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VAIO FE 14.1 front view showing display and keyboard deck.

Vaio FE 14.1 review: not the Vaio you remember

The Vaio FE 14.1 looks like a laptop from a few years ago, with a 16:9 display and a few odd features. Mostly, though, its performance and build were lacking.
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MSI GT77 Titan laptop review: a hot, expensive gaming monster

The MSI GT77 Titan is among the first laptops to feature Intel's 16-core Core i9-12900HX, but its astronomical price struggles to justify modest gains.
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10 front view showing display and keyboard deck.

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10 review: all business

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10 refines one of the best business laptops, although its performance is lacking.
Lenovo Yoga 7i Gen 7 front view showing display and keyboard deck.

Lenovo Yoga 7i 14 Gen 7 review: refinements galore

The Lenovo Yoga 7i Gen 7 received a massive upgrade in its latest generation, with a stunning new design and excellent performance and build quality.
Acer Swift 3 2022 front view showing display and keyboard deck.

Acer Swift 3 (2022) review: a solid system for the price

The Acer Swift 3 offers fast-enough performance and long-enough battery life to stand out in a crowded field of 14-inch laptops.
HP Victus 15 front view showing display and keyboard deck.

HP Victus 15 review: As cheap as gaming laptops come

The HP Victus 15 is the second model in the new gaming lineup, and it offers solid performance and good value as long as you do your research.
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HP Pavilion Plus 14 review: 90Hz OLED on the cheap

The HP Pavilion Plus 14 is a solid entry in the budget to mid-range 14-inch market, with good performance and a spectacular display at a great price.
MSI Creator Z16P front view showing display and keyboard deck.

MSI Creator Z16P review: Creators yes, gamers no

The MSI Creator Z16P is a creative powerhouse, with excellent performance for those who create content for a living. But its gaming chops are underwhelming.
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Acer Swift 3 (2020) review: An 8-core Ryzen laptop for $650

The Acer Swift 3 now comes in a Ryzen 4000 edition, and it just might be the most powerful budget laptop ever made. Our review walks you through the highlights.
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Asus Transformer Pro T304 Review

In our Asus Transformer Pro T304 review, we assess a machine that looks like the Surface Pro but offers lower performance, better connectivity, and a lower price.
HP Elite Dragonfly Chromebook front view showing display and keyboard deck.

HP Elite Dragonfly Chromebook review: The new standard-bearer

The HP Elite Dragonfly Chromebook advances the Chrome OS platform in a number of key areas. It's the best business Chromebook you can buy.
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MSI Prestige 14 review: A fast but flawed laptop

The MSI Prestige 14 is a mixed bag, offering class-leading performance and an excellent keyboard but with less than stellar battery life.
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Acer ConceptD 7 Ezel review: Creators, this unique laptop is just for you

The Acer ConceptD 7 Ezel is perhaps the most creator-focused laptop we've seen, and it all comes together in spectacular fashion.
Dell Inspiron 14 2-in-1 7420 front angled view showing display and keyboard deck.

Dell Inspiron 14 2-in-1 (7420) review: A compromised experience

The Dell Inspiron 14 2-in-1 provides decent productivity performance, but its display is subpar and its battery life is below-average.
Acer Aspire 5 2022 front angled view showing display and keyboard deck.

Acer Aspire 5 (2022) review: Squeaking by with just enough

The 2022 Acer Aspire 5 improves on the previous generation in a few key areas while raising the entry-level price. It's still a better overall value.
A MSI Creator Z17 laptop sitting on a green table.

MSI Creator Z17 review: One-upping the MacBook Pro?

The MSI Creator Z17 checks all the right boxes for a 17-inch laptop, including a fast 12th-gen CPU and discrete GPU. But it's also incredibly expensive.
Lenovo Chromebook Duet 3 front view showing display and keyboard.

Lenovo Chromebook Duet 3 review: $300 well spent

The Lenovo Chromebook Duet 3 is an excellent value, providing a surprisingly useful detachable tablet at a very affordable price.
Acer Chromebook Spin 513 top down view showing display and keyboard deck.

Acer Chromebook Spin 513 review: Another solid Chromebook 2-in-1

The Acer Chromebook Spin 513 is yet another solid Chromebook 2-in-1 option, with good performance and battery life and an excellent display.
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Asus ZenBook 14X OLED review: A showstopping display

The Asus ZenBook 14X OLED leverages a spectacular display and solid design to make for a formidable 14-inch laptop competitor.
Dell XPS 17 9720 front angled view showing display and keyboard deck.

Dell XPS 17 (9720) review: Almost all the right improvements

The Dell XPS 17 9720 retains all the best qualities of its predecessor while upgrading to 12th-gen Intel CPUs. It's the 17-inch laptop to beat.
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 7 front angled view showing display and keyboard deck.

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 7 review: 7th time’s a charm?

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 7 updates to Intel's 12th-gen CPUs. It's a solid laptop for businesspeople, but mainstream users might want to look elsewhere.
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IBM ThinkPad 770E review

We’ve had enough of these slims laptops with fancy hinges and carbon fiber whatever. IBM’s newest ThinkPad is a reminder of a simpler time, and its design is a real head-turner.
Dell XPS 15 9520 front view showing display and keyboard deck.

Dell XPS 15 (9520) review: Still the best, only faster

The Dell XPS 15 (9520) picks up where the previous model left off, retaining its best quality and improving performance and battery life.
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MSI Summit E14 Flip review: Speed, battery life hold it back

The MSI Summit E14 Flip is a solid laptop with inconsistent performance and below-average battery life. It struggles to compete with the best 14-inch laptops.
Asus ZenBook S 13 OLED UM5302 front angle view showing display and keyboard deck.

Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED review: Tiny laptop, tons of power

The Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED UM5302 is a powerful little laptop with an outstanding display and great keyboard and touchpad at an attractive price.
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Dell XPS 17 review: A mobile workstation in disguise

Need a large, 17-inch laptop with fantastic performance? The Dell XPS 17 is in a league of its own.
LG Gram 16 2-in-1 front angled view showing display and keyboard deck.

LG Gram 16 2-in-1 review: Thin, light, and long-lasting

The LG Gram 16 2-in-1 is a 16-inch convertible 2-in-1 with performance and a display that are best for productivity users looking to multitask.
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Asus Zenbook Pro 14 Duo OLED review: Doing double duty

The Zenbook Pro 14 Duo has two high refresh rate screens, and the performance to back it up.
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Gigabyte Aero 16 review: You can do better

The Gigabyte Aero 16 isn't a bad laptop thanks to some powerful hardware packed inside. However, it lacks the key features that make the best laptops the best.
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Lenovo Legion 5i Pro review: Faster than it looks

The Lenovo Legion 5i Pro is a conservatively designed gaming laptop with excellent performance and a solid build that comes in at an attractive price.
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Dell XPS 13 (2019) review

The XPS 13 has always been easy to recommend -- that is, unless you needed a good video conferencing webcam. So, what happens when Dell fixes one of the only problems we had with the XPS 13? Well, it’s near perfection. The 2019 XPS 13 shows Dell listening to complaints and addressing them.
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Lenovo Yoga C940 15 review: The do-it-all 2-in-1?

Lenovo's Yoga C940 15 seeks to bring big-time power to the 2-in-1 form factor. It succeeds in terms of processor performance, rivaling the fastest clamshell laptops with Intel's Core i9. The Nvidia GTX 1650 brings mid-range gaming, while battery life and display quality are concerns. It could be better.
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Lenovo ThinkPad C13 Yoga Chromebook review: Taking Chrome to work

The ThinkPad C13 Yoga Chromebook Enterprise is a solid alternative for large business looking for security and manageability.
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HP Envy 13 (2019) review

The HP Envy 13 seeks to bring much of the quality, performance, and good looks of the company’s Spectre line at reduced prices. And that’s exactly what it does, along with a lovely 4K display and some light gaming chops.
Senior Editor, Computing

Luke Larsen is a Senior Editor at Digital Trends and manages all content covering laptops, Macs, monitors, PC hardware, and peripherals. Around here we call it “computing,” but here’s a good rule of thumb: If it’s a computer or something that plugs into a computer, you found your guy. Oh, and these days, AI too. So much AI.

After getting a degree in music from the University of Oregon, Luke started his career in media hoping to get into music journalism. But when the opportunity arose, he landed in tech and hasn’t looked back since. He has over a decade of tech journalism experience, first joining Digital Trends in 2017 as a native Portlander, happy to join a tech media company that called his city home. Before working at DT, he worked as Tech Editor at Paste Magazine for over four years and has bylines at publications such as IGN, TouchArcade (RIP), and The Oregonian.

In his years at Digital Trends so far, Luke has covered high-profile industry events such as CES, IFA, and Microsoft Build, delivering on-the-ground coverage, breaking news, and first-hand reporting. He’s hosted countless YouTube videos, made podcast appearances, and written over 600 articles.

Some of his earliest tech memories include learning HTML through his MySpace account and trying to play Baldur’s Gate II on his parents’ dusty old beige box. These days, his obsession with technology is in telling stories with tech — in finding the narratives that ebb and flow through both technological advancement and product design, trickling right on down to our day-to-day experience of it. He is convinced that we all spend too much of our time using technology and not enough time thinking about it — cue a healthy dose of navel-gazing and philosophizing.

When he’s not endlessly debating what the best laptop is, Luke spends his days being a dad and a husband. Oh, and when there’s time (which there isn’t), he’s an avid fiction writer, player of designer board games, and still occasionally makes some music.