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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 Carbon review: doing it right

No hybrid distractions, just a pure, distilled laptop

Vlad Savov
HP Spectre x2 review: more imitation than innovation

HP’s latest 2-in-1 convertible is improved, but doesn’t match up to the Surface Pro

Dan Seifert
Porsche Design Book One review: a laptop that needs a pit stop

Porsche Design’s laptop is overpriced and underperforms

Tom Warren
Huawei MateBook X laptop review: more beautiful than useful

A throwback to the bad old days of Windows laptops

Vlad Savov
Microsoft Surface Laptop review: worth the wait
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Finally, Microsoft made what everybody was asking for

Dieter Bohn
Acer Predator 21 X review: overpowered overkill
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The best gaming laptop $9,000 can buy

Chaim Gartenberg
Asus Chromebook Flip C302 review: standard issue

The new baseline for Chrome OS convertibles

Dieter Bohn
Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 review: bent out of shape
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Dell’s best laptop tries too hard and loses its charm

Dan Seifert
Samsung Chromebook Plus review: future imperfect

The best Chrome OS laptop, for now

Dieter Bohn
Acer Spin 7 review: underachiever

Not working up to potential

Dieter Bohn
HP Spectre x360 review: the best Windows laptop of 2016

The x360 is the premium laptop to buy this year

Dan Seifert
Lenovo Yoga 910 review: all the right pieces

Another stop in the quest for the One True Windows Laptop

Dieter Bohn
Mossberg: New MacBook Pro is a fast, slim tweener

But the battery’s iffy, the Touch Bar is just okay — and you’ll need dongles

Walt Mossberg
Microsoft’s updated Surface Book is a big, powerful brute of a laptop

The Surface Book 2 this isn’t

Dan Seifert
MacBook Pro review: the Air apparent

More power, more portability, more dongles

Vlad Savov
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