From a laptop with a screen that grows to a 1-kilogram ultraportable with more than 30 hours of battery life, these are the laptops that grabbed our attention at CES.

To say that CES was a PC show this year is an understatement. We spent time with dozens of laptops in Las Vegas, and these are our favorites across nine key categories.

There are many new laptops coming from Dell, Alienware, Asus, Acer, Lenovo, MSI, and Razer. Many may just boil down to chip bumps and slight refreshes, but there are some that are betting big on new ideas, thinness, raw power, and over-the-top accouterments. Here are the ones I’m most excited for.

There was a glut of fresh laptops at CES 2025, powered by a new generation of CPUs and GPUs. But only the best new notebooks made this list.

Other new systems from Lenovo include the ThinkPad X9, which is available in 14- and 15-inch display sizes. It's MIL-SPEC 810H rated for durability, and 2.8K OLED displays are available across the board. Intel Core Ultra 7 processors are available, as are up to 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSDs and up to 32GB of RAM.

CES is filled with wild and wacky curios, to be sure, but there are also plenty of good old-fashioned laptops. Every year the big chipmakers announce new products and the big computer manufacturers unveil new laptops that take advantage of updated CPUs and GPUs.

Our quest to go hands-on with every new laptop announced at CES has led us to these five picks, which stood out thanks to features, design, and value.