15inch gaming laptops

Over the past few years, manufacturers like Apple, Acer, Lenovo, HP, Asus, Dell and Razer -- pretty much everyone who makes laptops -- have significantly broadened their inch laptop choices and directed their marketing efforts away from inch versions.

And I'm partial to inch models over 15 or 13 inches, at least when you subtract weight from the equation. They just seem to offer the best balance of price, performance and size out of the group. And that's why you'll find many of CNET's picks for the best inch laptop are Read more: Best laptops of Read more: Best Chromebook for Specs, price and availability are often in flux, especially these days due to chip shortages and shipping problems, so if you decide to postpone your purchase, here are some tips for stretching the life of your old laptop.

If you do opt to go ahead, think about recycling it. So we've limited our choices to powerful laptop models that are still current and that we've tested or tested fundamentally similar older models with refreshed configurations. We update this list periodically with new products and information.

You can find more detailed advice following our recommendations for specific models. The newest version of our perennial pick for best budget laptop remains a good option for the money. It's hard to find an inexpensive model that's also thin and light, much less one that has decent performance and battery life. It's got a budget build, but you can't expect everything for so little money. Read our Acer Aspire 5 review. If you needed any convincing that inch and inch laptops are a dying breed, take Apple's killing them off as a confirmational nail in their coffin.

If your major concerns are weight and price and you don't need much power, then the smaller MacBook Air rules. It costs a lot more, but it's significantly better in every way and I think it will meet most people's needs for a lot longer. I agree that the MacBook Pro 13 M1 gives you very little over the Air for the extra cost and weight, though.

On the flip side, the inch can be configured closely to the weightier and more expensive MacBook Pro 16 , with the exception of the bigger screen and option for a higher-performing GPU. Read Apple MacBook Pro inch review. The inch returnee to Razer's Blade line of laptops is a much better dual-purpose laptop than the inch model that was my previous choice. It can be configured to be almost as powerful as the inch, but weighs half a pound less and you don't really miss the screen real estate that much.

If you lean more towards gaming than work or love a high-contrast screen, the inch does offer faster gaming displays or a 4K OLED option. The highlights of this thin and light inch Windows two-in-one are its excellent battery life, high-contrast OLED screen and the plethora of cross-device features it serves up for owners of Samsung's Galaxy phones and accessories. It's specifically designed for people who want a laptop experience similar to that of their phones, with similar responsiveness.

Read our Samsung Galaxy Book Pro review. Available in both and inch versions, this refreshed and rebranded Yoga C remains one of our favorite two-in-ones. Plus, you gain the design flexibility of a convertible -- kiosk mode also called " stand mode " and tent mode my personal favorite , which are the best ways to use a laptop with a touchscreen that hangs around the house. The laptop does not have a good battery life, though. The laptop only gets about 2 hours of gaming before running out of charge which is not good, even for a gaming laptop.

Also, the speakers on the laptop are very quiet compared to other laptops. The CPU is very high-end and very recent, making it a great addition to this laptop. As always, 16 gigs of Mhz memory will minimize loading times when switching between apps, and allowing for advanced multitasking. The battery life on this laptop is exceptionally good, coming in at around 4 hours of gaming. Gaming laptops do not usually have a good battery life but this laptop definitely does and is one of the best batteries on this list.

The bad thing about this laptop, is it runs hot at full load AND it has loud fans. Usually, it is one of the two, but the laptop thermal throttles with a loud cooling system. Another is that the speakers are weak, and will probably be worse with the fact that the laptop fans run loud. The screen is also dim even with the IPS panel. In general, FPS is better than graphics. Not only does it offer a competitive advantage, but it also looks much smoother.

You can easily have many apps open and seamlessly switch between them, allowing for advanced multitasking, therefore increasing the amount of work you can get done at one time. It also has half of a terabyte of SSD storage. That is a huge amount of fast, NVMe storage for fast boot-up times, lots of games and programs, and other files that you need to be accessible fast.

The only thing to complain about is that it runs hot, but not so hot that it thermal throttles. This is another Acer Predator series laptop with similar specs. As with all of the laptops, the i7 can handle almost any process with ease. It is displayed on a crisp p display with an IPS panel that produces bright, vivid, and accurate colors. With a GPU like the Ti, the laptop screen runs at Hz, meaning that it will display the full FPS if the graphics card produces it, but you might need to lower some graphics settings to achieve that.

The storage is mediocre, however, with only gigabytes of SSD storage. Lastly, the battery on this laptop is average, coming in at only 3 work hours. This is definitely not an i7, and it will not handle tasks as well as the core i7.

It is still a high-end CPU that handles most moderate gaming and productivity tasks with ease, but falls short in some of the more demanding programs. The gaming performance of the GPU is very average.

It has a p display, which is a standard for laptops. It uses an IPS panel to provide bright, vibrant colors. However, the display is only 60Hz, meaning that the display will only show up to 60 FPS. Seeing every laptop above this list, they all have 16 gigabytes. It is however not fair to assume that 8GB is not enough.

The laptop however has great storage, GB of SSD storage for many of your games, programs, and files. The battery life on the laptop is average, coming in at 3 hours. Another thing to complain about is the low-quality, quiet speakers this laptop houses, but otherwise, the laptop is a great choice for entry-level gaming.

It can handle older titles such as CSGO well though. It has a beautiful p IPS display with a crisp image and great colors, and it includes a Hz refresh rate panel, allowing for up to FPS to be displayed. The bad about this laptop is the storage.

It only has gigabytes of SSD storage. When AAA titles at this current time are reaching sizes of 80 gigabytes, and many programs and files are stored on a single GB drive, it fills up very quickly. It only has a 3-hour battery, as expected, and the audio is mediocre. Overall, the laptop will suit only entry-level gamers, as hardcore gamers might find this laptop too slow to play competitively.

I hope that you found the reviews of the best inch gaming laptops useful in your buying decisions and you now have a specific model in mind. If you would still like to browse for a different review for the best gaming laptop in different scenarios or you need a budget gaming laptop you should go to the appropriate section by clicking here. Gaming laptops nowadays pack more performance for a lower cost than ever before.

Gaming laptops are absolutely a worthy purchase in , especially when you need that portability. How much you spend on a gaming laptop is entirely up to your budget. See our full Alienware m15 R4 review. The Lenovo ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 improves on what was already a winning formula with the original ThinkPad P15 with upgraded performance and stellar battery life for the p model. If raw performance is your goal, it will be hard to beat the ThinkPad P15 Gen 2, after you screw up the courage to hit the buy button with that daunting price tag above it.

The comfortable keyboard, durable build, and solvable display concerns make this laptop an easy recommendation for a wide variety of users. You could absolutely spend less on a workstation laptop and still have a solid experience, but if you are using this laptop for work where saving minutes or even seconds on every task makes a meaningful difference for you then the ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 is likely the choice for you.

The tug-of-war between performance and battery life just doesn't exist in the WS66's world. This, despite the WS66 having a relatively slim chassis, which, by the way, is tested to military-grade durability.

You get fast performance, impressive graphics, and long battery life in a durable, yet portable chassis. The display and keyboard, while short of class-leading, are great and the extra-wide touchpad will be useful to some business users.

The WS66 also comes with the features you'd expect from a premium enterprise notebook, including a fingerprint sensor, IR camera and a decent selection of ports. The HP ZBook Studio G8 holds on to the award-winning G7 series styling but bumps up the power to help content creators with their creative projects either in the studio or in the field.

Not to mention, this machine is super configurable. The 4K panel is bright with crystal-clear details and lusciously saturated colors. The laptop consistently beat its competitors on both overall and graphics performance.

Given all of the pros that come with this laptop, especially the battery life and power combo, the Dell Precision is undoubtedly one of the best workstations you can buy, that is, if you can afford it. See our full Dell Precision review. The Galaxy Book Pro is an excellent option for those who want a large screen on an ultra-portable chassis.

Content creators will appreciate the vivid Plus, you get more than 13 hours on a charge and the trusty S Pen is included for artists and note-takers. Overall, if you want an ultra-thin, ultra-lightweight convertible laptop with a inch display, the Galaxy Book Pro is as good as they get, even though it's a few missteps short of competing with the likes of the XPS 15 or MacBook Pro as an overall package.

See our full Samsung Galaxy Book Pro review. Lightweight, pretty and powerful. Those are the basic hallmarks of a Razer Blade. See our Razer Blade 15 Advanced Model review. Two is better than one. This is especially true of the Asus ZenBook Pro Duo which employs a pair of 4K displays into a single laptop with the goal of increasing your productivity. Did we mention the main display is an OLED panel?

So not only do you get crisp detail, but you also get mind-blowing color. Second displays on laptops aren't a new concept: Asus had quite a library of dual screens in the early s. However, it's currently the only company that does the conceit justice. Overall, the ZenBook Pro Duo is a serious contender for creative and mobile professionals looking for a worthy alternative to Apple. The Samsung Galaxy Book is putting the company on a path to greatness.

Still, there are some cogs that need some polishing to make the machine flow. Samsung also needs to do something about its terrible touchpad and webcam. The Samsung Galaxy Book is a good laptop, especially for those with other Samsung devices. See our full Samsung Galaxy Book review. Gigabyte got a lot of things right with the Aero 15, including its sturdy, all-aluminum, jet-black chassis, gorgeous OLED panel and satisfying, clicky keyboard.

Its gaming and performance benchmarks are decent, too. The Aero 15 is an excellent choice for content creators. Asus sure knows how to make a beautiful laptop.

The company also knows how to turn gimmicks into bona fide features. The company also brings back ScreenPad in a larger space, with even more functionality. Throw in an Intel Comet Lake processor, discrete graphics and longer battery life, and you've got a great laptop for mobile professionals. It keeps the surprisingly useful ScreenPad, makes it bigger and adds more useful apps.

The keyboard now sports a number pad and the bezels are noticeably smaller. Heck, the battery life is now nearly twice as long. The biggest addition to the ZenBook is Intel's Comet Lake, which is powerful enough for multitasking and is a great choice for mobile professionals who want to squeeze every bit of functionality possible out of their notebook.