During CES 2025, we saw a veritable army of new laptops announced for release in the pending months, with new hardware from Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, and NVIDIA powering these devices. There were a lot of exciting reveals, but only a handful had what it took to earn one of our coveted "Best of CES 2025" awards.
Now, two of those laptops are on my desk at once, and I'm not going to bother to contain my excitement. The understated and underrated ASUS Zenbook A14 (2025) punches above its weight (literally) to take on the sophisticated and luxurious Lenovo Yoga Slim 9i 14 (Gen 10), two laptops that couldn't be further apart... But do share one crucial characteristic. Both of these laptops could end up being the very best we'll see this year; at the very least, they're certainly among the best-looking.
