{"id":21731,"date":"2026-07-30T06:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T01:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=21731"},"modified":"2026-07-30T06:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T01:18:12","slug":"best-windows-laptops-2026-tested-by-experts-comparing-dell-asus-hp-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=21731","title":{"rendered":"Best Windows laptops 2026, tested by experts: Comparing Dell, Asus, HP, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<div x-data=\"{ showContent: true }\" class=\"py-6 border-t-2 border-gray-100\" x-init=\"&#10;     const container = document.querySelector(`[data-accordion-container=\" const=\"\" contents=\"document.querySelectorAll(`[data-accordion-content=&quot;9d06967d-288a-4bbf-83c2-6397be58e7e8&quot;]`);\" console.log=\"\" contents.foreach=\"\">{<br \/>\n        container.appendChild(contentItem);<br \/>\n     });&#8221;&gt;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-accordion-content=\"9d06967d-288a-4bbf-83c2-6397be58e7e8\">I highly recommend the Acer Swift X 14 for creatives who need a Windows laptop that can run the most demanding apps. That includes photo and video editors, graphic designers, and animators.<\/p>\n<div x-data=\"{ showContent: false }\" class=\"py-6 border-t-2 border-gray-100\" x-init=\"&#10;     const container = document.querySelector(`[data-accordion-container=\" const=\"\" contents=\"document.querySelectorAll(`[data-accordion-content=&quot;5b36c666-39a1-4ddd-bb64-7ddebdc898a9&quot;]`);\" console.log=\"\" contents.foreach=\"\">{<br \/>\n        container.appendChild(contentItem);<br \/>\n     });&#8221;&gt;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-accordion-content=\"5b36c666-39a1-4ddd-bb64-7ddebdc898a9\">Most professional creatives need a Windows laptop with a dedicated graphics card to handle their intensive workloads. I like the $1,999.99 Acer Swift X 14 with a top-end Intel Core Ultra 9 285H CPU and RTX 5070 graphics because it&#8217;s super powerful, fairly priced, equipped with a striking OLED screen, and long-lasting, relatively speaking. You can go with a gaming laptop instead, but most aren&#8217;t nearly as compact.<\/p>\n<p data-accordion-content=\"5b36c666-39a1-4ddd-bb64-7ddebdc898a9\">This 14-inch desktop replacement is just as fast as an M5 MacBook Pro when it comes to demanding multi-core scenarios (i.e., most creative tasks). In my testing, its RTX 5070 GPU was more than capable of running graphically taxing games like <em>Cyberpunk 2077<\/em> at over 100fps at 1080p resolution without the help of any AI upscaling technology, so it&#8217;s very well-suited for the likes of Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro. (And other AAA games, obviously.) <\/p>\n<p data-accordion-content=\"5b36c666-39a1-4ddd-bb64-7ddebdc898a9\">For what it&#8217;s worth, I also tried a $1,699.99 Acer Swift X 14 AI with an AMD processor and RTX 5060 graphics, and the Intel\/RTX 5070 version performed <em>much<\/em> better. The AMD\/RTX 5060 one had 17 percent worse multi-core performance, so it couldn&#8217;t compete with the MacBook Pro, and it could barely run <em>Cyberpunk<\/em> at its 60fps minimum without upscaling tech. It also had a much worse battery life of about 6.5 hours per charge. My go-to RTX 5070 model lasted just over 10 hours, which is fantastic for a laptop with a dedicated GPU. <\/p>\n<p data-accordion-content=\"5b36c666-39a1-4ddd-bb64-7ddebdc898a9\">Note that the Swift X 14 is <em>not<\/em> a <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/what-is-a-copilot-plus-pc\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">Copilot+ PC<\/a>, meaning it doesn&#8217;t have a super-powerful NPU for running on-device AI tasks. 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