The Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 pairs an 18-inch mini-LED display with cutting-edge components, but omissions like PCIe 5.0 storage and dual-channel RAM —plus slightly weaker performance than Razer’s Blade 18 —keep it from taking top honors.
Best Buy has slashed up to $700 off laptops in its latest sale, so I’ve hand-picked 7 of the top deals that are worth buying to suit a variety of budgets and needs.
Any of these affordable laptops would a make stellar study buddy at college or university.
When buying a new laptop, you want to make sure it offers good battery life, but that doesn’t just mean looking at capacity and manufacturers’ claims. Here’s what you really need to consider…
MSI’s Raider 16 Max HX can throw down with the best gaming laptops in terms of performance, but I was unimpressed by the chassis.
A sublime ultraportable with world-class quality and OLED visuals, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 excels at everything it does.
Android desktop mode can turn a phone into a nearly usable workstation, but one workday with WordPress, browser tools, and a pile of accessories made the laptop look mercifully honest.
Price hikes, RAM shortages, and new chips: picking my top laptops of the year so far was a struggle, which is on brand for 2026.
HP hits the mark on performance and battery life, but you’ll pay a hefty price for its OmniBook Ultra with Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite.
Get $1,300 off this HP Omen Max Gaming laptop with Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX, RTX 5080, and 32GB of RAM.