Just about every major laptop manufacturer showed up to CES 2025 on their A-game. Experimental designs, next-gen components, interesting form factors, and unbridled performance — I’ve seen it all over the past few days in Las Vegas. Here are the best laptops from the show that I can’t wait to get in for full review in the coming months.

There are many new laptops coming from Dell, Alienware, Asus, Acer, Lenovo, MSI, and Razer. Many may just boil down to chip bumps and slight refreshes, but there are some that are betting big on new ideas, thinness, raw power, and over-the-top accouterments. Here are the ones I’m most excited for.

From a laptop with a screen that grows to a 1-kilogram ultraportable with more than 30 hours of battery life, these are the laptops that grabbed our attention at CES.