It wasn't difficult to find a common thread among the new Windows laptops showcased at CES 2025. Beyond your expected next-generation refreshes, tech's biggest trade show was all about getting more people to buy into the idea of AI-powered PCs this year.

From a laptop with a screen that grows to a 1-kilogram ultraportable to the world's most powerful 14-inch workstation, these are the laptops that grabbed our attention at CES.

CES 2025 brought an avalanche of groundbreaking tech announcements, from Nvidia's cutting-edge RTX 5000 Blackwell GPUs and DLSS 4 to Lenovo’s powerful gaming handhelds and next-gen OLED monitors. We also saw futuristic concepts like Razer's climate-controlled gaming chair and Sony's immersive entertainment experience,