Laptops are evolving at a dramatic pace, and this is the place to track their progress, or lack thereof. The best laptop is out there, and our laptop reviews dig deep into what’s new from the world’s biggest manufacturers to help you find it. From each new iteration of the Apple MacBook and Microsoft Surface to what’s coming up from likes of Dell, HP, Lenovo, and more, The Verge has you covered.
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Dell XPS 14 review: new, improved, and underwhelming
The new 14-inch XPS has the redesigned chassis, touchbar, and invisible trackpad of the XPS 13 Plus, but better thermals and twice the battery life. And yet.
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Duel of the dual-screen laptops: Asus Zenbook Duo vs. Lenovo Yoga Book 9i
Small design variations make a big difference.
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Apple MacBook Air M3 review: small upgrades
The 13-inch and 15-inch Air are better than ever, but Apple needs to do something about the upgrade funnel.
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Framework Laptop 16 review: two weeks with the ultimate modular laptop
How much will you forgive for a one-of-a-kind notebook?
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Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max review
It’s undoubtedly fast, powerful, and earns the Pro moniker. It’ll also cost you a pretty penny.
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Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 3 review: why does this exist?
The Go 3 is a nice-looking and well-built device, but the $999 price makes no sense.
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Framework Laptop 13 (AMD) review: buy this one — if you can
The 2023 Framework Laptop 13 has a new AMD option, and it’s a stellar performer.
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Surface Laptop Studio 2 review: this could be so much more
Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop Studio 2 has new chips, a new touchpad, and a very, very high price tag.
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LG Gram Pro 17 review: a Gram with more gusto
LG’s new Gram Pro is a three-pound laptop with an RTX GPU inside — a great achievement for LG and a fairly niche product for the rest of us.
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Asus ROG Strix Scar X3D review: AMD’s new chip is a game-changer
AMD proclaimed that its Ryzen 9 7945HX3D would be the world’s fastest mobile gaming chip. It was right.
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LG Gram Style review: a beautiful mess
I’ve never seen a laptop that looks quite like this. I’ve also never seen a laptop with its particular set of problems.
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Lenovo’s Yoga Book 9i is for the two-screen lifestyle
The Yoga Book 9i jettisons the traditional lower laptop deck for a second touchscreen, which opens up some interesting use cases along with some compromises.
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A day on the Vivobook 15
The Vivobook 15 is a 15-inch budget alternative to the Acer Aspire 5 but with some of the same problems.
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A day on the Gateway 14
I spent a day on a $279, bright blue, cow-spotted 14-inch laptop, and I’m seriously impressed by how much it has to offer.
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Y’all, this laptop is too much
Asus’s ROG Flow Z13, a collaboration with Acronym, has hit shelves, and I don’t even know where to begin with this one. Just take a look for yourself.
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Apple MacBook Pro 14 and 16 (2021) review: return to form
Apple’s new pro laptops right the wrongs of the past half decade
Monica Chin reviewed both iterations of the Microsoft Surface Pro 9 and has a few reasons why the Intel version is still the better choice.
With an extremely lightweight build, 5G support, and good battery life, the Surface Pro 9 could be the perfect on-the-go device... Microsoft has that hardware part down to a science. But it still hasn’t figured out how to make Windows on Arm viable for the high-end mainstream.