The A-List
The best products on the market, as picked by our editors
Apple MacBook Pro M4
M4 beast from £1,599 from
apple.com/uk
This M4 update to the already brilliant MacBook Pro line is an easy recommendation, so the big question becomes do you choose the 14in version from £1,599 or 16in from £2,499? And then how much do you upgrade, as Apple isn’t afraid of high prices. But whatever you choose should last for years, and look great while it’s doing it.
REVIEW
Issue 364, p50
Apple MacBook Air M4
If you don’t need the all-out power of the Pro, this is a brilliant, cheaper alternative despite the unchanged chassis and screen. 13in from £999, 15in from £1,199 from apple.com/uk
REVIEW
Issue 368, p54
Asus Zenbook S 14 OLED
Asus pairs a Core Ultra 9 288V with a 72Wh battery to produce a laptop that lasts almost 20 hours on a charge. What’s more, this 1.2kg machine looks (and feels) the business.
From £1,750 from
scan.co.uk
REVIEW
Issue 362, p46
Asus ProArt PX13
With AMD’s new Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 inside, this 1.4kg compact powerhouse offers incredible amounts of power. Add a fantastic OLED screen and RTX 4070 graphics and it’s a winner.
From £2,000 from
uk.store.asus.com
REVIEW
Issue 361, p50
CREATIVE & GAMING LAPTOPS
Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 10
RTX 50 power from £2,800
from
lenovo.com
A surprisingly elegant chassis considering the power within, even if it still weighs 2.7kg. In return you get a 16in OLED panel, Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX CPU and, in our test system’s case, and Nvidia RTX 5080 GPU. Lenovo simply doesn’t put a foot wrong.
REVIEW
Issue 370, p75
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (2025)
AMD’s Ryzen AI 9HX 370 CPU combined superbly with the RTX 5080 GPU in this slimline chassis complete with 14in OLED panel.
RTX 5080, £3,200 from
asus.com
REVIEW
Issue 370, p72
Asus ProArt P16 (2025)
Packing a RTX 5070, Ryzen AI 9 and brilliant 16in OLED panel into its slim, 1.9kg chassis, this is a fantastic choice for demanding creatives. £2,800 from asus.com
REVIEW
Issue 371, p60
Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 (2025)
Don’t want to make any compromises? Choose this 18in monster, which weighs 3.3kg but extracts every drop from its components.
RTX 5090, £4,700 from
asus.com
REVIEW
Issue 370, p71
Dell Pro 13 Premium
Sheer quality from £1,452 exc VAT
from
dell.com
Dell’s business laptop series has a new name, but its commitment to build quality and astonishing levels of configuration remain the same. Here, you benefit from a 1.1kg weight and 24-hour battery life, with Intel’s 200V vPro series there for easier remote management. Just make sure you avoid the cheap screen option.
REVIEW
Issue 368, p46
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13
The best executive laptop out there, with true all-day battery life even if you buy the 14in OLED version. At 1kg and with the latest components, it’s worth the price.
From £1,875 exc VAT from
lenovo.com
REVIEW
Issue 370, p52
Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 (Snapdragon)
There’s no better laptop if you want to try out Snapdragon, thanks to its combination of build quality, speed and battery life.
£1,500 exc VAT from
lenovo.com
REVIEW
Issue 360, p56
HP OmniBook Ultra Flip
A top-quality 2-in-1 with a terrific 14in OLED panel, great build quality and superb battery life thanks to Intel’s latest generation Core Ultra 7 processors.
From £1,699 from
hp.com
REVIEW
Issue 365, p46
EVERYDAY LAPTOPS NEW ENTRY
Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x
Copilot+ PC for £899 from
currys.co.uk
Lenovo fought off all-comers in our most recent group test due to its all-round quality – we love the slimline, blue, all-metal design and 14.5in OLED panel – and the fact that its battery keeps this 1.3kg laptop going for over 20 hours. It’s a great advert for Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite chips.
REVIEW
Issue 371, p88
Asus Vivobook S15
This affordable laptop still includes an all-metal shell and 15.6in OLED panel, saving money by using a solid 8-core Snapdragon X Plus chip.
£699 from
currys.co.uk
REVIEW
Issue 371, p83
HP OmniBook Ultra 14
If you have £999 to spend, consider the 16GB/512GB version of this cracking machine, with its aluminium chassis, 14in IPS panel and speedy Ryzen AI 365 CPU.
From £999 from
hp.com
REVIEW
Issue 371, p87
Microsoft Surface Laptop, 13-inch
Another laptop powered by a Snapdragon chip, but it’s low power so this stylish laptop is best for less demanding tasks.
From £899 from
microsoft.com
REVIEW
Issue 371, p54
Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Plus (2024)
Core 5 power for £749 from
samsung.com