Haley Henschel is a Chicago-based Senior Shopping Reporter at Mashable who reviews and finds deals on popular tech, from laptops to gaming consoles and VPNs. She has years of expe ...

After testing 75+ laptops in the past two years, we created this regularly updated guide to the best Windows laptops, featuring the greatest devices from Dell, Lenovo, HP, Framework, and Acer.

Laptops for college should be portable, offer long battery life, and remain reasonably affordable. Based on testing hundreds of laptops, these are my top picks.

Now that the biggest PC show of the year is behind us, it's become clear that Computex 2026 showcased an industry reinventing itself in real time.

Every Computex promises the next big thing, but only a handful of laptops actually feel worthy of the hype. After spending time exploring the show floor and seeing these devices up close, one thing ...

There are plenty of reasons to write off the Surface Laptop 5. Microsoft’s latest flagship laptop is virtually the same as last year’s model, retaining the same bulky build and thick display bezels ...

Working under the Gateway brand, Acer makes lots of sacrifices to hit its $399 price point. The Gateway 15.6-inch Ultra Slim Notebook is a classic budget PC. At $399 from Walmart, the price is hard to ...

Due to the current crisis, Lenovo ThinkBook laptops are now shipping globally with SSDs from Chinese company Yangtze Memory ...

The humble laptop remains one of the most important tools for a student, despite kids’ access to an amazing range of technology. Giving them one of the best laptops for students is a great way to make ...

Thanks to the best gaming laptops, the days of needing a big, bulky computer to play immersive PC games are a distant memory. Today’s gaming notebooks pack desktop-like performance into relatively ...

The summer slide has worried educators for decades. Today, with the vast majority of schools providing every student with a ...