Jul 30, 2016 07:46 AM EDT By Michael Lagura, UniversityHerald Reporter

SpecOut, a consumer tech research site, promotes a list of the top 10 best laptop brands for students entering college in 2016.Further backing its ranking procedures is the Smart Rating, a system developed by the site itself, that promises reliable standards helpful for general consumers in the future.

The college life promises whole new challenges along the way. Thus, apart from being raised in the digital era, owning laptop for academic survival is a must, Mercury News reported.

A student's fate in college is likely shaped by the capacity of research aids one purchases. Laptops have got to be one of them.

College entails superimposing research lineups such that owning a laptop is no longer a luxury, Missoulian reported.

The SpecOut, a known research site, pounces on any chance of exposing and/or promoting any technological brand's feature.

As a result, a large number of consumers and techies are reportedly starting to shift interest to and full trust on the site.

Whether dealing with iPhone, Samsung, LG or other tech giants, many would nevertheless want to be sure.

Albeit half of the site's assessing features could only care much on minor to minute spec details, consumers would want to be handed out with quick spanking whenever they're buying brands out of impracticality, SpecOut stated.

In a recent survey conducted by SpecOut, the site's research team had the Smart Rating system adjusted to basic student demands like longer battery life, bigger screen size (ideally 15.6 inches), 4 GB of RAM, broader database space (at least 128 GB of storage space) and confirmed durability, of course.

Top 10 (ranked) best 2016 laptop brands for students entering college:

1. Apple 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display 2015 Flagship

2. Microsoft Surface Book

3. Apple 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display 2015 Base Model

4. Dell XPS 13 Touch

5. Apple 13-inch MacBook Air 2015 Base Model

6. HP Spectre x360 (13-4110dx)

7. Dell XPS 13 DNCWT5128B

8. ASUS Zenbook (UX35CA-EHM1)

9. HP Pavilion x360 13t

10. Dell Inspiron 11 3000 3147 Mid-Range

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