We are men and women of simple needs here in the Digital Life Labs. All we need is a new laptop, preferably (but not necessarily) one of those new-fangled convertible types that doubles as a tablet.

HP's premium line of laptops, the Envy series, is getting a lot more than a fresh coat of paint for the holidays. The redesigned laptops offer the latest Intel and AMD processors, Beats Audio with a ...

HP's Envy 14 Spectre hit almost all the right notes when we reviewed it back in March, thanks to its high-res display, sleek metal-and-glass design and brisk performance, but a stiff trackpad and the ...

The HP Envy 4 is aptly named–this Ultrabook’s premium design and subtle pop of color makes it the envy of ultraportables everywhere. Ultrabooks, for the most part, look the same: skinny, sleek, and an ...

The Asus Zenbook UX305C and Dell XPS 13 are two of our favorite thin-and-light laptops right now, the former because it represents a good value at $700 and the latter because it’s a slick, lightweight ...

Aluminum? Been there. Carbon fiber? Seen that. Plastic? Please. The hippest, slickest material for encasing an ultrabook is glass—scratch-resistant glass covering not only the screen, as on the Dell ...

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is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. Six years after the introduction of the ...