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M5 Pro Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2026): A magnificent beast of a laptop
Apple’s latest powerhouse laptop ups the ante significantly, delivering double the power of the standard M5 machine and plenty more besides
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Asus Zenbook A16: The Snapdragon laptop that can Qualcomm’s new X2 Snapdragon CPUs should have Intel, AMD and Apple worried, and in the new Zenbook A16, they have the perfect home£2099 -
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Acer Swift 16 AI: An incredible value Panther Lake laptop Acer once again delivers on the value front, but this time it’s not at the expense of build quality, design or features£1496 -
M5 MacBook Air: Great laptop, but the appeal is waning Still a brilliant laptop, but with the competition stronger than ever, the appeal of Apple’s flagship laptop is weakening£1299 -
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Apple MacBook Neo: The best budget laptop bar none The MacBook Neo is one of Apple’s greatest ever products - a genuinely brilliant laptop at a very reasonable price£599 -
The best laptops to buy right now Looking for a new laptop? We’ve reviewed and tested loads of them but only the best make our list -
Best laptop deals: Amazon Spring Deal Days 2026 Looking for a good price on a laptop? Here are the best we've seen so far in Amazon's Spring Sale/Spring Deal Days event -
The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5x is the best laptop deal I've seen so far in the Amazon spring sale £400 for a laptop with an OLED screen, 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage is incredible value -
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I love the Asus Zenbook A14 and it's now on sale for a song in the Amazon Spring Sale The Asus Zenbook A14 is a veritable bargain at £650 - not the lowest it has ever been but this is a hell of a laptop for the money -
Apple MacBook Neo: The affordable macOS laptop we’ve been waiting for? Starting at just £599, the MacBook Neo is the accessible MacBook people have been calling for, though it is powered by an old mobile chip -
Return of the Mac(Book): Apple’s MacBook Air gets supercharged with the M5 chip The new 13in and 15in M5-powered MacBook Air laptops get a healthy boost in performance but are pricier than last year’s models -
Apple takes wraps off new MacBook Pro laptops with M5 Pro and M5 Max processors And yes, the prices have gone up, too -
MWC 2026: Lenovo's modular machine is fatally flawed It's a concept for now, but the most practical concept we've come across from Lenovo in a while -
MWC 2026: Lenovo unveils some seriously powerful tablets and laptops for creatives Lenovo debuted a huge number of new devices at this year’s Mobile World Congress. I spent some time with the new Yoga and IdeaPad laptops