With its massive, well-engineered vapor chamber cooling, the ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 18 G835 (2025) pushes the performance of the Core Ultra 9 275HX and RTX 5090 to new heights with reasonable noise levels and low external temperatures. The super bright Mini LED display, great input devices, superb I/O, and tool-less upgradability cement this machine as the zenith of mobile gaming.

The Lenovo Yoga 9i 2-in-1 Aura Edition (14, Gen 10) is one of the best 2-in-1 machines on the market right now. It features a jaw-dropping OLED with vivid colors, great comfort even during max CPU loads, impressive iGPU performance, superb processor efficiency, and capable input devices.

The XMG 14 Evo (Е25) can be described as a compact and light workstation if you configure it with more RAM and a Ryzen 9 CPU. The cooling is capable, and it allows impressively high clocks even in 3D rendering. The perfect upgradability and the surprisingly solid port selection make this compact laptop easy to recommend.