Author: Francis J. Burner

Tired of working on a small laptop screen, but need the weight of an ultraportable laptop? The LG Gram 17 is your answer.

Alienware’s m17 makes respectably few design sacrifices despite cramming huge power into a relatively thin frame.

A stylish, thoughtful design, excellent component options and looooooong battery life all make the HP Spectre x360 13 one of the best premium two-in-one ultraportables around.

On top of a satisfying visual refresh of Alienware’s highest-end laptop, the Area-51m offers plenty of processing overhead from desktop CPUs and the latest RTX GPUs. There’s promise of potentially great future upgradability, but it’s not yet been proven.

The HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop is as straightforward as its name. You’ll find solid gaming performance and just enough of an edge to keep things interesting.

Samsung’s redesigned Notebook 9 Pro hits all the things you’d expect from a premium ultraportable two-in-one in 2019. Just don’t buy into the design hype.

It’s nearly impossible to find anything to dislike about this 13-inch slim powerhouse, at least in the pricey high-end configuration tested here.

The Razer Blade 15-inch gaming laptop keeps up with the Nvidia RTX trend. The base model feels expensive, but the higher-end version hits a good mix of price and performance.

The 2019 LG Gram 14 2-in-1 laptop lives up to its pedigree, delivering awesome battery life and strong performance at a lighter weight than the competition.

The Acer Predator Triton 500 puts Nividia’s RTX 2080 Max-Q graphics to good use, delivering first-class gaming laptop performance in a slim design.