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Dell XPS 17 review: Leaving the MacBook Pro 16 in the dust

The Dell XPS 17 is the largest, most powerful, and most expensive XPS laptop ever made. Will it kick off a resurgence of powerful 17-inch laptops?
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Acer Predator Triton 500 review: The value king

Acer's Predator Triton 500 isn't inexpensive, but it has great hardware for the price. That makes the Triton 500 a superb value for a high-end gaming laptop.
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Lenovo Chromebook Flex 5 review: A $410 laptop done right

Cheap Chromebooks are a dime a dozen these days. But how about one that feels like it's worth twice the cost? Enter the Lenovo Chromebook Flex 5.
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Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 14 review: AMD nails it again

Lenovo's IdeaPad Flex 5 14 is another in a line of budget laptops using AMD's latest Ryzen 4000 processors. We put it through its paces to see how it stacks up.
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Acer Predator Helios 300 hands-on review: More power, same price

The Predator Helios 300 is one of the most popular gaming laptops on Amazon, and this year's update brings even more performance to the package.
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Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 review: Dual-screen gaming in your lap

You've never seen a gaming laptop like the ROG Zephyrus Duo 15. With a second screen tilted up at an angle, it's one of the most unique gaming laptops ever.
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Microsoft Surface Book 3 (13-inch) review: A portable powerhouse

The Surface Book 3 doubles down on Microsoft's performance objectives for the line, offering a fast CPU and discrete GPU that make it a strong 13-inch offering.
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Dell XPS 15 (9500) review: Best 15-inch laptop you can buy

Every aspect of the new Dell XPS 15 has been redesigned, and yet the look still feels distinctly XPS. Is this still the best laptop for creative professionals?
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Lenovo Yoga C640 review: The ultimate laptop for students?

The Lenogo Yoga C640 comes in at a bargain price of just $600, yet offers good performance, excellent battery life, solid build quality, and a clean design.
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Dell G5 SE gaming laptop review: Peak AMD

The Dell G5 SE is the first gaming laptop to feature the latest AMD graphics cards and processors. Does AMD's SmartShift tech elevate this budget gaming laptop?
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Lenovo IdeaPad Duet review: Great Chrome tablet at nice price

The Pixel Slate was Google's attempt at a Surface or iPad competitor. It failed. Can Lenovo's affordable alternative rise above?
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Apple MacBook Pro 13 (Intel, 2020) review: The hobbyist

The latest 13-inch MacBook Pro features updated processors, a revamped keyboard, and some confusing configurations. So, does it earn in its pro designation?
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Microsoft Surface Book 3 review: Graphics unleashed

Microsoft's most adventurous laptop, the Surface Book 3, has been upgraded with extra power under the hood. Is that enough to keep this aging design fresh?
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Asus ZenBook Duo review: Two screens, four cores, and $1,500

The Asus ZenBook Duo takes great advantage of its ScreenPad 2.0, a second display that offers some real advantages to creative users and multitaskers.
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Microsoft Surface Go 2 review: The awkward teenager

The Surface Go 2 makes marginal steps toward being a true iPad competitor, but is it enough to grow out of its awkward teenager phase? Sadly, the answer is no.
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Acer Swift 3 (2020) review: An 8-core Ryzen laptop for $650

The Acer Swift 3 now comes in a Ryzen 4000 edition, and it just might be the most powerful budget laptop ever made. Our review walks you through the highlights.
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HP Elite Dragonfly review: Traveling first-class

The new HP Elite Dragonfly, crafted from CNC-machined magnesium and weighing in at just 2.2 pounds, is one of the lightest commercial 2-in-1s ever designed.
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Samsung Galaxy Book Flex review: QLED for the win

Samsung's laptops have never impressed quite like the Galaxy Book Flex does, thanks to standout features like the QLED display and its excellent battery life.
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Lenovo Yoga Smart Tab review: A tablet, and then some

The Lenovo Yoga Smart Tab is an Android tablet that stands out in a crowd. It packs useful features into a 10.1-inch device, including a versatile kickstand.
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Asus Chromebook Flip C436 review: Chromebooks have grown up

The Asus Chromebook Flip C436 proves that Chrome OS 2-in-1s can be just as well-built as their Windows 10 alternatives. Plus, they can be just as fast.
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Apple MacBook Air (2020) review: The Mac starter kit

As the budget option among Macs, the MacBook Air is important, but recent models were disappointing. Does the 2020 restore the MacBook Air to its former glory?
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Dell XPS 13 (2020) review: The laptop endgame

The Dell XPS 13, one of the most influential laptops of the past decade, has a new design that dares to go to the next level. It's the best laptop you can buy.
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Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 review: AMD drops the mic

A 14-inch gaming laptop? Really? AMD's new Ryzen 4000 processors make the Zephyrus G14 the most powerful and portable gaming laptop that you can buy right now.
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Dell Inspiron 15 7000 review: Powerful, affordable, and expandable

The Dell Inspiron 15 7000 specializes in upgradeability, letting you swap out the RAM and add up to two drives for more storage. Otherwise, it's just average.
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Acer ConceptD 9 review: Drawing easel, meet workstation

The ConceptD 9 is an innovative machine that's focused on creative professionals who need color accuracy and who will benefit from a Wacom pen and easel display.
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Apple MacBook Pro 16-inch review: The best Mac in years

Apple's new 16-inch MacBook Pro doesn't reinvent the wheel. There's little in the way of the innovation we typically expect from Apple. Instead, the company has returned with a true crowd-pleaser, a powerful laptop that addresses every complaint that made you consider switching to a Windows machine.
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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 2 Review: The fastest Thinkpad ever

The ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 2 is well-named. It's a ThinkPad on the outside and a PC geek's dream laptop on the inside. It's incredibly fast and has a display that will please the most exacting creative professional, while sporting the things ThinkPad enthusiasts will love just as much.
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HP Spectre x360 13 (late 2019) review: Smaller, faster, and better in every way

The late 2019 version of the HP Spectre x360 13 is smaller than ever thanks to tiny bezels and a 90 percent screen-to-body ratio. It's also faster, offers a class-leading OLED display with incredible brightness, colors, and contrast, and it maintains the same excellent build quality as always.
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Dell XPS 15 (2019) review: The top video-editing laptop

A solid video-editing laptop requires immense processing power and a color-accurate screen. The new OLED Dell XPS 15 has both in spades, especially with the optional eight-core Core i9 processor. I put it to the test to see just how fast this laptop really is.
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Lenovo Yoga C940 15 review: The do-it-all 2-in-1?

Lenovo's Yoga C940 15 seeks to bring big-time power to the 2-in-1 form factor. It succeeds in terms of processor performance, rivaling the fastest clamshell laptops with Intel's Core i9. The Nvidia GTX 1650 brings mid-range gaming, while battery life and display quality are concerns. It could be better.
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Alienware m15 (2019) review

Alienware's new m15 (2019) is an absolutely stunning laptop that looks unique, yet doesn't look gaudy. You'll lust after it the moment you see it. But does its performance hold up? Our Alienware m15 review takes an exhaustive look.
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Asus ZenBook 13 UX333FA review: All you need

Long on battery life and short on price, the Asus ZenBook 13 UX333FA is another affordable entry that tries to unset better known rivals, such as Dell’s XPS 13 and Apple’s MacBook Air. Though not without quirks, our ZenBook 13 review finds it to be an excellent value, and possibly the only laptop you’d ever need.
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Dell XPS 13 (2019) review

The XPS 13 has always been easy to recommend -- that is, unless you needed a good video conferencing webcam. So, what happens when Dell fixes one of the only problems we had with the XPS 13? Well, it’s near perfection. The 2019 XPS 13 shows Dell listening to complaints and addressing them.
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HP Pavilion x360 14 (2019) review

The HP Pavilion x360 14 provides a solid value in a budget 360-degree convertible 2-in-1. As reviewed, the Intel 8th-gen CPU provides average performance that's just fine for productivity use, and the option of upgrading to an Intel 10th-gen processor is a real plus. That's the version you'll want to buy.
Senior Editor, Computing

Luke Larsen is a Senior Editor at Digital Trends and manages all content covering laptops, Macs, monitors, PC hardware, and peripherals. Around here we call it “computing,” but here’s a good rule of thumb: If it’s a computer or something that plugs into a computer, you found your guy. Oh, and these days, AI too. So much AI.

After getting a degree in music from the University of Oregon, Luke started his career in media hoping to get into music journalism. But when the opportunity arose, he landed in tech and hasn’t looked back since. He has over a decade of tech journalism experience, first joining Digital Trends in 2017 as a native Portlander, happy to join a tech media company that called his city home. Before working at DT, he worked as Tech Editor at Paste Magazine for over four years and has bylines at publications such as IGN, TouchArcade (RIP), and The Oregonian.

In his years at Digital Trends so far, Luke has covered high-profile industry events such as CES, IFA, and Microsoft Build, delivering on-the-ground coverage, breaking news, and first-hand reporting. He’s hosted countless YouTube videos, made podcast appearances, and written over 600 articles.

Some of his earliest tech memories include learning HTML through his MySpace account and trying to play Baldur’s Gate II on his parents’ dusty old beige box. These days, his obsession with technology is in telling stories with tech — in finding the narratives that ebb and flow through both technological advancement and product design, trickling right on down to our day-to-day experience of it. He is convinced that we all spend too much of our time using technology and not enough time thinking about it — cue a healthy dose of navel-gazing and philosophizing.

When he’s not endlessly debating what the best laptop is, Luke spends his days being a dad and a husband. Oh, and when there’s time (which there isn’t), he’s an avid fiction writer, player of designer board games, and still occasionally makes some music.