63: The best and worst laptops you can buy right now

Can't find the time to keep up with tech news? Looking for some awesome lockdown listening? We have you covered with the Noise Cancelling podcast, which is brought to you by TechRadar and our sister sites Laptop Mag and Tom's Guide. The show is presented by Gareth Beavis, Editor in Chief of TechRadar, and Sherri L. Smith, Editor in Chief of Laptop Mag. This week our guests are Phillip Tracey,  Assistant Managing Editor at Laptop Mag, and Jess Weatherbed, Computing writer at TechRadar, who join us (remotely, of course) to talk about the last seven days in tech. Show Headlines 00:00 Start 01:57 T3 Awards - Big Question 10:25 The best laptops we’ve ever used 16:03 Laptop Pet Peeves 21:56 Laptops vs tablets 24:56 Samsung’s new laptops 30:50 The future of laptops 34:55 Gadget Hall of Fame 39:06 Tech News - Gareth’s higher or lower  45:26 Sign off This week we have a whole bunch of laptop experts on so it would be a shame if we didn't do a big old laptop deep dive. We chat all about our favorite laptops of all time, our biggest laptop annoyances and answer the ultimate question - Laptop vs Desktop vs Tablet. For all this and more, tune into the all-new Noise Cancelling podcast – you can subscribe on Spotify, grab it on Apple podcasts, or find us wherever you get your pods. New episodes land every Friday.   Don’t forget to head over to TechRadar.com, LaptopMag.com and Tomsguide.com to read more.   Music by Lee Rosevere - Thought Bubbles Licenses under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/