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Laptop Reviews

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.

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga review: tomorrow’s display in yesterday’s laptop

A beautiful window into the future

Tom Warren
HP EliteBook Folio review: chasing the MacBook

The EliteBook Folio’s slim design comes with compromises

Tom Warren
Samsung Notebook 7 Spin review: Pay for the power, not for the design

Lots of power, lackluster design

Lauren Goode
17-inch gaming laptops are one big compromise

EVGA’s SC17 is an admirable effort at a quixotic ideal

Vlad Savov
Acer’s Surface Pro clone is cheaper and almost as good

A solid and inexpensive Windows tablet

Dieter Bohn
HP Spectre review: an ultra shiny, ultra portable MacBook competitor

Bling and you’ll miss it

Dan Seifert
Acer Chromebook 14 review: a good value, but unprepared for the future

It’s a fine Chromebook that’s less than ideal for Android apps

Chris Welch
Samsung Notebook 9 review: redefining the thin-and-light

Samsung’s new laptop proves that big screens don’t have to weigh a ton

Dan Seifert
MacBook 2016 review: all of the possibilities, all of the realities

And a little more oomph

Lauren Goode
Acer Predator 17 review: who would want a gaming laptop?

You might not want to carry your laptop or upgrade your gaming PC

Sam Byford
Dell’s XPS 15 makes big laptops cool again

What if you took the XPS 13 and made it bigger?

Tom Warren
Dell XPS 13 review: The best Windows laptop just got better

An improved trackpad and better battery life make this the one to beat

Tom Warren
Lenovo Yoga 900 review
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Same flexible form factor, new guts

Lauren Goode
Dell Chromebook 13 review

The Chromebook, nearly perfected

Chris Welch
Microsoft Surface Book review
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The laptop, evolved

Tom Warren
LG’s Gram laptop is unbearably light

The unbearable lightness of being an LG laptop

Vlad Savov
Asus Chromebook Flip review

More than you’d expect

Chris Welch
MacBook Pro review (2015)
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Force Touch, Chapter 1

Vlad Savov
12-inch MacBook review
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Invention and compromise

Dieter Bohn
Asus Transformer Book T300 Chi review

Where Chi stands for compromise

Dan Seifert
Acer’s Chromebook 15 is a $350 computer worth considering

$350 can buy you a hell of a computer

Dan Seifert
Chromebook Pixel (2015) review
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A beautiful $999 laptop, but who is it for?

Dieter Bohn
Dell’s XPS 13 is a look at the future of laptops

And the future’s looking pretty great

Dan Seifert
HP Stream 11 review: meet the next generation of cheap laptops

Netbooks are back!

David Pierce
Acer Chromebook 13 review

Big promises, not big execution

Dan Seifert
Samsung Chromebook 2 review

Still waiting for the truly great, truly beautiful, truly portable Chromebook

David Pierce
Razer Blade (2014) review: laptop gaming never looked so good

The resolution is high, the battery life is not

Sean Hollister
Dell Chromebook 11 review

There’s a new king in Chromebook town

Dan Seifert
Google vs. Microsoft: a cheap laptop showdown

You have $400 to spend on a laptop. Should you buy Toshiba’s Chromebook or NB15t?

Valentina Palladino
Lenovo ThinkPad 8 review

More than a tablet, not quite a PC

David Pierce
Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro review

A laptop with one hell of a party trick

David Pierce
Samsung Ativ Book 9 Plus review

Forget new form factors — Samsung’s trying to build the perfect laptop

David Pierce
HP Chromebook 14 review

It’s time we took Chrome OS seriously

David Pierce
Sony Vaio Tap 11 review

Taking a page from Microsoft’s playbook

Dann Berg
13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display review (2013)

Here’s to the middle ground. The commonalities. The compromises.

David Pierce
MacBook Pro with Retina display review (15-inch, 2013)

The do-everything machine

David Pierce
Acer C720 Chromebook review

$249 buys more computer than you might think

Dan Seifert
HP Chromebook 11 review

In Google’s world, life is but a web browser

David Pierce
Dell XPS 12 review (2013)

For this spinning laptop design, the third time’s the charm

Sean Hollister