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.

CES 2025, which wrapped up on Friday, marked the first year I found more laptops than ever that hit this Holy Grail metric — and they did so without making the sacrifices often considered necessary to achieve a light form factor.

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.