Ultrabooks and Ultraportables

The HP Spectre x360 13.5 is a full-featured 2-in-1 with plenty of ports, a sleek design, a colorful display and a sharp webcam. If only HP would stop installing so much software on it.

The HP Pavilion Plus 14 can is an effective mainstream performer, has all the ports you could ask for and comes at a good price.

The Lenovo Yoga 9i (Gen 7) is a slim, 14-inch convertible with a 12th Gen Intel Core P series CPU and a design that will let it fit just about anywhere.

The Dell XPS 13 Plus brings radical design changes, including an invisible touchpad and capacitive function keys, in a beautiful chassis with solid performance.

With its first mainboard upgrade, Framework is proving it's serious.

Dell's big-screen XPS 17 gets Intel's latest CPUs for better performance and battery life. Its screen is also great but the design, while solid, feels stale.

This Inspiron trades some niceties for a lower price.

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga (Gen 7) has a bright, 16:10 screen, plenty of ports and converts into a tablet, but it is expensive and there aren't a ton of repair options.

The Dell XPS 15 (9520) is a high-performing Windows laptop with a sturdy build and OLED screen, but it's light on ports.

The Acer Predator Triton 500 SE has an RTX 3080 GPU and updated display. Unfortunately, it has weaker gaming performance than the competition.