CNET’s Best Laptops of 2024
2024 is coming to an end, which means it’s as good a time as any to give you a rundown of the best laptops of 2024 or at least some of them. Anyway, here we go in no particular order starting with the M three Macbook Air. While we’ve always liked the Macbook Air for its portability. The addition of Apple’s M series chips means you get great performance in battery life too. The M three Air will meet the needs of many people. And now that it comes in 13 and 15 inch sizes, you don’t have to move up to a pricier Macbook Pro just to get a larger display and it still has a slim fanless body. The air is the least expensive Macbook, but it still starts at $1000 with an M three chip in it. But you can still get the M two Air for 899 and both come with 16 gigs of memory in the base configurations. Next up is a true windows rival to the air, the Microsoft surface laptop seven, which also starts at $1000. We tested several copilot P CS. This year, but the surface was the best of the bunch and a great choice for anyone looking for a slim sleek windows laptop with a solid feel processing performance that competes with the M three air and even better battery life if if you’re interested in better graphics performance for gaming or content creation, but still want something small. The Republic of Gamers Zephyrs G 14 is on our list. It has a smart design with some lighting flashiness plus an excellent 14 inch OLED screen. It also has a surprisingly full set of ports for its size and ass includes factory calibration display profiles for SR GB and P three. Given its higher insects though it starts at around $1600. And finally, at the other end of the computing spectrum is the Lenovo Duet 11 a Chromo S tablet that’s good for entertainment and productivity and it’s cheap starting at $350. And that price includes a really nice keyboard cover while it’s not super powerful. It is nice as a small secondary device or for people who just need a simple computer for typical daily online tasks like shopping or chatting with friends and family. That’s just a handful of the best laptops we’ve tested this year though and you should head to cnet.com to check out all of our best laptop lists. I probably left your favorite off the list. So tell me all about your pick in the comments and also tell me if there are any you’re looking forward to in 2025. Thanks for watching and you’ll see me when you see me.