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With stellar performance from an eight-core AMD Ryzen 7 processor, the latest Asus ZenBook 13 is an excellent blend of light weight and maximum performance in an ultraportable laptop.

HP's slim ZBook Firefly 15 G8 is a compelling mobile workstation for professionals and creators with 2D and mild 3D needs.

Tiny and quiet, MSI's Cubi 5 10M preconfigured mini PC is a versatile if plain-looking option that's a good fit for offices and living rooms.

8:46 All Specs The Razer Blade 15, a perennial favorite among gaming laptops for its premium metal chassis and slick, slim design, has reached new heights this year. The 2021 Blade 15 Advanced Edition (starts at $2,499; $2,899 as tested) now carries Nvidias GeForce RTX "Ampere" 30 Series GPUs, unlocking a new level of gaming performance—and our test units RTX 3080 can leverage the fast 240Hz refresh rate of its desktop-caliber 1440p display. Add a Core i7 CPU, 1TB of solid-state storage (bo...

Verdict The ASUS Expertbook B9400 is a first-class business laptop that stands out from the multitude of enterprise notebooks out there on the market. Its ultra-portable form factor is an appealing draw on its own, but the laptop truly shines with its battery life and performance. ASUS has also peppered it with some truly desirable features like a physical shutter/kill switch for the webcam, a virtual numeric keypad on the touchpad, Windows Hello support, and more to make it an unequivocal ultr...

All Specs Hardline liquid cooling elevates the most elite gaming desktops above the rest. Not to be confused with sealed "all in one"-style liquid-cooling solutions, it requires custom engineering and skillful hand assembly. Towers weve reviewed with it routinely cost more than $5,000, which is why iBuyPowers $1,999 Element CL Pro mid-tower seems like a dream come true. (Or perhaps too good to be true—iBuyPower told us that the pricing could change after its initial launch, depending on ongo...

All Specs Versus other compact desktops weve seen of late, Lenovos IdeaCentre Mini 5i (starts at $509.99; $629.99 as tested) is smaller and more stylish, while also a step up in performance. This little Lenovo is a true mini PC thats nearly the same size as the Apple Mac mini and much smaller than Windows mini-towers like the Acer Aspire TC-895-UA91 or the HP Slim Desktop. It lacks the brushed-aluminum luxury of the Mac mini, but the IdeaCentre Mini 5i adds a dash of style to its plastic chass...

5:07 All Specs Lenovo has simplified its mobile workstation lineup, though it still gives you three 15.6-inch models to choose from. The ThinkPad P15 (starts at $1,507; $4,886 as tested) replaces the ThinkPad P53 as the fully loaded flagship, leaving design and rendering pros and scientific and engineering analysts who want something lighter to pick the ThinkPad P1 or P15s. Equipped with a dazzling 4K display and a colossal eight-core Intel Core i9 processor and 16GB Nvidia Quadro RTX 5000 Ma...

5:46 All Specs Nvidias latest GeForce RTX 30 Series GPUs are empowering a new level of performance in gaming laptops of all sizes, with slim and light systems in particular benefiting from this added power. The MSI Stealth 15M (starts at $1,399; $1,699 as tested) is one such machine, boasting a GeForce RTX 3060 that enables high-frame-rate 1080p gaming in AAA and esports titles alike. Our review unit is bursting with 32GB of memory and 1TB of solid-state storage, wrapped up in a sleek, compac...

Priced just above $1,000 in our test model, Lenovo's 14-inch ThinkBook Yoga competes with convertible laptops costing hundreds more.