Any Apple-made laptops since 2013 are just amazing and among the best in all categories (PC or Macs) for screen brightness and clarity. I have tested so many laptops in the last 20 years and the only ones that consistently amaze me in their screen quality (and overall design) are the Macs.

If you are a Mac user you're so familiar with this that you probably take it for granted how good their screens are. I know that because that's EXACTLY what I did when I bought my Acer Swift 3! I didn't think about the screen and just bought it for its size, keyboard and the fact that the screen looked great INSIDE the store...

Ohh was I wrong. I immediately regretted buying the Acer laptop it since the screen was extremely dim when used in bright outdoors (even inside my van) to the point that I could barely make out what I was doing... And that crappy laptop didn't last 12 months before having tons of issues: daily random complete "freeze", CPU fan making rattling noise before dying on me, keyboard starting to malfunction, etc.

Trust me. Not all laptops are like Macs...

If you're not a Mac user and are ready to take the plunge and learn Mac OS you'll LOVE it. Not only the operating system but the whole Apple hardware quality. Apart from their bad keyboards from 2015-2019 that had many problems and was very unusual for Apple products, they are exquisitely reliable and I still love my late 2013 Macbook Pro that I still use daily. And the screen is great outdoors.

Also, note that I'm not a "fanboy" either: I use equally Windows, Linux & Apple computers.

Now this is where it gets complicated. Non-Apple laptop are mostly WAY more unreliable and prone to breaking. So buying the better brands is important.

If you're on the road often or your work depends on your computer, then INDULGE yourself and PAY the right amount of money for your laptop. I'm serious, just pay more for quality. I cheaped out last year with my piece of crap Acer Swift laptop and now I wasted 800$ on a paper weight. So I need to buy another laptop for 2000$ (this bright screen Lenovo) which means i actually spent 2800$ total and had tons of problems when I could have instead paid "only" 2000$ AND worked on an epic laptop.

If you want to do your best work, then work with the BEST and stop spending your day fixing problems and being frustrated like I did. Work a few weeks more and pay for quality.

This laptop has a bright screen that will allow you to focus on what you do and not on trying to figure out what is on the screen. It is really reliable, powerful and portable and you can get it at a fair price. What more do we need?

One last thing: Lenovo has amazing customer support like no other company. You might pay a bit more than other laptops, but they give you service too. If this is your work tool, then 1500$ or even 2500$ for your main work tool when you have almost no other spending is NOTHING. A friend of mine started a sushi restaurant a few years back and spent 50 000$ just to get started. So if you make money with your computer, just pay 2000-3000$ for a top-of-the-line laptop that will last, be reliable, powerful and frustration-free. It's nothing compared to the cost of starting any other business type!

I really like Thinkpad laptops as they are usually better built than the Lenovo branded ones as those are more for casual / entry level. They are also way better than most other brands. This is why I put 2 on this list + the Legion one. I'd even say that they are the closest to "Apple-like" quality but for the Windows side of things.

The laptop for road warriors that also need LOTS of power... and a bright screen to see what they're doing.

This is not for everyone as this is a powerful, more expensive laptop that has much less battery life than most. Odds are that if you get this laptop, you'll need an outlet or solar panel nearby as powerful laptop never have great battery life. But that's ok, as long as the screen is extra bright and the laptop is reliable.

Get this if you care about power and results first and don't mind relying on external power sources and don't mind carrying a bigger, heavier laptop around. You need POWER.

Very similar to the ThinkPad P1 in term of speed & power and screen brightness. Usually gaming laptops are really good in both quality & power and have great specs for the price. Since they are more "mass market" than the lesser selling "P1" series, they have more engineering hours in them and tend to be less expensive than "business professional" laptops.

They also have powerful RTX 3070 graphics, great sound and fantastic bright screens that gamers demand. That makes them great overall laptop for the working professionals that need lots of power & flexibility. Whether making videos, 3D applications, programming, neural networks, etc you'll love this laptop series from Lenovo.

Samsung had a fantastic idea: let's make a mode specific for people that work outside that raises luminosity so that you see the damn screen! They called it "Outdoor Mode" and it really works well, boosting the nits from 400 to 600 nits, which is more than enough to work outside.

This is somewhat of a "value" laptop at around 1000$ so don't expect the world from it. That said, if you want an affordable laptop from a reputable brand (Samsung) that sells millions of phones & tablets and have extensive experience in electronics, then this can be a great alternative to the Thinkpad / Lenovo laptops above for those who really don't want to splurge 1500$, 2000$ or more on a laptop.

A powerful laptop loaded with powerful RTX graphics & CPU along with an amazing 4K OLED 400 nits ultra bright screen. What more can we ask for? ASUS is more known for building great, high quality computer motherboard and their laptops are relatively unknown in US & Canada but really popular in Asia.

This Ryzen 7 equipped powerhouse also has dedicated RTX 3050 Ti graphics that are great for gaming, 3D applications, accelerating office use or even for doing neural networks and other AI research. It has a beautiful, large and bright 16 inch screen with slim bezels that you can easily work in bright areas with. As such, this is more of a laptop for professionals that need extra power for their tasks as of course, the battery will last less long.

A 14 inch laptop is a perfect size for road warriors that need a laptop while on the go. It comes with a bright 400 nits OLED HDR screen. This means you'll see what you actually work on ;-). It also has thin bezels and a touch screen.

It comes with an ultra fast Ryzen 7 CPU & integrated graphics. This is a powerful laptop that is also beautiful to look at. As I said before, ASUS is not well known in the US & Canada but it is a really reliable brand.