I've found the best new laptop for designers, and it's a Lenovo Legion 9i

Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 gaming laptop on a purple gradient background.

Sometimes you can't use a gaming laptop for content creation and design, but in most cases, you can, and sometimes going the gaming route will get you a better deal.

But other times, you find a gaming laptop that feels more like a design laptop; that's the case with Lenovo's 10th Generation Legion 9i.