It wasn't difficult to find a common thread among the new Windows laptops showcased at CES 2025. Beyond your expected next-generation refreshes, tech's biggest trade show was all about getting more people to buy into the idea of AI-powered PCs this year.

The ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 is the name of the rollable laptop that Lenovo unveiled at CES 2025. The device will be available to buyers later this year, but you’d better prepare for a higher-than-usual price tag. The laptop starts at $3,500, and that’s going to get you a base configuration.

From a laptop with a screen that grows to a 1-kilogram ultraportable with more than 30 hours of battery life, these are the laptops that grabbed our attention at CES.

CES 2025, which wrapped up on Friday, marked the first year I found more laptops than ever that hit this Holy Grail metric — and they did so without making the sacrifices often considered necessary to achieve a light form factor.