I tested the HP Pavilion 16 and it feels more premium than its price suggests – but don’t expect a powerhouse performer

The HP Pavilion 16 is impressively thin for a large laptop – but does it offer anything more besides?

Just ordered a MacBook Pro M4 Max? You might face a long wait to get it — but it’s not because of the RAM crisis

Apple is expected to announce its M5 Pro and M5 Max chips at some point – and it could be sooner than we thought.

Samsung, Lenovo, and LG laptops are going to cost you more this year

From Samsung’s Galaxy Book 6 Pro to LG’s Gram Pro AI and Lenovo’s mid-range laptops, rising RAM and storage costs are pushing notebook prices sharply higher in 2026.
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This $350 discount fixes the biggest problem with Surface laptop pricing

Laptop deals are usually small discounts on underpowered configs, or big discounts on models that already feel dated. This one is different because it cuts the price on a modern, everyday premium machine in a way that actually changes the decision. The…

Processor ARM race heats up as Nvidia could soon challenge Intel, AMD and Apple with its N1X laptop CPU

Nvidia’s N1X chip could debut in laptops within the next couple of months, with next-gen N2 CPUs rumored to follow later in 2027.

Stop waiting for the desktop RTX 50 series: why mobile Blackwell is the smarter buy right now

Let’s get the hard truth out of the way immediately: The RTX 5090 in a laptop is not the same silicon beast as the brick-sized card you shove into a desktop tower. The laws of thermodynamics still apply, and you can’t push 500 watts through a 16-inch c…

The MacBook Air M4 is portable and powerful — and our favourite laptop is now at its lowest-ever price

Amazon has surprised us with a record-low price for the super-impressive 13-inch MacBook Air (M4).

Apple’s OLED, touchscreen MacBook Pro upgrade could be arriving sooner than we expected

An OLED upgrade has been tipped for late 2026 before – but the schedule may have moved forward.

Fear and blogging (and prerelease laptop testing) in Las Vegas
Fear and blogging (and prerelease laptop testing) in Las Vegas

At CES, I did what you’re not supposed to do: I brought a pre-production laptop to use as my primary workhorse during a hectic event. The unproven rifle in question is the new Arm-based Asus Zenbook A16. It’s a 16-inch laptop that weighs less than a 13-inch MacBook Air and comes with a high-end Snapdragon […]

I’m surprised by these laptop deals in Best Buy’s winter sale — here are the 9 best offers I’d buy with prices starting at $119

The Best Buy winter sale ends tomorrow, so I’ve picked out nine of the best laptop deals that are worth checking out if you’re shopping for a new device this weekend.