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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 Yoga 9i (14-inch) review: sounds like a winner

Lenovo’s latest convertible has excellent speakers and good performance

Monica Chin
Maingear Element Lite review: the competition is too good

Intel’s cookie-cutter laptop is behind the competition while costing more

Cameron Faulkner
Razer Blade 14 review: pint-size power

Razer puts the Blade 15’s power in a smaller package

Monica Chin
Asus ZenBook 13 OLED review: dazzling, to a point

AMD helps bring OLED to the mainstream

Monica Chin
Acer Chromebook Spin 713 (2021) review: victory lap

The newest Chromebook Spin 713 is just as good as last year’s model

Monica Chin
Asus ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition review: an AMD powerhouse

The Strix G15 punches above its price

Monica Chin
Acer Swift 3X review: not quite swift enough

Newer, but not quite better

Monica Chin
Lenovo ThinkPad C13 Yoga Chromebook review: a Chromebook for grown-ups

It’s not perfect, but it’s practical

Monica Chin
The Acer ConceptD 7 Ezel is the dream computer I’ll never own

A laptop unlike any other

Monica Chin
Acer Chromebook Spin 513 review: a chip off a new block

A sleek, but slow, Chromebook

Monica Chin
Lenovo Flex 3 Chromebook review: good price, bad screen

If you squint, it’s a good laptop

Monica Chin
Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 15-inch review: redemption

Microsoft’s newest Surface Laptop brings better battery life and a better chip

Monica Chin
MSI Stealth 15M review: thin doesn’t always win

A supremely lightweight 15.6-inch gaming laptop that puts form slightly too far ahead of function

Cameron Faulkner
MSI Prestige 14 Evo review: fast but flawed

Good isn’t quite good enough

Monica Chin
LG’s latest Gram 17 makes a stellar case for 17-inch laptops

More good stuff, same light weight

Cameron Faulkner
MSI’s GS66 Stealth review: powerful but pricey

Other laptops with the RTX 3070 perform nearly as well

Cameron Faulkner
Acer Predator Triton 300 SE review: more prey than Predator

Unfit to dethrone Asus’ Zephyrus G14

Cameron Faulkner
Razer Blade 15 Base review: losing its edge

Some new specs aside, this laptop has changed very little since 2018

Cameron Faulkner
Vaio Z (2021) review: carbon tax

A lightweight laptop with a sky-high price

Monica Chin
Acer TravelMate P6 review: a suitable business partner

A consumer laptop in business clothing

Monica Chin
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano review: light it up

Portability and performance, for a price

Monica Chin
Asus ROG Zephyrus G15 review: AMD and Nvidia at their best

ROG you like a hurricane

Monica Chin
Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2 review: premium in the right ways

Samsung’s flagship Chromebook is less expensive and better than before

Monica Chin
Gigabyte’s Aorus 15G is great at gaming, but not much else

Singularly focused but cool under pressure

Cameron Faulkner
Razer Book 13 review: stop gaming, and get to work

Business on the lid, party in the keyboard

Monica Chin
The Asus TUF Dash F15 gaming laptop is efficient but not excellent

Its quad-core CPU and low-powered RTX 3070 are great for efficiency but not intensive tasks

Cameron Faulkner
HP’s Spectre x360 14 review: the best 2-in-1 you can buy

Perfection, for a price

Monica Chin
Acer’s Swift 5 (late 2020) puts the ‘ultra’ in ‘ultraportable’

A lightweight laptop that doesn’t cut too many corners

Monica Chin
Asus ROG Flow X13 review: a game-ready 2-in-1

A top-notch convertible with a pricey sidecar

Monica Chin
MSI GP66 Leopard review: substance over style

Step-up performance at the right price

Monica Chin
Asus ExpertBook B9450 review: lightweight, long-lasting work laptop

An ultrathin notebook with fantastic battery life

Monica Chin
Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 review: powerful portable gaming

Fancy, flashy, and holds nothing back

Monica Chin
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold review: a folding screen filled with potential

A neat product that is not ready

Monica Chin