The best Windows laptop on the planet is…a Mac

Well this is one for the books. Forget your Dells, HPs and Asuses, the best laptop for running Windows on is a Mac.

To be precise, it’s a mid 2012 13-inch Macbook pro and, according to Soluto (the company which has come to this conclusion), it’s because Microsoft’s OS installs cleaner on the Apple device than any other. It’s not Microsoft’s fault though. The real problem, apparently lies with the manufacturers:

A main factor in this machine’s metrics is the fact that every Windows installation on it is clean. With PC manufacturers loading so much crapware on new laptops, this is a bit of an unfair competition. But, on the other hand, PC makers should look at this data and aspire to ship PCs that perform just as well as a cleanly installed MacBook Pro.

Interestingly cost doesn’t seem to equate to better performance either. Sitting just below the US$1 200 Mac is a US$429 Acer. It also turns out that bigger, newer Macs aren’t always better either. The 15-inch Retina display Macbook Pro sits at sixth on the list behind another Acer, and above a Dell. That’s not exactly surprising though, Dell makes five of the best 10 laptops on Soluto’s list, while Acer and Apple have two entries each.