As of January 2026, I think the 15-inch Apple MacBook Air (M4) is the best MacBook for most people. It's a sleek-as-ever ...

Planned obsolescence? She doesn’t even go here.

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Dell's 16 Premium looks as beautiful as ever, but the company's usability issues from the XPS lineup remain. Apple MacBook Pro M5 14-inch review: A huge graphics upgrade for creators and gamers The M5 ...

But the laptop remains big, hot, and just a little too expensive.

Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...

The laptop review parade continues as the next laptop on my desk is the Microsoft Surface Laptop 7. This is one of the new Snapdragon X Elite laptops and probably the flagship of that platform, at ...