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    Reviewed’s best laptops, monitors, and gaming gear of 2026

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    It’s been a big year for computers. Apple, for starters, introduced an all-new low-end model plus gave the MacBook Pro a major revamp. Other companies unveiled new gaming models, Google launched a whole new laptop operating system, and competition in the laptop chip space continued to heat up as companies like Qualcomm developed increasingly high-performance silicon. That’s all against the backdrop of rising RAM prices, which continue to plague the industry. So, with all that, are there clear winners in the computing world? Absolutely. Here are the biggest and most impressive launches of the year.

    Apple Macbook Air 13 M4, open on a desktop
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    Reviewed

    A hand wearing beaded bracelets holds up an open yellow MacBook Neo, its screen showing a wallpaper of yellow, green, and teal rounded shapes against a light gray background.
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    Reviewed / Apple
    The MacBook Neo brought Apple’s laptop experience to a far lower price and pushed Windows laptop makers to respond.
    Dell XPS 14 2026 laptop screen and partial keyboard.
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    Reviewed / Marc Saltzman

    With an InfinityEdge screen, the Dell XPS 14 2026 is a great choice for many types of users.
    A MacBook Pro screen facing the camera shows an illustrated beach scene with orange flowers and rocky cliffs, with the menu bar and Dynamic Island cutout at the top.
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    Reviewed / Christian de Looper
    The Tandem OLED panel keeps blacks deep and colors saturated, with less blooming than a typical LED screen.
    Dell XPS 13 showing coastal scene on display.
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    Reviewed / Marc Saltzman
    The Dell XPS 13 stands up to the pricier MacBook Neo in almost every category.
    The lid of an ASUS ROG Strix gaming laptop tilted at an angle against a black background, with magenta and blue lighting along its edges and Strix lettering etched into the lid.
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    Reviewed / ASUS
    The SCAR 18 is loud on purpose, with a big 4K screen and hardware that doesn’t hold back.
    View of Alienware 39 5K OLED Gaming Monitor (AW3926QW) showing reflection from background light.
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    Reviewed / Christian de Looper
    The glossy panel boosts sharpness and contrast, but it can pick up reflections from windows and overhead lights.
    An Audeze Maxwell 2 headset with its boom microphone extended, hanging on a stand on a dark desk beside a laptop and a PC glowing with blue and purple lighting.
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    Reviewed / Audeze
    Planar magnetic drivers help footsteps and gunfire sound distinct, which matters in competitive games.
    A black full-size Keychron keyboard with teal Esc and Enter keys, shown with a single mechanical switch above it and five spare keycaps below, against a gray textured background.
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    Reviewed / Keychron
    Hot-swappable switches let you try different key feels without picking up a soldering iron.
    Logitech MK850 Performance keyboard and mouse pictured from above
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    Reviewed / Jeremy Stamas
    The Logitech MK850 Performance’s keyboard feels nice to type on, and it doesn’t have overly-long key throws.
    An Alienware 32-inch monitor on a black stand, its screen showing a game scene of a swordsman facing a fire-breathing creature, against a gray-white textured background.
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    Reviewed / Alienware
    Deep blacks and rich color are the draw, and 165Hz is plenty for most games.
    A blue Lenovo Yoga 9i 2-in-1 folded into a stand position, its screen showing an underwater scene with a glowing octopus and coral, against a gray textured background.
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    Reviewed / Lenovo
    In stand mode, the Yoga 9i’s OLED touchscreen makes it as good for video as for work.
    An open navy blue HP Googlebook 14 seen from the front, its screen showing a dark wallpaper with a rainbow streak and a row of app icons, with a Snapdragon X Elite badge in the corner.
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    Reviewed / HP
    An OLED screen is the standout upgrade that sets HP’s Googlebook apart from cheaper options.
    An open silver HP OmniBook 3 16 seen from the front, its screen showing a colorful swirling ribbon wallpaper on light blue, against a gray textured background.
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    Reviewed / HP
    Charging less often is the draw: This 16-inch laptop is built for long stretches away from an outlet.
    A black ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X20 handheld with a dark, semi-translucent shell and yellow-ringed joysticks, its screen showing a ROG 20th anniversary graphic, against a gray textured background.
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    Reviewed / ASUS
    Bright OLED is the headline feature here, and it helps motion look smooth even when frame rates dip.
    A purple MSI Claw handheld gaming PC seen from the front, its screen showing the MSI dragon logo with colorful arcs, with glowing-ring joysticks and red face buttons.
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    Reviewed / MSI
    The Claw earns its award on performance, with frame rates that hold up even on battery.
    An ASUS ROG Swift gaming monitor on a tripod-style stand, its screen showing the ROG logo over swirling pink and blue clouds, lit by a spotlight on a dark background.
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    Reviewed / ASUS
    A 240Hz refresh rate and a fast DisplayPort 2.1 connection set this 4K OLED apart from cheaper options.
    A black Insta360 Link 2C Pro webcam with a gold-ringed lens and a green indicator light, sitting on its folding clip mount against a gray textured background.
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    Reviewed / Insta360
    A larger sensor helps the Link 2C Pro keep video clean in dim rooms, where many webcams struggle.
    A top-down view of a silver Mac mini with a black Apple logo on its top surface, centered on a warm gray desk below a display, with two cables running up to the display’s stand, and a keyboard with black keys and a black mouse laid out beneath it.
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    Reviewed / Apple
    The Mac mini is a tiny box that only does its job once you plug in a display, keyboard, and mouse.
    CyberPowerPC Gamer Xtreme tower with a glass side panel showing purple-lit components, shown with a backlit keyboard and mouse and an Intel Core Ultra 7 badge, against a gray textured background.
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    Reviewed / CyberPower
    Standard ATX parts inside mean you can swap the GPU and cooling later instead of replacing the whole PC.
    A black and a white Razer Viper V4 Pro gaming mouse side by side against a dark gray-blue background, with the Razer logo visible on the white one.
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    Reviewed / Razer
    Optical switches avoid the double-click failures that eventually plague many mice.
    Two black Wooting mechanical keyboards angled on a dark gray surface, one with a round knob in its top-right corner.
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    Reviewed / Wooting
    Rapid Trigger and adjustable actuation are the big draws for competitive players.
    A black Acer Nitro V gaming laptop open at an angle, its screen showing a spacecraft rising through clouds and its keyboard lit in blue, purple, and red, against a gray-blue textured background.
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    Reviewed / Acer
    The Nitro V keeps costs in check without leaving out the fast screen gamers care about.
    An open silver HP OmniBook 5 14 seen from the front, its screen showing a blue wave design on a black background, against a gray textured background.
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    Reviewed / HP
    An OLED display and all-day battery make the OmniBook 5 14 a good fit for a student’s backpack.
    A black Samsung portable SSD standing at an angle on a reflective surface, with a blue glow along its bottom edge and a blue indicator light, against a dark blue background.
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    Reviewed / Samsung
    The P9 only reaches its top speeds on a USB4 or Thunderbolt 4 port, so check your laptop first.
    A UGREEN Maxidok docking station with a row of ports on its front and copper-colored vents on its side, shown with a black Thunderbolt cable, against a gray textured background.
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    Reviewed / UGREEN
    A built-in M.2 slot sets the Maxidok apart from typical docks, adding storage along with ports.
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