Laptop Guide

The Samsung Galaxy Book Flex 15 is a blue bombshell with a bright QLED display, but suffers from an oddly placed fingerprint scanner and half-sized Shift key.

If you're all work and maybe a little play, the Dell Precision 7540 is one of the best straightforward workstation around.

With a 4K AMOLED display and a razor-thin chassis, the Galaxy Chromebook is in a class of its own — if only the battery life weren't so dismal.

Acer's Swift 5 delivers a vivid 14-inch, 1080p display and long battery life in a gorgeous and impossibly lightweight chassis.

The Acer Chromebook 714 sports a unique fingerprint scanner and a durable aluminum chassis, but its speakers are so-so.

The Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 wowed us with its 11-plus hours of battery life, awesome AMD CPU performance and lightning-fast SSD.

The MSI Prestige 14 offers solid performance, over 9 hours of battery life and a slim chassis in a bold color.

HP's Envy 13 Wood Edition has a striking design with a real wood inlay, but poor battery life and a troublesome touchpad rot an otherwise-excellent laptop.

The MSI Alpha 15 offers solid graphics and a colorful, 144Hz display. But its CPU performance is middling, and its battery life could be better.

The Lenovo Yoga C940 offers strong performance and great audio, but it's short on ports and its battery life could be better.

The Asus ExpertBook B9450 has record-breaking battery life and a featherweight chassis, making it a compelling alternative to the ThinkPad X1 Carbon.

The Lenovo Legion Y545 offers strong gaming and overall performance with understated, business-ready looks — all for an affordable price.

Microsoft's Surface Laptop 3 (13.5 inches) combines a refined, premium design with fast performance, making this one of the best portable laptops around.

HP's Spectre x360 is an excellent 2-in-1 laptop with a refined design and powerful 10th Gen processors.

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga OLED offers power, versatility, durability and an OLED display, all in a thin-and-light chassis.

The Razer Blade 15 Studio Edition offers strong performance and a vivid 4K OLED display, but the top-firing speakers sound bad.

Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 2 is an excellent MacBook Pro alternative, but it has one glaring flaw.

The Asus ROG Strix Scar III boasts strong performance, a smooth 240-Hz display and good battery life, making it a near-perfect gaming laptop.