Laptop Reviews - The Verge

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.

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HP’s OmniBook X 14 is a barely disguised business laptop with great battery life

This Snapdragon-powered laptop is a productivity machine, but unless work foots the bill, you can do better.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto

Aug 15|

7

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Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge review: beauty before brawn

Samsung’s first Copilot Plus PC is everything a thin and light laptop should be — but its performance is limited.

Aug 11|

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Asus Zenbook S 16 review: AMD stays in the game

AMD stands up to Qualcomm with its new Ryzen AI chips, showing it’s nowhere near out of this race.

Aug 9|

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Surface Pro 11 review: tantalizingly close to the dream

The closest the company’s come to merging the power of a laptop with the battery life and flexibility of a tablet.

Aug 2|

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Surface Laptop review: Microsoft’s best MacBook Air competitor yet

Microsoft and Qualcomm finally deliver the hardware Windows on Arm needed.

Jun 25|

Dell XPS 14 review: new, improved, and underwhelming

Jun 14|

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Razer Blade 14 vs. Asus Rog Zephyrus G14: uncompromised value

Where the Blade comes ahead in performance, the Zephyrus wins on value.

May 15

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Duel of the dual-screen laptops: Asus Zenbook Duo vs. Lenovo Yoga Book 9i

Small design variations make a big difference.

Apr 29

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Apple MacBook Air M3 review: small upgrades

The 13-inch and 15-inch Air are better than ever, but Apple needs to do something about the upgrade funnel.

Apr 3

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Framework Laptop 16 review: two weeks with the ultimate modular laptop

We’ve updated our review score.

Jan 23

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Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max review

It’s undoubtedly fast, powerful, and earns the Pro moniker. It’ll also cost you a pretty penny.

Nov 10, 2023

Apple MacBook Pro 14 (2023) review: entry-level enigma

Nov 6, 2023

Asus Chromebook Plus CX34 review: a simple, smart purchase

Oct 13, 2023|

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Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 3 review: why does this exist?

The Go 3 is a nice-looking and well-built device, but the $999 price makes no sense.

Oct 12, 2023

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Framework Laptop 13 (AMD) review: buy this one — if you can

The 2023 Framework Laptop 13 has a new AMD option, and it’s a stellar performer.

Oct 11, 2023|

5

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Surface Laptop Studio 2 review: this could be so much more

Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop Studio 2 has new chips, a new touchpad, and a very, very high price tag.

Oct 3, 2023

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LG Gram Pro 17 review: a Gram with more gusto

LG’s new Gram Pro is a three-pound laptop with an RTX GPU inside — a great achievement for LG and a fairly niche product for the rest of us.

Sep 27, 2023|

Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 review: sure, this one is good, too

Sep 1, 2023|

The best budget laptop of 2023

Aug 23, 2023

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Asus ROG Strix Scar X3D review: AMD’s new chip is a game-changer

AMD proclaimed that its Ryzen 9 7945HX3D would be the world’s fastest mobile gaming chip. It was right.

Aug 22, 2023|

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LG Gram Style review: a beautiful mess

I’ve never seen a laptop that looks quite like this. I’ve also never seen a laptop with its particular set of problems.

Aug 20, 2023|

Samsung Galaxy Book3 Ultra review: a lean, mean Windows machine

Jul 27, 2023|

HP’s Spectre x360 13.5 is nearly perfect, except for one thing

Jul 20, 2023

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Lenovo’s Yoga Book 9i is for the two-screen lifestyle

The Yoga Book 9i jettisons the traditional lower laptop deck for a second touchscreen, which opens up some interesting use cases along with some compromises.

Jul 14, 2023|

Razer Blade 14 (2023) review: this pricing is silly

Jun 20, 2023

Apple MacBook Air 15-inch review: exactly what was asked for

Jun 12, 2023|

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A day on the Vivobook 15

The Vivobook 15 is a 15-inch budget alternative to the Acer Aspire 5 but with some of the same problems.

May 24, 2023

Framework Laptop 13 review: a DIY dream come true

May 17, 2023

A day on the Acer Aspire 5

May 15, 2023

HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook review: a colorful competitor

May 11, 2023

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A day on the Gateway 14

I spent a day on a $279, bright blue, cow-spotted 14-inch laptop, and I’m seriously impressed by how much it has to offer.

May 7, 2023

Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED (2023) review: lighter than Air

May 1, 2023|

What’s it like to use a $300 Windows laptop for a day?

Apr 16, 2023|

Dell XPS 13 review: Dell is coasting (and that’s fine)

Apr 8, 2023

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Y’all, this laptop is too much

Asus’s ROG Flow Z13, a collaboration with Acronym, has hit shelves, and I don’t even know where to begin with this one. Just take a look for yourself.

Mar 31, 2023

The HP Dragonfly Pro is a great laptop with some odd extra stuff

Mar 16, 2023

Dell’s Latitude 7330 convinced me that business laptops are too expensive

Mar 10, 2023

Acer Swift 3 OLED review: a great package with one thing missing

Feb 22, 2023

What’s the difference between the M2 Pro and the M2 Max?

Feb 15, 2023|

Razer Blade 18 review: the price is going up

Feb 11, 2023

MSI Titan GT77 HX review: Intel’s most powerful laptop chip, tested

Feb 8, 2023

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