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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.

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
Acer Aspire S7 review (2013)

This is how you build a Windows 8 laptop

David Pierce
11-inch MacBook Air review: living with Apple’s smallest laptop

Laptops are getting thinner, lighter, and smaller. How far will it go?

David Pierce
Razer Blade review (14-inch)

Gaming laptops aren’t just for geeks anymore

Sean Hollister
Lenovo ThinkPad Helix review

Was the one we’ve been waiting for worth all the wait?

David Pierce
MacBook Air review (13-inch, 2013)

Apple builds the ultimate coffee shop computer

Nilay Patel
Alienware 14 review

The welterweight extraterrestrial beefs up, in more ways than one

Sean Hollister
Sony VAIO Pro review: ‘we’re going to war with the MacBook Air’

Two laptops, one purpose: make a thin, light laptop to take on Apple’s

David Pierce
Acer Aspire R7 review

What happens when you re-think everything about laptop design?

David Pierce
Toshiba Kirabook review: finally, a flagship Windows 8 laptop

Windows gets its own high-res notebook

David Pierce
Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11 review: a netbook by another name

Bringing new meaning to “all-day” battery life

David Pierce
Razer Edge review

High-powered gaming hits the road

David Pierce
HP Spectre XT TouchSmart review

Round two in HP’s fight against the MacBook Air

Sean Hollister
Chromebook Pixel review

Google’s first Chrome OS device combines high tech and high fashion

David Pierce
Asus Taichi review (11.6-inch)

The second screen you never knew your laptop needed

David Pierce
The best gaming laptop: we review the most powerful portable computers on the market

In the battle of the beefiest, which gaming behemoth comes out on top?

Kimber Streams
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch review

Reach out and touch me

David Pierce
HP Envy x2 review

Another attempt to prove Windows 8 hybrids can actually work

David Pierce
Lenovo ThinkPad Twist review

Partying like it’s 2002

David Pierce