The year is nearly over, and as we run out the clock on 2025 I've been looking back over all the work we did here at Tom's Guide and I gotta tell you — we tested an awful lot of laptops.

We couldn't have done it without our dedicated testing lab, where experts run just about every laptop, tablet, phone and TV we review through a gauntlet of tests to gauge their performance. We then take that testing data into consideration when conducting our own hands-on reviews, and now that I'm looking back over 2025 in data I'm impressed at how laptop battery life has improved in the last few years.

I've been reviewing laptops for over a decade, and I can remember when getting 10 hours of use out of a full battery was a real luxury. But in 2025 we reviewed over 100 laptops, and over a dozen lasted 14

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