Best Windows Laptop for 2025

We like the look and long runtimes of the Asus Zenbook A14 and Microsoft Surface Laptop 7, but the HP Pavilion Plus 14 remains our pick as the best overall Windows laptop. It doesn't have the battery life of either of those Copilot Plus PCs, but it also lacks the potential compatibility issues you might run into with a laptop with neither an Intel nor an AMD CPU but an Arm-based Qualcomm Snapdragon X processor. We love the Pavilion Plus 14 for its all-metal enclosure, strong performance and gorgeous OLED display. Sitting between the meat-and-potatoes Pavilion line and the higher-end Envy line, the Pavilion Plus series offers attractive features at affordable prices.