Buy laptops at bestware: individual configurations

Modern laptops are far more than a mobile alternative to the desktop PC; the practical folding computers score points for their versatility. As specialists for their respective field of application, they cover the most diverse areas of use. The range extends from thin and light notebooks to blazingly fast high-end laptops for gaming, creative professionals or virtual reality.

At bestware, we offer you the right model for every demand and you can put together your laptop as you wish - just as your individual needs require. In the following article, we present the most common types and show you what is important when choosing the best-equipped laptop.

A brief guide to types: Which notebook to buy?

First, we discuss the different types of laptops. In our bestware configurator, you will receive the optimal selection of components for each of the device classes in order to put together a customised notebook.

Office laptops

The classic office laptop is an affordable entry into the world of mobile devices. Stable, reliable and powerful - these are the qualities that matter in business laptops. Eight-core processors or CPUs with even more cores provide plenty of computing power.

This is complemented by a power-saving, integrated Intel UHD, Intel Xe or AMD Radeon RX graphics card. The economical graphics chips also provide more than sufficient reserves for all daily tasks: Surfing the internet, writing emails, watching videos, editing photos and all kinds of office applications are no problem for the robust office class.

Lightweight laptops

Thin and light laptops are the ideal work tools for on the go. Due to their slim dimensions, they not only fit into any briefcase or backpack, but can also be carried around effortlessly for an entire day thanks to their low weight. They are aimed at all those whose working day is characterised by mobility: students, business travellers, digital nomads or trade fair visitors.

Special power-saving processors and graphics chips, together with large batteries, ensure that the compact long-runners can also last a whole working day or longer away from the power socket. However, the category of slim and light notebooks is not limited to devices for simple and demanding office tasks. Slim gaming laptops also belong to this category, and these now offer considerable performance that is not far behind the performance of a high-end gaming PC.

Multimedia laptops

Multimedia laptops are the all-rounders among mobile PCs. In addition to a powerful CPU, they usually use an efficient mid-range graphics card or a high-performance, integrated graphics chip from AMD or Intel.

This makes them perfect for all multimedia tasks such as advanced video or photo editing. A good multimedia notebook is also characterised by many external connections, for example to connect a beamer, additional monitors and other peripherals. At bestware, we place particular emphasis on these features.

Gaming laptops

In the area of gaming laptops, we offer you devices from different price and performance classes on bestware. In addition to fast high-end processors, it is the graphics performance that is most important, because your personal gaming experience stands and falls with it. 

High-end graphics cards, on the other hand, allow you maximum quality settings and are also suitable for particularly demanding 4K gaming and VR gaming. Fast displays with a refresh rate of 144 Hz, 165 Hz, 240 Hz and more as well as a good keyboard with a precise stroke are also an advantage in a gaming laptop.

High-end laptops

The product range of high-end laptops also includes various device classes. These include, for example, classic desktop replacement devices (DTR), which are just as fast as a desktop PC under the desk. While these devices are uncompromisingly powerful, they are also larger and heavier than many other laptops. 

A second thrust of the high-end approach aims in the opposite direction: special power-saving technologies and increasingly efficient cooling systems ensure that even particularly thin laptops are becoming ever more powerful. Specially adapted cooling systems designed with great development effort allow even these very slim models to deliver permanently high performance.

Laptops for special applications

Workstation laptops offer the right level of equipment and performance for the complex calculations of CAD developers, designers, programmers, professional video and image editing and 3D applications. The individual areas of application place very different demands on the notebook used in each case, so the range on bestware is broad.

Another special area is covered by VR Ready laptops. This special category includes everything that has enough power to conjure up immersive content on the displays of VR headsets. Because whether the content runs smoothly on a PCVR headset is primarily determined by the graphics card. All laptops specially designed for immersion in virtual reality meet these requirements with ease.

Configure laptops on bestware: The best laptops for every area of application

On bestware you can find your personal dream device in no time at all. In the configurator, you can put together your laptop just the way you need it. The starting point is the different models of the two exclusive own brands XMG and SCHENKER. Both attach importance to a simple and elegant look.

While the XMG models show their gaming genes partly through cleverly placed RGB lighting effects, the SCHENKER notebooks speak an even more businesslike design language.

What they all have in common is excellent, robust workmanship. The notebooks were deliberately designed for maximum reliability and a long service life. That's why XMG and SCHENKER models are regularly found in the top 10 in the relevant notebook comparison tests.

In the following, we present the various component groups and show what is currently possible in terms of performance.

What screen size and resolution is the right choice for my notebook?

Even laptops of the same series often come with different sized displays. Common screen diagonals are 14 inches, 15 inches, 16 inches, 17 inches or 18 inches. The exact size of the display also depends on the format.

These dimensions not only indicate how much screen space is available for viewing content, but also influence the other features of the device. Most 14-inch laptops, for example, are ultrabooks and therefore particularly slim, light and compact - the perfect solution for travelling or surfing on the couch.

In contrast, 15-inch or 16-inch laptops are a good compromise. They are still handy and portable, but score points with their additional viewing area. The most comfortable basis for relaxed work and play that is easy on the eyes are devices in 17-inch format. However, due to their heavier weight and larger dimensions, they are only conditionally suitable for carrying around in a backpack or bag for a whole day.

In addition to the 16:9 format, which has been the standard for years, displays in 16:10 format are becoming increasingly popular for notebooks. They offer a little more vertical viewing area and are thus somewhat higher. This is practical, for example, to display additional toolbars on the monitor when working. The format also influences the effective screen size; here is a brief overview:

• Typical display sizes in 16:9 format: 14.1 inch, 15.6 inch, 16.1 inch, 17.3 inch
• Typical display sizes in 16:10 format: 14.0 inch, 15.3 inch, 16.0 inch, 17.0 inch, 18.0 inch

For many requirements, a Full HD display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels is sufficient, while demanding users and gamers opt for a WQHD (2,560 x 1,440, 16:9) or WQXGA display with 2,560 x 1,600 pixels in 16:10 format. In contrast to the monitor on a desktop PC, the laptop screens are significantly smaller and therefore deliver a razor-sharp image thanks to the higher pixel density. This is best explained by a small calculation example:

• A 15.6-inch monitor with 1920 x 1080 pixels has 141 dpi (dots per inch) or ppi (pixels per inch), i.e. 141 pixels per inch.
• On a 27-inch monitor, the value drops to only 82 dpi at the same resolution, so the distance between the individual pixels is much greater.

Ultra-HD or 4K displays with a resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels are ideal on laptops for media professionals who want to edit their images on the go. This area of application also requires a high coverage of the sRGB, Adobe RGB and DCI-P3 colour space.

Laptop case: plastic or aluminium?

At bestware, we place particular emphasis on first-class manufactured notebook cases. Plastic that has already been processed to a high standard offers everything that is needed for a stable and durable mobile device: a torsion-resistant and robust construction, small gaps and a first-class feel.

Ultrabooks and slim gaming laptops in particular benefit from housings made of metal, with lightweight and durable aluminium being the primary materials used. This material not only helps to give the very slim devices additional stability, but also offer thermal advantages thanks to their better heat conduction properties. This means that the components can be cooled better.

The fastest notebook processors from AMD and Intel: Advanced, efficient and powerful

We always offer all laptops in the bestware range with the latest processor generation.

Even our lightweight ultrabooks are characterised by high-performance CPUs such as those from the AMD Ryzen AI 300 series. These include the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, Ryzen AI 9 365 and Ryzen AI 7 350, while additional models with the Intel Core Ultra 200H series are already being planned.

Mobile processors from the high-performance segment go one better. When it comes to the absolute maximum in laptop performance, XMG and SCHENKER offer laptops with an Intel Core Ultra 275HX, AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D and AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX. These fastest laptop CPUs are based on the same technology as desktop PC processors. They offer you 16 cores and 32 threads (AMD) or 24 cores (Intel, 8 P-cores and 16 E-cores) - there has never been so much mobile performance on the go.

Choosing a laptop with the right graphics card

If the mobile device is mainly used for simple office and internet applications and for watching videos, the graphics solutions currently integrated by AMD and Intel in many processors are more than sufficient. Games can also run on them with some restrictions. However, this requires the selection of a low detail level and possibly also a reduced screen resolution.

Ambitious gamers should buy a notebook with a mid-range or high-end GPU. Only then can the full gaming graphics splendour of the latest AAA game titles unfold. Users who use software such as Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Premiere should also buy a laptop that has a high-performance, dedicated graphics card for GPU acceleration in the programmes.

The various graphics card models differ on the basis of numerous equipment models. These include the amount of GDDR7 memory (VRAM) used, the chip clock or the number of shader units, TMUs and ROPs. NVIDIA graphics cards also differed in terms of the number of dedicated ray tracing cores for the calculation of ray tracing effects and the number of Tensor cores for AI calculations, for example. 

Another increasingly important and now indispensable feature is NVIDIA DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation (MFS). This advanced technology uses AI to create additional frames while improving image quality, which ultimately results in more FPS in games.

With the GeForce RTX 5050 and RTX 5060 with 8 GB GDDR7 each, for example, NVIDIA has two exciting options for Full HD gaming: the graphics cards offer everything you need to play demanding games with a high level of detail.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 with 8 GB GDDR7 memory and the RTX 5070 Ti with 12 GB GDDR7 VRAM are even faster and easily suitable for higher screen resolutions. The higher the available graphics memory, the more high-resolution textures can be accommodated - this is particularly important when playing games with higher screen resolutions.

The absolute spearheads for laptop gaming are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 with 16 GB DDR7 and the GeForce RTX 5090 with 24 GB GDDR7 memory. They are not only suitable for WQHD gaming, but are also the first choice for 4K gaming or VR gaming with a laptop.

Picking a notebook with the right amount of RAM: How much RAM does your laptop need?

For simple office applications and surfing the internet, 8 GB of DDR5 RAM is sufficient as a useful basic configuration. Gamers, on the other hand, should buy a laptop with at least 16 GB or a future-proof 32 GB RAM: In current games, only 8 GB RAM is not enough.

Professional creators or programmers sometimes need 32 GB, 64 GB or even more RAM. This means, for example, that a large, high-resolution photo can be loaded completely into the RAM and can be processed more quickly than if part of it has to remain on the slower SSD hard drives.

Configure optimal hard disk storage in laptops with fast SSDs

The current standard in laptops are M.2 SSDs, which are connected either via PCI Express 4.0 or even PCI Express 5.0 with 4 lanes each:

• SSDs with PCIe 3.0 (4 lanes) offer you a transfer rate or bandwidth of up to 3500 MB/s.
• SSDs with PCIe 4.0 (4 lanes) offer you a transfer rate or bandwidth of up to 7000 MB/s.
• SSDs with PCIe 5.0 (4 lanes) offer you a transfer rate or bandwidth of up to 14000 MB/s.
• How fast your M.2 SSD really is when reading and writing also depends on the controller, the type of NAND flash memory and the SSD cooling.

What is an SSD and what are its advantages? In contrast to the mechanical hard disk, which uses rotating magnetic disks and the associated read and write heads, the solid state disk does not use any moving components. It uses several NAND flash components and a multi-channel SSD controller that distributes the data.

The advantage: SSDs not only work silently and very quickly, but also consume less power than the mechanical alternative. Among other things, this benefits the battery life of the laptop. In 2025, mechanical hard drives for laptops are only relevant as external hard drives: as such, however, they still cannot be replaced by SSDs due to their higher storage capacity of 20 TB and more.

At bestware.com, you can configure your laptop with SSDs from various price and performance classes from SSD manufacturers known for their high quality - whether Samsung, Crucial and Western Digital or with 1 TB, 2 TB, 4 TB SSD or 8 TB size.

What external connections does my laptop need?

USB is certainly the most frequently used interface. The all-rounder for connecting additional peripherals such as a mouse, external SSDs or hard drives and a printer. Laptops from XMG and SCHENKER support the latest standards such as USB 3.2 and USB4 and are therefore ideally equipped even for future tasks.

There are two types of connector for USB: Type-A, the classic and somewhat larger USB plug, and the newer Type-C. The latter is not only narrower and is therefore used in many smartphones, for example, but it is also twist-proof. In contrast to Type-A, it doesn't matter which way you plug a cable into the port, with Type-C there is no longer a right or wrong direction.

In addition, USB-C ports sometimes offer more functions, details of which can be found in the data sheets for the respective laptop. For example, some ports allow you to connect an external battery or a compact travel power adapter to charge the notebook on the go via the power delivery function. It is also possible to output a DisplayPort signal via USB-C and thus address an external monitor.

Thunderbolt 5 goes one step further. The interface is also implemented as a Type-C connector and differs at first glance only by a printed lightning symbol on connectors and slots. The connection integrates the same functions as USB-C, but is once again significantly more powerful: The fastest external SSDs currently available read and write at up to 80 Gbit/s on the laptop. USB4 can also achieve this, but in contrast to USB4, Thunderbolt 5 guarantees more features and a higher data transfer rate, which is optional with USB4 - only a look at the data sheet will tell you whether it is a full USB4 or a limited USB4.

A second type of connection is used to connect the notebook to a beamer or one or more external monitors. For this purpose, modern mobile devices have a different number of DisplayPort and HDMI outputs. In addition, there are multimedia inputs and outputs for connecting loudspeakers or a microphone - partly implemented as a combo socket and partly in the form of two separate jack sockets.

 Network traffic runs either via cable over an Ethernet port with Gigabit or 2.5 Gigabit speed or WLAN. The new WiFi 7 standard, also known under the bulky term 802.11be, transmits particularly fast and stable. Another wireless connection option to other devices is Bluetooth. The transmission standard is suitable, for example, for coupling the laptop with a powerful Bluetooth loudspeaker.

Finally, some laptops have an SD or micro SD card reader. So if you are a photographer, for example, and don't want to constantly lug around an additional, external reader device, you should take a close look at the data sheet before buying the laptop in question.

Laptops without operating system

Another special feature unites the XMG and SCHENKER brands: in the bestware configurator, which enables a clear selection of the optimal hardware components, the notebooks can also be configured without an operating system.

Upgrade and maintain a laptop: What to consider?

With XMG and SCHENKER laptops, maintenance is not a problem because you can open them to clean or upgrade them if necessary. This option means that you will be able to enjoy your device for a long time.

Problems can arise after several years of use, for example, if the interior gradually becomes dusty. If the notebook gets too hot, it is usually sufficient to remove the bottom shell and remove dust from the fan. With a little discipline, you can extend the life of your laptop.

The freely accessible interior also makes it possible to upgrade hard disks, SSDs or RAM, or to replace the BIOS battery on the mainboard. You can also replace the laptop battery. Thanks to our own warehouse, we keep the spare parts for the laptops on site in Leipzig.

Configure the ideal notebook with bestware - including service from the test winner

You want to configure your individual, customised laptop? Then bestware is your first port of call. We make sure that all the laptops we offer meet the highest standards and always use the latest components and technologies. An experienced team of highly qualified service technicians ensures in advance that all components offered on bestware are perfectly compatible with each other.

So it doesn't matter which individual components you choose to put together your dream laptop in our configurator: The result is always an absolutely stable and high-performance system that leaves nothing to be desired. For this reason, every single laptop undergoes a separate, intensive test procedure before we send it on its way from our Leipzig production facility.

Since we only offer hand-picked, quality-tested components, you can be sure that you will always receive a mobile companion that will meet your expectations for a long time.

If you, as a private or business customer, have questions about your laptop or need further information, our competent in-house support team, which has received awards from the renowned online magazine Notebookcheck, is always happy to help.

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