Manufacturers have gone to great lengths to not only ensure that laptops are powerful, efficient and lightweight, but also durable.

2025 has already been a noteworthy year for laptops. In the past six months alone, we've seen the expansion of Microsoft's AI PC project, the debut of Nvidia's GeForce RTX 50 series graphics cards, and the cheapest Apple MacBook launch in years — never mind this spring's tariff-induced supply chain chaos.

Apple was meant to release its new M5-based MacBook Pro this year, but new rumors suggest it's delayed, meaning the M6 MacBook won't hit until 2027.

Switching from Windows to a MacBook after 30 years showed me the way of macOS, but there's something about PCs that I just can't give up.