Microsoft Surface Book, $1,499

microsoft surface book side view

Microsoft's new Surface Book is a legitimately innovative laptop-tablet hybrid that could finally break the notebook PC out of its tired mold. When used as a standard laptop, Surface Book is crazy powerful. But unlike typical laptops, which put all the computing guts under the keyboard, most of the Surface Book's computing power happens behind its screen, making it a surprisingly lightweight and very powerful tablet.

First published December 22, 2015: 2:55 PM ET

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