7 new laptops at CES that don't look like a MacBook

Raymond Wong Jan. 13, 2021 CES 2021 7 From secondary tilting touchscreens to E Ink displays on the cover lid, these are the most exciting Windows 10 laptops coming out in 2021.

The best part of CES (virtual or not) is still the concepts — the dreams — that designers and engineers want to make a reality. But CES is also a big laptops show.

Thanks to the pandemic, many office workers made the switch to working at home. This lifestyle change helped push worldwide laptop shipments in 2020 to 218 million (up from 173 million), according to Statista . Georgijevic/E+/Getty Images

In short: Laptops are a hot commodity right now.

At CES 2021, PC brands were out in full force. A long list of laptops were announced. These are the ones that matter and why you might want them. ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images

Razer Blade 15 and Pro 17

Why you should buy it: • Comes with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 3060, 3070, and 3080 graphics options • Displays have fast refresh rates from 144Hz to 360Hz • Ridiculous amount of customizable RGBs • Minimalist design Razer

Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 SE

Why you should buy it: • Secondary 13-inch "ScreenPad" touchscreen that rises up 13 degrees • AMD Ryzen 5000 CPUs • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Series GPUs • RAID storage Asus

Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen2

Why you should buy it: • Secondary 12-inch E Ink display on the cover • Comes with a built-in stylus • Up to 24 hours of battery life (with E Ink screen) Lenovo

Dell Latitude 9000 series

Why you should buy it: • Automatic webcam shutter opens and closes with video call apps and autoa • Secure mic and mute buttons • 4G LTE or 5G configs Dell

HP Dragonfly G2 and Max

Why you should buy it: • Built-in Tile tracker • Spill-resistant backlit keyboard • Privacy screen + webcam shutter switch • 11th-gen Intel Core CPUs HP

Asus ROG Flow X13

Why you should buy it: • 2-in-1 tablet/laptop with NVIDIA GTX 1650 graphics • Connects to optional XG Mobile portable eGPU that supports NVIDIA RTX 3080 • Weighs only 2.9 pounds Asus

Lenovo X1 Titanium Yoga

Why you should buy it: • Lightweight titanium body • Only 11.5mm thick • 11th-gen Intel Core i7 vPro CPUs • Built-in 5G Lenovo

For more CES 2021 stories, read these next: 😷 Razer made a cyberpunk N95 mask complete with voice amplifier and RGBs 😮 Move over foldables, here come rollable phones 🤯 TCL made a friggin' smart scroll because that's exactly what this is Shutterstock

7 new laptops at CES that don't look like a MacBook

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