Apple’s MacBooks have dominated in battery life in recent years, but the situation has changed now that Windows laptops, in addition to Intel and AMD, have a third CPU option: Qualcomm’s Arm-based Snapdragon X chips. The longest-running laptop we’ve tested is the HP OmniBook 5 14, which has a Snapdragon X Plus chip. Intel-based laptops have also proved to be efficient of late, from the Lunar Lake-based Lenovo Yoga 9i 2-in-1 Aura Edition to the MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI Plus and Dell XPS 14 with processors from Intel’s latest Panther Lake series. If you are shopping for a long-lasting laptop, you’ve got a variety of options. Here are our favorites.. 8.5/10 CNET Score. Only a few weeks after ceding the battery life throne to Lenovo in our tests, HP has snatched back the crown with the OmniBook 5 14.. Read full review Jump to details. Pros. Unbelievable battery life. Sturdy, stylish and compact design. OLED display delivers deep blacks, vivid colors. Generous RAM and SSD for the price. Cons. OLED display isn’t the brightest. Slow USB-C ports. 9.2/10 CNET Score. The Lenovo Yoga 9i 2-in-1 Aura Edition is greater than the sum of its parts. Based on a common Intel Core Ultra Series 2 processor, its component lineup is not all that unusual. But placed inside a sleek and compact enclosure and outfitted with a beautiful 2.8K OLED display becomes a truly exceptional two-in-one.. Read full review Jump to details. Pros. Beautiful OLED display. Compact package with sleek aesthetics. Record-setting battery life. Great audio and webcam. Cons. Mechanical rather than haptic trackpad. No HDMI port or SIM card reader. 8.0/10 CNET Score. The Prestige 14 Flip AI has a Core Ultra Series 3 processor from Intel’s new Panther Lake series and offers an unprecedented combination of 3D graphics power and all-day battery life.. Read full review Jump to details. Pros. Playable framerates from integrated Intel Arc B390 graphics. Around-the-clock battery life. Thin and light and quiet. MSI’s new Prestige design is huge improvement. Cons. Display is only 60Hz. Bottom panel gets hot during games. Diving-board effect with mechanical touchpad. 8.5/10 CNET Score. Built around an Arm-based Qualcomm Snapdragon X processor, the Zenbook A14 is the lightest Copilot Plus PC we’ve tested and the second-longest running. It weighs less than 2.2 pounds and offers a battery life of more than 24 hours.. Read full review Jump to details. Pros. Incredibly thin and light without feeling flimsy. All-day-and-all-night battery life. OLED display at this price is a nice surprise. Ample RAM and storage for the price too. Cons. Meh performance from Snapdragon X CPU. Meh mechanical touchpad. Meh speakers. 8.4/10 CNET Score. The 14-inch MacBook Pro was the first to get Apple’s latest M5 processor. CNET senior editor Lori Grunin tested the new M5 MacBook Pro and found the chip’s upgraded GPU architecture delivers big performance improvements over the M4 in certain areas such as AI image generation and ray-t
