The Best Laptops of 2024

Whether you want a simple budget PC, a productivity workhorse, or a screamer of a gaming notebook, our deep-dive guide has all the advice you need, along with our top product picks in every major laptop category.

Read more about our tops picks right here!

HP Pavilion Plus 14

Acer Aspire 3

Apple MacBook Air (M2, 2022)

Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 8

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11 (2023)

Asus Chromebook Plus CX34

HP Spectre x360 14

Microsoft Surface Pro 9 (Intel)

Apple MacBook Pro 16-Inch (2023, M3 Max)

Dell Precision 5680

00:00 - 00:32 Intro
00:32 - 01:05 HP Pavilion Plus
01:05 - 01:28 Acer Aspire 3
01:28 - 01:58 Apple MacBook Air (2022, M2 Version)
01:58 - 02:30 Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 8
02:30 - 03:00 Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11 (2023)
03:00 - 03:25 Asus Chromebook Plus CX34
03:25 - 03:54 HP Spectre x360 14
03:54 - 04:35 Microsoft Surface Pro 9 (Intel)
04:35 - 05:06 Apple MacBook Pro 16-Inch (2023, M3 Max)
05:06 - 05:31 Dell Precision 5680
05:31 - 05:47 Outro

[Princedwain]

Ty for the great explanation now i know what to get looking at the apple 23

[Cerbyo]

u guys give me good info on what not to buy. aka almost everything u review as good.

[.bucks.]

0:42 recycled aluminum laptop is the best laptop in 2024?

[filipbigun]

I came to watch 2024 laptops but was presented with outdated products 😂

[rondobrondo]

Oh how far a once renowned publication has fallen

[swezinphu]

how much did they pay u to sell me this trash

[joyce]

What's the best for genealogy research, making videos, and restoration of old pictures

[akin]

Revised lists:

Small laptops: X1 Carbon Gen 11 and M3 Air 13.6-inch (with 16GB of RAM)

Business Laptops 💻: Dell Latitude 7440, HP EliteBook 845 G10, and Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G4 (Ryzen 7 7840U CPU).

Prosumer Laptops: M3 Pro Macbook Pro 14 and HP Spectre x360 14 (2024).

Extreme workstations: M3 Max 16-inch and Dell Precision 7780.

[classydriimz]

what about dell xps 13 plus ? I’m thinking between surface 9 pro or dell xps 13 plus.. which one would you prefer? Thanks in advance

[yokytolakaca]

Guys, high price range Lenovos are the best you can get. Switched from Macbook Pro to a high performance Lenovo and couldn't be happier.

[dinameshrif]

I have the first one and I love it so much. It’s my friend. 😅

[thejaraf]

I can tolerate an HP on the list but a MacBook, I can't keep watching good day sir.

[Vtech]

Wow you guys should go do something else. You call yourself PCMag what a joke

[Owjdnskoakansbskk]

I had to stop after about 30 seconds and your 200th time saying the word "laptop".