2023 was somewhat of a boring year for the best laptops. While devices like the HP Spectre Fold offered interesting designs and the MacBook Pro M3 lineup raised the bar for performance and efficiency, 2023 felt like most companies were in a holding pattern — offering little more than basic component refreshes. Thankfully, it looks like we're getting much more exciting systems this year.
At CES 2024, I got to see a slew of upcoming laptops. While there was a fair share of updated machines, there was also a new crop of notebooks featuring Intel’s new AI-focused Meteor Lake chip. I'm still not entirely sold on "AI," but I have to admit that AI laptops (as some manufacturers have dubbed them) are at least something new to potentially get excited about.
