Best 14-inch laptops in 2021

For a long time, the majority of laptops fell into one of three camps. There were 13-inch laptops meant for portability, 17-inch laptops for people who needed large displays, and 15-inch laptops for everyone else. But every now and then some brands, notably Lenovo and Asus, would buck the trend with a 14-inch laptop — providing the portability of an ultraslim machine with enough screen real estate to be productive. Now, in 2021, 14-inch laptops are having a Renaissance. 

Spurred on by slimmer display bezels and a move away from the traditional 16:9 aspect ratio, the trend toward 14-inch laptops threatens the popularity of 13-inch and 15-inch laptops. The folks at Laptop Mag say “Bring it on.” So long as they have thin display bezels, 14-inch laptops can be the size of a traditional 13-inch laptop, offering the portability needed when going to work or going on long business trips. Moreover, the larger display makes it easy to view multiple windows at once, and 2-in-1 laptops benefit from transforming into larger (if somewhat unwieldy) tablets.