The current sweet spot for a reliable laptop to handle average work, home office or school tasks is between $700 and $800 and a reasonable model for creative work or gaming is $1,000 and up.

Whether you're looking to get a pile of work done, binge-watch your favorite shows, play some of the best PC games or simply surf the web, it's hard to go wrong with an affordable laptop when you ...

HP Envy x360 16: This midrange convertible impresses with a premium OLED display. Its AMD Ryzen 8040 series CPU makes it pretty fast too. Asus ROG Zephyrus G16: It's a top gaming laptop for ...

Laptop Magazine, Tom’s Guide, TechRadar, and IGN. Along the way, I’ve tested and reviewed hundreds of laptops and helped develop testing protocols. I have expertise in testing all forms of ...

These mini LED displays are a more recent addition to the laptop space, though, initially available on the MacBook Pros and a few other premium Windows devices, but now available on a wider range of ...

I’ll also reference some of the other types of laptop displays, such as LED IPS and mini LED, for comparison with what OLEDs offer. That aside, I’ve also compiled down below a few detailed lists of ...

If you go with Team Red, you’re stuck with either a Ryzen 5 8500G or Ryzen 7 8700G. HP is also offering the F-series versions of these processors, which lack integrated graphics. I’d forgive ...

Microsoft has many good ideas for Windows 11 that often do not ship, and one of them was "Dynamic Wallpapers," which, as the name suggests, could have made the wallpaper dynamic, similar to third ...

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Check out our Samsung 15-inch Galaxy Book4 FE review for all the details. This HP laptop sports a strong combination of specs for the price. While it's been a bit cheaper in the last six months than ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft has been working on dynamic animated wallpapers for ...

In the US, the best retailers to check for gaming laptop deals are Best Buy, Walmart, Amazon, Dell, and HP, all of which will have fairly cheap machines up for grabs at any one time. Patience will ...