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Lenovo Yoga 9i Gen 9 review: pure class
The Lenovo Yoga 9i Gen 9 is a solid update and one of the best 14-inch convertible 2-in-1s. Only below-average battery life holds it back.
Dell’s Inspiron 14 Plus review: one hand tied behind its back
The Dell Inspiron 14 Plus (2024) is a good midrange laptop by most measures. However, its display isn't as good as some others at around the same price.
This Lenovo model made me a believer in cheaper laptops
The Lenovo Slim 7i Gen 9 is one of a growing number of excellent OLED laptops in the $1,000 price range. It's fast and well-built, but has poor battery life.
Asus Zenbook 14 Q425 review: an $800 laptop that’s worth it
The Asus Zenbook 14 Q425 is the latest in the company's line of highly affordable and excellent 14-inch laptops. Battery life is this one's greatest strength.
Apple MacBook Air (M3) review: don’t overlook it
With the inclusion of the M3, the MacBook Air remains one of the best laptops you can buy for the price.
The Asus Zenbook Duo is a dual-screen laptop that’s actually worth buying
The Asus Zenbook Duo takes a fresh approach to providing a dual-display laptop's flexibility. Its low-end configuration is also a phenomenal value.
HP Omen Transcend 14 review: going for gold
HP is entering the 14-inch gaming laptop market, and despite a few stumbles, the Omen Transcend 14 still manages to impress.
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (2024) review: it’s damn near perfect
Asus did something crazy with the 2024 Zephyrus G14, and a series of smart concessions has created a laptop that's more than the sum of its parts.
HP Spectre x360 16 (2024) review: just not enough power
The HP Spectre x360 16 2024 model is a well-built and attractive laptop with a great keyboard and touchpad. But it's underpowered and too large for a 2-in-1.
Dell XPS 14 review: getting past the red flags
The Dell XPS 14 has plenty of things working against it, but it's beautiful enough to justify its less practical aspects.
The ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12 won’t win any new converts
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12 is a well-built 14-inch laptop with good productivity performance. But it's expensive, making it a dubious proposition.
Alienware m16 R2 review: a slow, fresh start
The Alienware m16 R2 is a complete redesign of the line, but fails to offer compelling value compared to the competition.
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold (16-inch) review: a foldable flop
Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Fold is another folding PC with a slightly smaller display. It's fast enough with a few attractive features, but some flaws hold it back.
Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 review: as ridiculous as I hoped it would be
The 2024 Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 takes advantage of everything an 18-inch gaming laptop can -- and that's exactly why it shines.
Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (2024) review: still the value king?
The 2024 Asus Zenbook 14 OLED leverages Intel's Meteor Lake chipset for solid performance, with an excellent build and a quality OLED display.
Apple MacBook Pro M3 Max review: delivering the goods
The MacBook Pro is Apple's most important laptop, and with the upgrade to the M3 Max, it's even more powerful.
Framework Laptop 16 review: unadulterated ambition
A laptop with expandable discrete GPUs feels like a dream come true. Does it live up to the hype?
Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 Gen 2 review: Where’s the update?
The Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 Gen 2 is a solid follow-up to its groundbreaking predecessor, which broke the ThinkPad mold. But it's behind other 13-inch laptops.
HP Spectre x360 14 review: they did it again
The HP Spectre x360 14 is a meaningful upgrade to an already excellent convertible 2-in-1. With Intel Meteor Lake and AI, it represents a new class of laptop.
Asus ProArt Studiobook 16 OLED review: a proper Windows MacBook Pro?
The Asus ProArt Studiobook 16 OLED is a well-built laptop with good creativity performance and some standout features, making it an attractive alternative.
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 Gen 2 review: late to the game
The Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 Gen 2 is an excellent laptop. But it's not quite the standout machine it was when its first generation hit the streets.
Acer Swift X 16 review: the anti-MacBook Pro
The Acer Swift X 16 offers enough performance to compete with other relatively affordable creative workstations, with an OLED display to match.
The HP Omen 16 is an unfortunate pricing mishap
The HP Omen 16 is a solid performer, but it doesn't manage to balance premium price with equally premium features.
This HP laptop almost does it all for under $1,000
The 2023 HP Pavilion Plus 14 uses fast, efficient AMD processors and offers a spectacular OLED display. Buy it from the right place and it's a great value, too.
The Asus Zenbook 14X OLED is almost everything you could need in a laptop
The Asus Zenbook 14X OLED is another great value, with strong performance, a solid build, and a spectacular OLED display. But battery life suffers.
Lenovo’s Legion 9i is a 10. Here’s why it beats every other gaming laptop
The Lenovo Legion 9i manages to nail almost every aspect of being a desktop replacement, all without sacrificing being a solid laptop.
The HP Spectre Foldable perfects the formula of the foldable PC — almost
The HP Spectre Foldable PC is one of the most innovative laptops around, with a quality build and great attention to detail. But it's incredibly expensive.
Surface Laptop Studio 2 review: Microsoft’s latest is faster, but is it better?
Microsoft's updated Surface Laptop Studio 2 boasts better specs and performance, but it isn't the update we've waited nearly two years for.
Outclassed and overpriced, the Surface Laptop Go 3 can’t play with the big boys
The Microsoft Surface Laptop Go started out as an attractive budget laptop. In its third generation, its price has creeped up and it's largely lost its appeal.
How much is too much? Lenovo’s spendy workstation can’t make the math work
The Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 6 is an incredibly expensive portable workstation that doesn't offer much compared to laptops costing thousands of dollars less.
You can’t buy more gaming muscle for the dollar than this sleeper Asus laptop
The Asus ROG Strix G17 shouldn't be among the best gaming laptops, but one configuration stands out as a supreme value.
Dell’s Inspiron 16 Plus lacks what creators want the most
The Dell Inspiron 16 Plus is priced like a premium laptop but built like a midrange machine. It provides good performance, but its display leaves me wanting.
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Luke Larsen is a Senior Editor at Digital Trends and manages all content covering laptops, monitors, PC hardware, and everything else that plugs into a computer. Luke joined Digital Trends in 2017 as a native Portlander, happy to join a media company that called his city home. His obsession with technology is in observing the ebb and flow of how technological advancement and product design intersects with our day-to-day experience of it. From digging into the minute details to stepping back and seeing the wider trends, Luke revels in telling stories with tech.
Before working at DT, he worked as Tech Editor at Paste Magazine for over four years and has bylines at publications such as IGN and The Oregonian. When he’s not obsessing over what the best laptop is or how Apple can fix the Mac, Luke spends his time playing designer board games, quoting obscure Star Wars lines, and hanging with his family.