With Gray, With Pink: We Need Brighter Colored Laptops

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• With Gray, With Pink: We Need Brighter Colored Laptops

For a long time, all the best laptops and Ultrabooks have looked the same. Sure, there are different form factors and shapes, but they all have one thing in common: they're all boring as hell. However, with the recent release of the MSI Prestige 14 Rose Pink Edition, a sassy pink laptop with considerable power, and the Razer Blade 15's Quartz color option, we may be about to change. I mean, I'm using a 13-inch MacBook Pro as a personal laptop, but it's not because I'm in love with the aesthetics or anything. In fact, to bring this laptop to life, I covered it in abundant decals, so I never have to look at this boring design. Well, you shouldn't have to do this. We're living in the golden age of ~**aesthetics**~ and we should be able to express ourselves through the color of the laptop we choose to occupy. Our offices every day.

Yawn (Image credit: Future)

Sorry Jony Ive, but the MacBook Pro is boring

I just need to rip the bandage off right away, but if you walk into a room and everyone is using a MacBook Pro, which is also called going to a cafe in Manhattan, everyone looks pretty much the same. You've just stepped into this sea of ​​grey, because Space Gray and Silver are pretty similar, at least at a glance in a crowded room. It's true that the MacBook Air is available in gold, and while it's very aesthetically pleasing, it still uses a fanless XNUMXth-generation Amber Lake processor. And I get it: some people are really into this faceless corporate design that's illustrated by the MacBook Pro. But I don't think everyone, even professionals, has this kind of aesthetic. We need something else.

This is how I want my desktop to look every day (Image credit: future)

Pink portable laptops

When I received a press release announcing the MSI Prestige 14 in all its pink glory with a pink dragon keychain, laptop case, and pink mouse, I was immediately sold. Finally, a seriously powerful laptop, built for creatives, and it doesn't look like it's going to stifle creativity with the blandness of its design. And it's not even the first high-end laptop to have embraced pink. One of the best things I saw at IFA 2019 was a pink Razer Blade Stealth. This slim chassis looked phenomenal in its Quartz color option. However, I didn't know when I first saw it that the machine I saw was exclusively the version with integrated graphics, and the version with the GTX 1650 won't be this vibrant hue. . It's a shame, and Razer still hasn't updated its thin and light "gaming laptop" that, unlike the original Razer Blade Stealth, you can game with. ; Quartz color option. There seems to be this incredibly toxic trend in electronics in general, where people are basically being forced to choose between performance and style. But why should we choose? I want both and I know I'm not alone.

Proof that professional notebooks don't have to look like boring AF (Image credit: future)

Example: the HP Elite Dragonfly

I don't even want to hear that unique colors are unprofessional, especially after the HP Elite Dragonfly hit the streets with its amazing ``iridescent dragonfly blue'' finish. HP could have easily released a laptop with the professional features it offers and sold it to many business people on the go without too much trouble. It's a great performing laptop, it's so light I was constantly worrying about leaving it at the office, and it comes with loads of security features that will make it a favorite with IT departments around the world. . But I don't think that's why it's one of the most popular laptops on the market right now - I think the design is what really beats it. Look, right now, I have something like 6 laptops on my desk, this is my life now, and there are only two laptops that I can immediately see and identify: Alienware m15 and HP Elite Dragonfly. Do you know what the common thread is between these two laptops? Both have elegant and unusual designs that make them visually appealing and unique, without sacrificing high-end performance. I admit, this is largely why the HP Elite Dragonfly is currently TechRadar's pick for the best laptop on the market. Sure, it's expensive, but not only do the security features make your IT life less likely to be ruined by needlessly surfing the Web, but I think it's a great point starting that, hopefully other computer manufacturers will follow suit. the future. All I'm saying is that I hope devices like the MSI Prestige 14 Rose Pink and the Quartz Razer Blade succeed. I've seen too many laptops advertised with exciting color options never sold for fear of not selling. So I guess I have a request for you, dear reader: if you want a pink laptop, get one. Buy one and shake that shit off, and we'll start to see more super-cool laptops in the future—a future I desperately want to live in.