish brand with an increased screen refresh rate of 144 Hz. The GeForce RTX 4050 video card with Ada Lovelace architecture is indeed capable of delivering 144 FPS in many games thanks to DLSS 3 technology. It draws intermediate frames with artificial intelligence, which allows you to practically double the FPS.

The Intel Core i7-13700H processor of the Raptor Lake architecture has a total of 14 powerful and energy-saving cores, which are parallelized into 20 computational threads. In Turbo Boost mode, the processor can accelerate to 5 GHz. 16 GB of RAM is installed, immediately in dual-channel mode. The solid-state drive capacity is 1 TB, with one more free M.2 NVMe slot available.

Cooled by a dual-fan Dream Cooling cooler. The full-size keyboard with number pad on the right has multi-color RGB backlighting. In addition to Wi-Fi 6 AX wireless Internet, even faster wired Ethernet 2.5 Gbps is provided. On the official Dream Machines website you can order the decoration of the top cover of your laptop with any design.

Durabook Z14I is a laptop from a Taiwanese brand that is the most secure in the world. MIL-STD-810H, MIL-STD-461G, ANSI C1D2 and IP65 certified. The first two standards mean protection against falls from a height of up to 1.8 m and the influence of electromagnetic radiation. The third allows you to work in rooms with high levels of flammable gases and gasoline fumes.

The fourth standard IP65 protects against fine dust and jets of water. This was achieved by eliminating the fan, making the case sealed. Inside there is an energy-efficient Intel Core i7-1165G7 processor, 32 GB of RAM and a 512 GB SSD. The DynaView screen is glare-free and has a brightness of 1000 nits, so it is easy to read even in direct sunlight.

In addition, touch control with a stylus, fingers, and even a glove is supported. All this taken together makes the Durabook Z14I useful not only for the military, but also for extreme tourists. As well as industrial companies with difficult working conditions: high temperature, humidity, dust, electromagnetic waves, etc.