HUAWEI MATEBOOK 14S

$1,631 consumer.huawei.com

The 14-inch touchscreen on the Matebook 14S has a narrow bezel on each side, which looks great. As does the design of the laptop chassis – choose from grey and spruce green finishes. If you have a Huawei smartphone, it can connect wirelessly to the laptop screen. The keyboard is especially comfortable here, with more travel under your fingers than most keys. Although the camera doesn’t match the resolution of the Macbook Pro, for instance, Huawei has focused on those inevitable video conferencing calls by emphasising the sound: four microphones and noise cancellation help to pick up your voice more easily. This laptop has Windows 10 installed but will be upgraded to Windows 11 in due course. The screen refresh rate goes as high as 90Hz, for a smoother experience when watching video, for instance, though others here, such as the Macbook Pro, go as high as 120Hz when needed.