Laptops

Latest Laptops

• The Best Laptops for 2026

  Whether you want a simple budget PC, a productivity workhorse, or a screamer of a gaming notebook, our experts have done the heavy lifting to help you find the right laptop for the job.

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• Nvidia’s RTX Spark Is an Earthquake for the PC Industry. Here’s How I See the Landscape Shifting

  Here’s how this unified-memory superchip will upend the CPU wars, rescue Windows on Arm gaming, and set an expensive new bar for local AI.

  15 hours, 52 minutes By Brian Westover
• I Tried Acer’s New Aspire 18 AI, and, Yes, 18-Inch Laptops for Ordinary Folks Are Now a Thing

  In the Aspire 18, Acer rolled out its biggest-screen Aspire model ever at Computex 2026. Also: a slick new ‘Swift Spin’ 2-in-1 that comes in Qualcomm and Intel flavors.

  3 days, 21 hours By John Burek
• Hands On: Acer's Predator Helios 18 Can Moonlight as an AI Warrior

  Acer’s alpha-dog gaming laptop gets a massive boost to its peak RAM capacity, aiming to give this flagship machine the chops for AI model crunching, too. Plus: The new Nitro 16 adopts AMD Ryzen X3D chips.

  3 days, 21 hours By John Burek
• I Tried Acer’s New 1-Kilo TravelMate P6. It's Light Enough to Forget, Powerful Enough Not To

  I went hands-on with Acer's 2-pound carbon-fiber laptop, built for road-weary execs. This feathery heavy hitter will pack Core Ultra Series 3 processors, and Acer claims up to 30 hours of battery life.

  3 days, 22 hours By John Burek
• I Got an Early Look at Dell’s 2026 Pro Laptops. They’re a Big Shift for Its Work PCs

  At Dell Technologies World, I test-drove Dell's upcoming Pro 3, Pro 5, Pro 7, and Pro Premium models—and several changes stood out immediately.

  4 days, 14 hours By Charles Jefferies
• Computex 2026 Preview: 9 Big Reveals We Expect at Asia's Largest Tech Show

  It's shaping up to be an exciting week in Taipei. Here's what AMD, Intel, Nvidia, and the PC industry’s biggest players are likely to unveil.

  4 days, 21 hours By Brian Westover
• New Qualcomm Snapdragon C Chips Target Quality, Super-Affordable Laptops

  The chipmaker's latest laptop-centric Arm processors, designed for models $300 and up, launch at Computex. They leverage the company's strengths in phone processors.

  4 days, 21 hours By Brian Westover
• Microsoft Surface Pro for Business vs. Apple iPad Pro: Which Tablet Is Best for Work?

  Microsoft's Surface Pro for Business is a versatile detachable 2-in-1 tablet for work. But Apple's iPad Pro might be better suited to your needs if you can live without Windows. I've run through what separates these two top-tier business tablets, and a surprising winner emerged.

  1 week, 2 days By Matthew Buzzi
• Rate the Laptops and Desktops You Use (or Manage) at Work

  We want to hear your thoughts on the PC brands you use in a professional capacity. Take the survey for a chance to win big.

  1 week, 3 days By PCMag UK
• Kansas City Schools Swap Chromebooks, PCs for MacBook Neos in 'All-Apple' Shift

  The school district will eventually replace 30,000 Windows PCs and Chromebooks with MacBooks and iPads, calling Apple's devices 'more secure, durable, and reliable.'

  1 week, 4 days By Jibin Joseph
• How Will Googlebooks Actually Work? I Answer Your 7 Biggest Questions About Google's New AI Laptop Line

  As Google prepares to launch its most integrated OS yet, I weigh in on the biggest unknowns, including pricing, privacy, specs, and release date.

  1 week, 5 days By Brian Westover
• The Googlebook Reveal Has Me Bullish on Google Reinventing the Laptop (Again)

  COMMENTARY: With AI ramping up in every direction, Google needs a better platform to leverage everything that its Gemini Intelligence models can do. To my eyes, Googlebooks look like the answer.

  1 week, 5 days By Brian Westover
• The Original Chromebook Dream Is Dead. Googlebooks Killed It

  COMMENTARY: Chromebooks were supposed to usher in an era of efficient, web-based computing. Googlebooks are abandoning that idea to embrace AI and Android apps at all costs.

  2 weeks By Chris Hoffman
• First Intel Wildcat Lake Laptops Show Up in China, Priced to Beat the MacBook Neo

  The sub-$700 laptop market is heating up, despite ongoing memory shortages.

  2 weeks By Jon Martindale
• Why Have Laptop Prices Spiked This Year? The Great RAM Crunch Explained

  Memory costs have exploded in 2026, with the AI giants gobbling up much of the production capacity, leading to jacked-up laptop prices. Against that backdrop, here’s how to save on a new laptop this year.

  2 weeks, 1 day By Brian Westover