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The latest Dell XPS 13 maintains its classy ultraportable design, but going ever thinner brings some significant drawbacks, leaving this edition short of our typically lofty expectations.

The panel and battery could use some tweaks, but Lenovo’s IdeaPad Flex 5i 14-inch is a solid-value budget convertible laptop with a nice keyboard and decent performance for the money.

A lackluster screen, a poor keyboard, and a much-too-small SSD put Lenovo's IdeaPad Gaming 3 out of contention among value-priced gaming laptops.

The Lenovo Slim 9i is a fantastically thin and light ultraportable that combines slick design with capable performance.

This 17-inch Acer Nitro 5 model delivers a capable RTX 3060-backed gaming experience, achieving 60fps-plus AAA title performance at what stands for a reasonable price in late 2022.

HP's OLED-screened Envy 16 is poised to upset some famous, four-lettered, 15.6-inch power-user portables.

Acer's OLED-screen update of its Swift 3 ultraportable is a high-powered 14-incher best suited for media creators willing to trade off battery life for processing punch.

The Lenovo Slim 7i Carbon brings a nifty carbon-fiber chassis to a consumer ultraportable, but the system is light on premium features, despite its powerful performance.

The Lenovo Slim 7 Pro X is an uncommon marriage of compact design, blazing-fast parts, high-end features, and a very fair price.

If only it had HDMI and USB-A ports, Lenovo's second-generation ThinkPad X1 Nano would get a rave review. Even without them, it's a tempting travel companion.