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The Surface you know and love (or hate) is dead — Microsoft's Windows hardware enters a new era

We're in a new era of Microsoft's Surface hardware, one that's more mature and less willing to take risks. Gone are the experimental form factors and categories, with the focus now on prioritizing the status quo while pushing Windows forward in other ways.

Surface Laptop 7

Two of the best-looking laptops of 2025 landed on my desk, so here's a photoshoot

I got both the Lenovo Yoga Slim 9i and ASUS Zenbook A14 in for review, and decided to share my first impressions of these two exciting Windows laptops.

Image of the Lenovo Yoga Slim 9i 14 (Gen 10) and ASUS Zenbook A14 (2025) laptops.

Trump's tariffs force Acer to raise laptop prices by 10% — Expect similar news from other PC makers in the coming weeks

Acer CEO and Chairman, Jason Chen, announced a 10% price increase on its laptops sold in the US. This comes as an answer to US President Trump's 10% tariff on Chinese goods.

Backside of the Acer Swift 14 AI while it sits on the table and faces right.

3 reasons you should not buy the Surface Pro 11 or Surface Laptop 7 with Intel (and 1 reason you should)

The Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7 are now available with Intel processors, but how do they compare to their Snapdragon-powered siblings?

Microsoft Surface Pro 11 with Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

You can now preorder ASUS' ridiculously powerful 2-in-1 detachable gaming laptop

You can now preorder the ASUS ROG Flow Z13, which pairs a versatile 2-in-1 design with AMD's most powerful mobile hardware ever. It could be the best gaming tablet.

The ASUS ROG Flow Z13 (2025) in four positions, including upright with its keyboard attached, upright with its keyboard detached, laying down with its screen up, and laying down with its back up.

This gorgeous mid-sized gaming tower showcases the best from HP OMEN desktops

The HP OMEN 35L can now be equipped with Intel Core Ultra, pairing its beautiful design with capable and reliable performance, as well as some AI smarts.

The HP OMEN 35L on a desk with its lighting on.

Kuromi got Razer's best collaboration yet, but these aren't the PC gaming accessories I'd use

The new Razer Kuromi collection brings special editions for six of Razer's PC gaming accessories. They're awesome, but this isn't the gear I'd choose to use.

The Razer Kuromi Edition Enki X, Leviathan V2 X, and Kraken Kitty V2 BT.

RTX 5070 Ti with an OLED display? Acer’s new gaming laptops might be a solution to NVIDIA’s GPU scarcity.

Acer has joined ASUS in revealing RTX 5070/Ti gaming laptop prices. The new Predator Helios Neo 16/18 AI gaming laptops are headed our way soon, and they might be the best way to get one of the new Blackwell GPUs.

Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 AI

Copilot+ PCs will soon get their first must-have exclusive feature

Copilot+ PCs will soon support an improved Windows Search that uses AI to locate files. That new Windows Search could be the first must-have feature for Copilot+ PCs.

A pre-production sample of the HP EliteBook Ultra 14 (G1i), open and sitting on a desk.

Lenovo's ThinkPad tablet would've been a great Surface Pro competitor... A few years ago

The Lenovo ThinkPad X12 Detachable (Gen 2) is a durable enterprise tablet that offers a good user experience, but it feels a few years behind the competition.

The Lenovo ThinkPad X12 Detachable (Gen 2) on a desk, with its keyboard and stylus detached.

HP’s sleek AI PC hits an absurdly low price — the cheapest entry to all-day battery life

The HP OmniBook X is a sleek laptop that delivers all-day battery life. Right now, it's also discounted by an absurd deal.

HP Omnibook X laptop in white

HP's most premium 2-in-1 Copilot+ PC is a phenomenal laptop — if only HP would dial back on the bloatware

The HP OmniBook Ultra Flip 14 takes over for the iconic Spectre x360 convertible laptop, except now it's thinner, lighter, lasts longer, and boasts more AI features.

The HP OmniBook Ultra Flip 14 (2024) held in the hand in tablet mode.

This mid-range gaming laptop feels like the forgotten middle child, and it isn't difficult to understand why

The Lenovo Legion 5i (Gen 9) is a pretty great mid-range gaming laptop that's rather confusingly positioned in Lenovo's lineup (and a little difficult to find).

A Lenovo Legion 5i (Gen 9) gaming laptop on a desk with a blue backlight, facing away at an angle with its lid open to show its rear and right side ports, a bit of its RGB-lit keyboard, and the "Lenovo" logo on the lid.

I'm genuinely shocked by how much laptop $280 can get you for the next few hours — a 58% off flash sale will do it, though

Lenovo has shaved 58% off one of its best value Windows laptops in a Cyber Monday flash sale. It's a lot of laptop for $280, but this deal isn't going to last long.

Renders of the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i 15 (Gen 9) in "Abyss Blue" on a blue background with the "Windows Central Cyber Monday Deals" badge in the center.

Memory problems? The laptop with 32GB RAM I recommend to everyone hits $899 for Black Friday

I love HP's Envy x360 16 at any price, but Black Friday has made it way more affordable. With 32GB of RAM and a 2TB SSD to boot.

HP Envy x360 16 Black Friday

The Surface Pro Flex Keyboard is usually a splurge. Right now, it's a steal. Save big on the best Surface Pro keyboard this Black Friday.

Microsoft's Surface Pro Flex Keyboard is on sale for Black Friday, saving you $70 on the best keyboard for a Surface Pro 11 (and some older Surface Pro devices too).

Surface Pro Flex Keyboard detached from Surface Pro 11 overlayed with a Black Friday deal graphic.

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