Best Laptops For Embroidery Software

Embroidery software is in high demand, and for good reasons. It is a work-at-home, part-time activity that can earn you a lot of dollars. 

Still, you will need a powerful machine to handle the workload and produce stunning designs with embroidery software. It is a software that lets you create and alter embroidery designs with easy accessibility and remarkable precision. 

However, don’t worry; we are here to do just that. Below, we have picked some of the best laptops (8, to be specific) to help you choose the best one for your next embroidery project. So, without wasting any more time, let’s dive in.

Highlights of The Laptop Computers

Laptops	Best Features
Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5	Stylish Good Battery Life Solid Performance
Acer Aspire 5 Slim and Smart	Great multitasking Ideal for productivity Long Battery Life
HP Envy x360 2-in-1 Convertible	Sturdy build Great for professionals Backlight keyboard
Asus Vivobook 16	Great ergo-lift hinge NanoEdge display High-quality performance
Microsoft Surface Laptop Go	Perfect portability PixelSense touchscreen display Nice build and feel
HP 15 Laptop	Decent performance Thin and light Powerful device
MSI Creator Z16	High-quality performance Sturdy chassis Fantastic screen
Dell Inspiron 15 3511	Great build Narrow border WVA display All-rounder for productivity

Detailed Overview of Best Laptops for Embroidery Software

Now that you have a brief overview of today’s picks let’s examine each one in detail and see what it offers.

1. Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5

Hybrid and convertible laptops have become quite popular for everyday and business use. They provide comfort, decent performance, and budget-friendly costs. Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 is no different. It features a 14-inch touchscreen display with a stylus pen and a convertible design. Take a look at the specifications before we dive into details.

Specifications

Processor: The IdeaPad features a powerful AMD Ryzen 5 5500U 6-core processor with a frequency of 2.1 GHz (up to 4.0 GHz), 8 MB cache, and 12 threads.

RAM: The Flex comes with 16 GB of DDR4 SDRAM.

Storage: This laptop has a 256 GB SSD with Windows 11 Home.

Display: The stunning convertible screen is a 14-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS display with 10-point Multi-touch. 

Graphics: It does not have a dedicated graphics card and comes with Integrated AMD Radeon Graphics.

Although the laptop lacks in several places, it is ideal for running embroidery software. It packs a decent battery life and has suitable configurations. Moreover, it has good enough hardware, but the small storage may restrict how many files and data you store on the laptop. 

Moving over to the design part, Lenovo Flex is not a flashy laptop but has a great design. It is a stylish machine with thin bezels on the screen, a soft and comfortable keyboard, and a pair of front-facing speakers. It comes with a good-sized trackpad with a fingerprint sensor on the side.

The audio speakers are suitable for a portable laptop and offer rich sounds. The screen features a tremendous 1080p display with vibrant colors and good brightness. The touch on the screen is very smooth and doesn’t drop reading or lag too much.

Furthermore, converting the laptop to tablet form is pretty good, too. The hinge part is smooth and has a good balance between solid chassis and flexibility. With all that comfort, traveling with this laptop is perfect. It weighs just over 3 pounds and can fit in your backpack or office hand-carry. 

Overall, it is a decent mid-range laptop with enough ports, a great screen, and good performance. The AMD integrated graphics offer active performance in editing, which means you will have a good time working with embroidery software on this machine.

However, you may have to leave more graphic-intensive tasks on the side. Still, it does not get too hot from the bottom. Regarding convertible design and portable laptops, the Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 is a decent choice if you are on a restricted budget. You won’t have any problems browsing or doing everyday tasks like working with Office Suite.

It can keep you entertained and feel sturdy, so it will not seem to break easily. In the end, it is a good choice for investment. 

2. Acer Aspire 5 Slim and Smart

If you are looking for value in a reasonable price range, the Acer Aspire 5 will not disappoint you. It is a sturdy and slim laptop with excellent productivity and task capabilities. It features a bigger screen than the previous laptop we have covered, more storage, and decent performance. Here are the complete specifications for you before we dive into the details.

Specifications

Processor: The Aspire 5 comes with an AMD Ryzen 5 5500 U 5th Generation 2.1 GHz (up to 4 GHz) 10-core processor and 8 MB cache.

RAM: The system is equipped with 16 GB memory.

Storage: The laptop comes with 512 GB PCIe NVMe SSD storage that boots up the PC fast and allows quick functioning everywhere.

Display: A standard 15.6-inch full HD IPS display with 1920 x 1080p resolution, ComfyView Anti-glare technology.

Graphics: The Acer Aspire has integrated AMD Radeon Graphics.

The Acer Aspire 5 is a well-equipped machine that can handle everyday tasks and workloads in embroidery software. It is one of the best budget laptops you can get. 

Inside, it packs a decent AMD processor with up to 4 GHz speed and 16 GB memory. Moreover, it has a speedy 512 GB SSD, which is suitable for the price range. The Acer Aspire 5 promises decent performance with integrated graphics and good benchmarking scores. 

Talking about the outside, it lacks a bit of flair and the ‘wow’ factor, but it covers it with a robust and sturdy feel. It is still a handsome laptop with good business looks and weighs just over 3.5 pounds, making it easy to carry around on a school day or a business trip. Moreover,

The Aspire 5 features a great keyboard with a comfortable feel, which will not hurt your fingers even after hours of typing. The trackpad has enough room to give you a comfortable experience, but most people use a mouse with their laptop, so it won’t make much of a difference if you are one of those.

The laptop has a 15.6-inch 1080p display with many bezels on all corners. The display has a limited color gamut but offers the ComfyView and Anti-Glare technology, which will prevent the screen from hurting your eyes when you use it longer. It shines decent colors and has a vibrant range and not-so-decent brightness.

The laptop has down-facing speakers with an excellent audio range. Also, the Acer Aspire 5 comes with a basic webcam and microphone. Overall, it is a well-rounded laptop with many ports for connectivity and powerful performance for general tasks and embroidery work. It is worth the investment.

3. HP Envy x360 2-in-1 Convertible

If you raise your budget slightly higher, you can get premium looks, better performance, and long battery life with the powerful 2-in-1 convertible HP Envy x360. It is a well-built laptop that is ready for anything, whether it is general or business.

Specifications

Processor: The Envy features an AMD Ryzen 7 4700 octa-core processor running at 2.0 GHz (up to 4.1 GHz) frequency. 

RAM: The laptop has 32 GB of DDR4 memory, enough to smoothly multitask and run many software.

Storage: The Envy x360 has a large 1 TB lightning-fast PCIe NVME SSD, allowing faster data processing and quick boot-up.

Display: The screen on this machine is a 15.6-inch FHD IPS display with 1920 x 1080p resolution and an Anti-glare micro-edge WLED-backlit touchscreen that comes with an AllyFlex stylus pen.

Graphics: This laptop also comes with Integrated AMD Radeon graphics.

The HP Envy is the middle child of the Pavilion and Spectre series. It features a premium look, decent performance, and a good price. The laptop has multiple customizable specifications, and both Intel and AMD versions are available. We picked the AMD Ryzen 7 processor with 32 gigs of RAM and 1 TB of storage. 

On the inside, it provides ample hardware for high-end embroidery software work and general office meetings. You can carry this laptop around with little effort. Moreover, the laptop features integrated AMD graphics that offer good performance but are unsuitable for graphic-intensive tasks. 

Coming to the outside, the HP Envy x360 convertible laptop features an enormous 15.6-inch screen, an uncommon sight in convertible laptops. Moreover, the display is 1080p, featuring an anti-glare, micro-edge touchscreen with thin bezels. The screen offers vibrant colors and a smooth touch for everyday use. 

Moving on, the laptop has a decent-feeling keyboard with a sizable trackpad and front-facing speaker grills on the side of the keyboard. The well-built, sturdy chassis of the laptop holds the laptop well, even in the bent form. Also, it has enough connectivity ports for data transfers and may be additional screens.

Finally, it features a decent-quality webcam and ample battery life for long hours of portable usage. Overall, it holds enough performance for creative professionals and is portable enough for students. 

4. Asus Vivobook 16

A lightweight laptop that is fancy, lightweight, and costs less than an ultrabook. The Asus Vivobook 16 is a well-built laptop with powerful hardware and a good display. It is a good investment if you are not into touchscreens and want more bang for your raw performance. 

Specifications

Processor: The Vivobook features an Intel Core i7 13700 14-core processor running at 2.4 GHz (up to 5 GHz) frequency and 20 threads.

RAM: The machine comes with 8 GB of DDR4 memory.

Storage: The laptop contains a 1 TB NVMe M.2 SSD with plenty to store files, documents, and projects while providing quick data transfers and performance. 

Display: This is a large 16-inch WUXGA screen with a 1920 x 1080p resolution, 16:10 aspect ratio, and NanoEdge bezels.

Graphics: The laptop boasts Intel Iris X graphics.

We switched to an Intel machine for the fourth review and picked none other than the Asus Vivobook 16. It features a powerful Core i7 13 Gen processor with slightly less memory but ample storage to save files and projects. On top of that, it offers decent battery life, and the Intel Iris X graphics provide great graphics performance but could be better for detailed or complex projects. In general, it offers good hardware for the price range and is enough to help you ace the embroidery projects. 

On the outside, The Asus Vivobook 16 is a military-grade powerful laptop featuring a WUXGA 16 inch screen; the biggest in this list. Moreover, it is a 1080 resolution with narrow bezels. The color range is good on the laptop with decent brightness and range but is not ideal in the daylight settings.

However, the laptop is big and heavy with just over 4 pounds of weight but is fairly light to carry around. Moving on, the keyboard and trackpad have nice feels and good touch for hours-long smooth typing and surfing the web while sitting on the couch with the laptop on your ‘lap’.

The speakers are down-facing which gives more room for the keyboard to shine, but don’t underestimate the power of audio on this laptop. The Vivobook 16 has good sound quality. In addition to that, the laptop offers plenty of connectivity options on both sides for speedy transfers and sharing. 

Even with dozens of tabs open for research and work, the laptop’s powerful 13-gen processor will not break a sweat. However, we could have used a bit more RAM, but it is what it is. Still, it is a great overall machine with a sturdy build and ideal performance for embroidery software.

If you want a laptop for everyday use as well as embroidery software projects, the Asus Vivobook 16 will serve you well both in terms of performance and portability. 

5. Microsoft Surface Laptop Go

A popular name in the portable range of laptops, the Microsoft Surface Go impresses in more ways than one. The Surface Go is not much different than its brothers in the Surface lineup and provides decent performance well worth the money.

Specifications

Processor: The Surface Go comes with an Intel Core i5 10th Gen 1035G1 quad-core processor running at 1.0 GHz (up to 3.6 GHz) frequency. 

RAM: The laptop features 4 or 8 GB of high-bandwidth memory that can smoothly run multiple apps.

Storage:  The storage on this machine is a 128 GB PCIe SSD that allows quick boot and fast data processing.

Display: The Surface Go has a 12.4-inch touchscreen display that is ideal for people wanting a dependable, portable, and capable laptop.

Graphics: The graphics on this machine is Integrated Intel UHD graphics.

On the whole, the Microsoft Surface Laptop Go may not be ideal for creative professionals and performance-demanding software, but it is ideal for general embroidery software working. The slow and steady 1 GHz (up to 3.6 GHz) Intel Core i5 10th Gen processor eventually wins the race but not in the first place.

Moreover, the low 128 GB of storage is not enough to store your complete photo and video library along with the project and data files but is fast enough so you can switch between multiple USBs and transfer it. 

On the outside, the Surface Go laptop has a small 12.4-inch touchscreen display, which is meant for portability and not to be the only laptop in the house. Other than that, it has a good bright screen, a decent keyboard, a trackpad, and sound quality. In addition, it has a gorgeous design and sturdy build.

Moreover, it comes with a good number of connectivity options and a good price-to-performance ratio. Also, did we mention it? It is ultra-portable, so you can easily work and carry it around with you.

3. HP 15 Laptop

The traditional uninspired design of the HP 15 Laptop may make some move away but it offers great portability and impressive performance. If you want a budget laptop, this can be your go-to choice but not in terms of portability.

Specifications

Processor: The HP 15 features an 11th Gen Intel Core i5 1135G7 processor which provides decent performance.

RAM: The memory on this machine is 8 GB.

Storage: The laptop comes with a fast 256 GB PCIe NVME M.2 SSD that is great for multitasking and productivity.

Display: The HP 15 boasts a 15.6-inch display with a 6.5 mm micro-edge bezel design.

Graphics: The machine features Intel Iris Xe graphics.

The HP 15 laptop is a worthy competitor in the list of best laptops for embroidery software. The HP 15 comes with a powerful 11th Gen Core i5 processor and 8 GB of RAM with built-in Intel Iris Xe graphics. It means it offers great performance during both general usage and business work. 

On the outside, the laptop features a big 15.6-inch display with some bezels on the side. It is, by no means, a good-looking laptop, but if you are not into that, the performance will not disappoint you. Furthermore, the laptop has multiple connectivity options and good battery life.

Moving on, the keyboard and trackpad provide a good feel and you will find the traditional two-button trackpad somewhat useful in many cases. The audio and visual quality of this laptop is decent for working. 

All in all, it is a good investment for embroidery work. However, if you want a better design and screen quality, you may have to think about other choices on our list. 

7. MSI Creator Z16 

If you have the budget for the best-in-class laptop, the MSI Creator Z16 brings all that and much more to the table. The laptop looks to earn the crown of a stylish, yet powerful performance laptop in a not-so-decent price range. 

Specifications

Processor: The Creator comes with an Intel Core i9 11th generation 11900H processor with 9 cores and a power boost of up to 4.9 GHz frequency.

RAM: The laptop packs in 32 GB of memory.

Storage: The beast of a machine comes with 2 TB of NVMe SSD for smooth multitasking and powerful working.

Display: The screen on this machine is a 16-inch QHD display with a 16:10 aspect ratio, 120 Hz refresh rate, and touch technology.

Graphics: The Creator laptop boasts an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card for ideal performance no matter which software or project you want to work with.

The MSI Creator Z16 is our personal favorite machine for embroidery software. It is a powerful laptop, with tons of capabilities. The 11th Gen Intel i9 processor provides ample performance and the 32 GB memory and dedicated Nvidia 3060 graphics card amps it up even more. Some may complain about the build of the Creator Z16, but we did not find it bad at all. 

On the outside, the 16-inch QHD display is great for design work and offers good color range and brightness. On top of that, the 120 Hz screen makes everything buttery smooth. Moving on, the keyboard and trackpad feel smooth and sturdy, and there is a fingerprint sensor beside the trackpad.

Also, the speakers are great. The laptop offers plenty of connectivity options on the sides, and a good battery life helps it work for longer without sticking close to a power source. Another great feature of the laptop is the backlit keyboard that makes it easy to work in darker areas or at night. 

All in all, it is the best laptop on our list and if you can, raise the budget a bit and purchase the MSI Creator Z16 to get the best of both worlds, that is, performance and design.

8. Dell Inspiron 15 3511

The Dell Inspiron 15 is another convertible design laptop that packs in good performance. It is an ideal choice for a budget laptop with several notable features packed in a sturdy, well-built chassis and design.

Specifications

Processor: The Dell Inspiron features an Intel Core i5 1035G1 quad-core processor that is great for embroidery software and multitasking.

RAM: The laptop comes with 8 GB of DDR4 memory running at 3200 MHz.

Storage: The Inspiron features 512 GB of PCIe NVME M.2 SSD with high bandwidth and efficient working ability.

Display: The screen on this machine is a 14-inch FHD IPS display with micro-edge, multi-touch display with 1920 x 1080p resolution and edge-to-edge design.

Graphics: The Inspiron features Integrated graphics.

If you are on a budget, you may have to sacrifice a little in terms of performance, but the Dell Inspiron 15 3511 only lets you do a little of that. It is a powerful, portable, and reliable laptop with a 10 Gen Intel Core i5 quad-core processor and good storage.

The laptop’s exterior features a 14-inch display with thin bezels and multi-touch technology. It has good built-in speakers, a webcam, and a microphone, so you won’t have trouble in virtual meetings or presentations. Furthermore, the laptop has a full keyboard with good feels and a smooth trackpad. We also did not have any trouble with the speakers or visuals. 

On the side, the Dell Inspiron 15 has several connectivity ports. All in all, it is a decent machine with enough specifications for both embroidery work and general browsing.

Final Takeaway

The above-mentioned laptops are our hand-picked machines that you can get your hands on for embroidery software. However, our preferred choice is MSI Creator Z16, which packs powerful hardware and a high-quality screen for perfect working.