I've been stalking the halls of Computex 2025 looking for the latest and greatest laptops that you should be keeping an eye on in the coming 12 months. Huge laptop makers like HP, Asus, and Acer are here in Taipei, Taiwan, showing off future devices, and from what I've seen, there are plenty of potential candidates for our best laptops list when they launch later this year.
At Computex 2025, I've been able to get some brief hands-on time with these laptops, so while we'll have to wait until we get full review samples in the coming months to really test these devices using our suite of benchmark tools, you'll find below my early verdicts on the most exciting laptops I've seen so far.
1. Acer Swift Edge 14 AI
I love lightweight laptops - the LG Gram series is a particular highlight for me - so I was really excited to see the Acer Swift Edge 14 AI at Computex 2025. Its main selling point is its weight, which is below 1kg.
Picking this laptop up and holding it in one hand really showed how impressively light the Swift Edge 14 AI felt. This is the kind of laptop you could carry around in your bag or backpack all day and hardly notice it's there.
It straddles a fine line between being ultra light and feeling delicate, but the magnesium-aluminum chassis should be sturdy enough to ensure the laptop doesn't get damaged.
The 14-inch OLED touchscreen with a 3K resolution also looks incredibly good, and while I'm not a huge fan of the all-white design, this is very clearly a premium laptop. It features cutting-edge Wi-Fi 7 connectivity, Thunderbolt 4 USB-C ports, and can come with up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 Series 2 processor. That's a very powerful CPU, and like so many modern laptop chips, it's been designed to handle on-device AI tasks with ease. But, as is so often the case, the AI features aren't the most interesting thing about the Swift Edge 14 AI - it's the remarkably light overall weight.
2. MSI Prestige 13 AI+ Ukiyo-e Edition laptop
While a lot of the best laptops at Computex 2025 offer next-level performance and features, the Prestige 13 AI+ Ukiyo-e Edition laptop is one of my picks simply because of how gorgeous it looks.
This is due to the chassis featuring "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" by Katsushika Hokusai, an iconic artwork that makes the MSI Prestige 13 AI+ Ukiyo-e Edition laptop instantly stand out.
It's part of a collaboration between MSI and Japanese lacquerware company OKADAYA.
Specs-wise, the Prestige 13 AI+ Ukiyo-e Edition laptop comes with up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 288V processor, up to 32GB RAM, a 13.3-inch 2.8K OLED screen, Wi-Fi 7, Thunderbolt 4 and a microSD reader. So, not only does it look amazing, it should be a great performer as well. It weighs 990g, so it's another impressively lightweight laptop - I'm just not sure how easy it'll be to buy, as this laptop screams 'limited edition'.
And, in case you're wondering: it looks even better in real life.
3. HP OmniBook 5 16
HP has made some big claims about its OmniBook 5 series laptops at its launch at Computex 2025, saying that they offer "the world's longest battery life in a consumer AI PC notebook."
The claim is certainly impressive, with 34 hours on a single charge, which if accurate would be incredible, especially for a Windows 11 laptop. Chromebooks' reputation for being the longest-lasting laptops on battery could be in real trouble. Apple's M-series laptops, which also run on Arm-based chips, run for about 20 hours on a single charge, so if they are beaten by almost 14 hours that could be a major issue for the company as well.
At Computex 2025, Qualcomm (which produces the chip that powers the HP OmniBook 5 series laptops, was running a battery life test live. Playing a looped local video from around 6PM the day before, with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth turned off and the screen dimmed, the laptop after around 20 hours still had 40% battery left, so it looks like depending on a few factors, we should be seeing some very impressive battery life. It also felt incredibly light when held in a single hand - a common theme I'm seeing at Computex 2025, which I'm loving.
The $799 price tag is extremely competitive, and the OLED screens of both the 14 and 16-inch models could make this a real MacBook Air killer when it launches later this year.
4. Asus ROG Zephyrus G16
I always love the Zephyrus line of laptops from Asus because for years they've been proving that you don't need a gaming laptop to be big and bulky, so I was pleased to see the new Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 on the show floor at Computex 2025.
As we've come to expect, the Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 is a stylish-looking machine, and while its 1.85kg weight feels quite heavy after holding the likes of the HP OmniBook 5 14 and Acer Swift Edge 14 AI, for a gaming laptop it's pretty impressive.
It comes with up to an Nvidia RTX 5070 laptop GPU and AMD Ryzen AI7 350 processor, and the 16-inch OLED screen features G-Sync technology, a 2.5K resolution, and a 240Hz refresh rate.
The gameplay I saw on this laptop at Computex looked smooth and responsive, and I'm looking forward to giving this a proper test spin soon.
5. MSI Titan 18 HX AI
While not technically a laptop that launched at Computex 2025, this beast of a machine was on the show floor, and I got to spend a little time with it. I'd argue that AI, once again referenced in the product name, isn't really that important in a gaming PC.
What I do like about it, however, is the cutting-edge mobile components it comes with, including an RTX 5090 GPU, up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 processor, an 18-inch MiniLED UHD+ screen, and a 120Hz refresh rate.
As I mentioned in my article about what I hoped to see at Computex 2025, I've been on the lookout for gaming laptops that can properly challenge even the best gaming desktop PCs, and there's no doubt that the MSI Titan 18 HX AI could do just that.
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