The 3 Best 2-In-1 Laptops of 2025

The best 2-in-1 laptop we've tested is the HP OmniBook Ultra Flip 14 (2024). This premium model has a sturdy all-aluminum build, as well as a sleek and compact design. You get a gorgeous 120Hz OLED display, a tactile keyboard, a large haptic touchpad, and an excellent 4k webcam. The display supports pen input, but you may have to buy the pen separately, as it doesn't always come with the device. Performance is great; its Intel Lunar Lake SoC is plenty fast for general productivity and moderately intensive tasks like programming and photo editing. Its port selection is decent, though there's no USB-A port, so a dongle may be necessary, and its battery life is great at around 10 to 11 hours of light use.

If you prefer a tablet with a detachable keyboard form factor, check out the Microsoft Surface Pro 11th Edition (2024). This type of 2-in-1 is better if you mainly use the device as a tablet, as you can detach the keyboard to make the device easier to hold and pop it back on when you need to type something out. The 11th Edition has several upgrades over its predecessor, including a 1440p webcam, Wi-Fi 7, and a new Flex keyboard that works even when detached from the device. The keyboard is still a separate purchase, though, and the same goes for the pen. Unlike the HP, this device runs on an ARM-based Snapdragon processor. Performance isn't a problem, but since most programs don't run natively on ARM, you must ensure that the apps you use are compatible or can run well enough through emulation.

If you want something a bit more affordable than the HP OmniBook Ultra Flip 14 (2024), check out the Lenovo Yoga 7 2-in-1 14 (2024). Like the Spectre above, it's also a 2-in-1 with a 360-degree hinge that lets you flip the screen around. However, because it's a more budget-friendly model, there are a few compromises to know about, which we'll get into shortly. Let's talk about the configurations first: this is an AMD system available with a Ryzen 5 8640HS or Ryzen 7 8840HS CPU, paired with up to 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. These Ryzen processors perform well and can handle the same type of workloads as the Spectre's Intel CPUs. You get a great keyboard, a responsive (albeit non-haptic) touchpad, and a wide port selection with two USB-Cs and an HDMI port.

The main compromise is the display. You can get the laptop with an IPS or an OLED panel; we recommend the latter, as it gets brighter to combat glare (the IPS panel is only suitable for dark to moderately lit rooms). That said, even the higher-end OLED panel is limited to an FHD+ resolution and 60Hz refresh rate, which is a noticeable step down from the HP OmniBook's 2.8k 120Hz panel. The 1080p webcam is also a downgrade but still pretty decent. Its battery life is good at around 10 hours of light use on a model with an IPS panel, so you can expect a slightly shorter battery life if you get the more power-hungry OLED panel.

The best convertible laptop we've tested in the budget range is the Lenovo Chromebook Duet 5 (2021), a Chrome OS 2-in-1 tablet. Thanks to its gorgeous OLED display, it's a great device for media consumption. It's sharp, bright, and colorful, and like all OLEDs, it displays deep, inky blacks, giving you an amazing dark room viewing experience. Like Microsoft's popular Surface Pro tablets, you can detach the keyboard to make it easier to hold and pop it back on when you need to type something out. The battery lasts around eight hours of video playback or 10 hours of light use, and it charges over USB-C, so you don't have to deal with a proprietary charger.

Unfortunately, while the speakers get reasonably loud, they don't have much bass and sound unnatural, so you're better off using headphones if you want the best audio experience. Wireless headphones, to be exact, because this device doesn't have a 3.5 mm headphone jack and doesn't come with a USB-C audio adapter. The keyboard comes with the device, so you don't have to spend extra; however, it feels rather uncomfortable to type on because the keys require a fair amount of force to actuate, and the layout feels cramped. Another downside is the touchpad; it's small and sometimes unresponsive to inputs.