The A-List

The best products on the market, as picked by our editors

PREMIUM LAPTOPS

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

Honor MagicBook Art 14 (2025)

This slim 1kg laptop packs

Intel’s powerful Core Ultra 7 255H and a gorgeous 14.6in OLED touchscreen, yet survived for 12 hours in our light-use tests. And it looks gorgeous, too. £1,500 from honor.com REVIEW Issue 373, p59

Acer Swift Edge 14 AI

This sleek, stylish laptop packs plenty of battery life and solid speed thanks to Intel’s Core Ultra 7 258V chip. Consider spending £270 to extend the one-year warranty, though. £1,199 from currys.co.uk REVIEW Issue 375, p56

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

Razer Blade 14

Our pick of the 14in gaming laptops thanks to its quiet running, gorgeous design and brilliant OLED panel. And the RTX 5070 graphics makes sense at this size. RTX 5070, from £2,400 from razer.com REVIEW Issue 372, p58

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

BUSINESS LAPTOPS

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

Asus Vivobook S15

Copilot+ PC for £699 from currys.co.uk

This is one of the best-value laptops around, with an eight-core Snapdragon X Plus chip speeding things along in general use – albeit not in games. At 1.4kg it’s extremely light for a budget 15.6in laptop and its battery life is excellent too. REVIEW Issue 371, p83

Acer Aspire Vero 16

An eco-friendly laptop due its use of PCR plastics, but more to the point a well-built and powerful 16in laptop that should last for many years. £999 from currys.co.uk

REVIEW Issue 373, p60

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

HP OmniBook 5 NGAI 14in

If you only have a £600 budget this Snapdragon-powered laptop’s gorgeous OLED panel, 20-hour life and 12.6mm thickness make it a great choice. £599 from currys.co.uk

REVIEW Issue 375, p58

CHROMEBOOKS

Lenovo Chromebook Plus Gen 10

MediaTek AI power for £549 from lenovo.com