Laptops

The Lenovo ThinkPad P1 (Gen 2) offers slightly dulled workstation level power and premium feel at a small discount, while still fitting in your bag.

The HP ZBook 15 G6 is a powerful but expensive workstation with a Xeon processor and a Quadro RTX GPU.

Acer’s latest iteration of the Swift 5 ultra light is able to keep up with contemporaries at a fraction of the cost.

The Lenovo Yoga C940 has excellent sound quality thanks to a soundbar hinge, though its 4K screen sacrifices battery life.

The Asus ROG Zephyrus S GX502 has a full-sized RTX 2070 in it that offers great performance, but it can get loud under load.

The MSI Prestige 14 is a slim laptop with discrete graphics and above-average battery life. Oh, and it’s pink. Did we mention it’s pink?

With an attractive, solid, lightweight design, great port selection and a good keyboard, HP’s Elite Dragonfly might be the best business convertible you can buy.

The HP Spectre x360 13 has a much longer battery life than rivals and delivers great port selection, but its webcam needs an upgrade.

The HP Pavilion Gaming 15 laptop is an affordable gaming machine with strong performance and loud speakers, but a bland display. Make sure you get enough storage.

The 16-inch MacBook Pro has a big screen, improved keyboard and long battery life, but it’s time to add some more ports.

The MSI Alpha 15 has a CPU and GPU from AMD, but performance is middling. It tries to make up for that with its screen and keyboard.

The Dell G3 15 has sleek looks for a budget gaming PC and offers strong performance for the price, but the tradeoff is a bland display.

The Asus ROG Mothership offers strong performance in a distinct design with amazing speakers. But it’s very expensive, and far from quiet.

Dell’s latest premium convertible sports a bright screen and long battery life, but if you’re spending this much, there may be better options.

The Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 (15-inch) is an attractive, thin 15-inch notebook -- and it finally has USB Type-C. But what about performance and battery life?

The Microsoft Surface Pro X is plagued with app compatibility issues, but it shows amazing growth in Microsoft’s Surface design.

The Razer Blade Stealth 13 looks and feels good, but its battery life is a little disappointing.

The Dell XPS 13 is an attractive laptop with strong performance and a bright display, but you shouldn’t get the base configuration.

Razer’s revamped Blade Pro 17 brings RTX graphics and and a smaller footprint, but if you want more than 512GB of storage or a high-res display, you'll have to pay more than $3,500.