Laptop Guide

HP's EliteBook 1040 G7 is an outstanding laptop that excels in almost every area — it earns our strong recommendation if you can pay the sky-high price.

The Asus ZenBook 13 UM325S offers awesome performance, a gorgeous OLED display and long battery life, but its compact design puts the keyboard in an uncomfortable position.

Lenovo's ThinkPad X12 Detachable is an excellent 2-in-1 tablet for business users — one that edges out the Surface Pro 7+ in many ways.

The Dell XPS 13 bundles a stunning 4K display, great performance and a comfortable keyboard into a svelte, premium chassis.

The Lenovo ThinkPad P15 delivers massive performance, but it has the price and size to match.

The Razer Blade 15 Base Edition (2021) offers great graphics power and a colorful 1440p panel, but it suffers from middling CPU performance and a dim display.

Microsoft's Surface Pro 7+ improves upon the consumer model with faster performance and a few usability features but this business tablet has some drawbacks.

The Acer Swift 3x is a zippy machine for impatient content creators who want a fast-performing laptop that can handle light photo and video editing; it’s a shame about that battery life, though.

The Vaio Z sports a lightning-fast SSD and a gorgeous 4K display packed in a super light design, but it is egregiously overpriced and can’t compare to other flagships.

The Acer ConceptD 7 Ezel offers powerful gaming and overall performance with good battery life and a sliding 4K display, but that panel lacks vividness.

The Gateway Creator Series 15.6-inch Performance Notebook is a mixed bag of greatness at a very affordable price and bizarre choices for a performance notebook

The HP Envy 14 (2021) excels in performance and packs a pretty 14-inch, 16:10 display along with a discrete Nvidia GPU, but it fell short in some areas.

The Porsche Design Acer Book RS sports excellent performance and amazing battery life, but it’s pricey thanks to a tacky design.

The Asus ROG Zephyrus G15 (GA503Q) delivers almost everything you want in a gaming laptop from kickass performance and battery life to punchy speakers and a clicky keyboard.

HP’s EliteBook 845 G7 is a snappy performing performer that should be snatched up while it’s still flying under the radar.

The HP Omen 15 is an attractive, fun gaming laptop with a gorgeous 4K display that invites you to play all day, every day as long as you have an outlet nearby

Minor updates to the Yoga 9i improve upon a winning formula

The Lenovo Legion 5 is a stylish gaming laptop for an affordable price, and if it can hold up on our benchmarks, then it might even be one of the best cheap gaming laptops out there.

The Asus ROG Flow X13 gives gamers versatility, power, endurance and innovation in one gorgeous chassis.

The Alienware m17 R4 brings even more power and performance to the table, but at the cost of battery life.