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An ASUS Zenbook A14 on a wooden surface displays artwork featuring a stylized Windows Central logo surrounded by flowing ribbons. Behind the laptop is a textured blue background resembling ice.
ASUS' Zenbook A14 tested in 2026: An impressive upgrade to Snapdragon X2 Elite CPUs

By Ben Wilson Published

Review ASUS revisits its highly rated Zenbook A14 with a high-end Snapdragon X2 Elite processor from Qualcomm, but mercifully didn't change what already made it great.

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A modern HP OmniBook 3 silver laptop displaying a mountain and lake scene sits on a wooden table, next to stacked colorful books and a potted succulent plant.
HP's OmniBook 3 has the potential to be the best budget laptop out there

By Cale Hunt Published

Review At its cheapest (around $399 on sale), the OmniBook 3 16" is an easy recommendation. If only it were always on sale.

Review
Collection of Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro memory box, several RAM modules, an XPG SSD, and a SK hynix M.2 drive on a dark wooden surface.
Here's when RAM prices could finally drop — and why PC retailers might not care

By Cale Hunt Published

Hardware Experts aren't offering a sunny forecast, and PC prices may not ever return to their "normal" state.

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A young woman with dark hair sits on a blue couch, focused on a silver HP laptop in front of her, wearing a white Coney Island graphic T-shirt.
HP's OmniBook 5 laptops continue to offer some of the best value around

By WinC Staff Published

Sponsor Content Created With HP

The budget-but-premium laptop market is bigger than you think.

Open XPS 13 laptop with text "Now available from $599" overlaid in red cursive.
Dell's new XPS 13 is now available, starting at $599 for students

By Cale Hunt Published

Laptops The new best laptop for students (and anyone else who wants an affordable Windows 11 PC) is here.

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Windows Central Senior Editor Ben Wilson holding two laptops in an electronics store, looking puzzled.
Windows laptops are too confusing for consumers, but Microsoft could help

By Ben Wilson Published

Opinion Shopping for a Windows laptop is more complex than for its MacBook rivals, due to the sheer number of options. Microsoft could help simplify everything.

Opinion
Modern XPS 13 laptop with text overlay "Windows 11 on 8GB? Wait, what?"
Is Windows 11 on 8GB of RAM really that bad? I decided to find out.

By Cale Hunt Published

Windows 11 I'm seeing a lot of negativity recently about running Windows 11 on 8GB of RAM, so I thought I'd test it out myself to see what the experience is really like. Here's what I found out.

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Dell XPS 13
MacBook Neo vs. Dell XPS 13 (2026): A spec comparison with surprising results

By Cale Hunt Published

Laptops A new laptop battle in the budget range is taking place; here's what you need to know.

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A sleek XPS 13 laptop displaying a tech news website on a light-colored table.
How Dell and Intel want to take the student PC market back from Apple

By Cale Hunt Published

Laptops I spoke with Intel and Dell about their collaboration at Computex, and why the new XPS 13 is resetting budget PC expectations.

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Three XPS 13 laptops on a wooden desk in a lecture hall, two open with colorful screens, one closed with "XPS" on the back.
Dell's XPS 13 returns to take on the MacBook Neo

By Cale Hunt Published

Laptops Backlit keyboard, multi-monitor support, up to 32GB of RAM, and the latest Intel chips make the new XPS 13 one enticing laptop.

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