We kick-off the Creative Bloq Awards 2022 winners week with our first category, laptops. As you can imagine this was a heavily contested series of awards, with Apple, HP, Asus and other brands locking horns to win.
We have reviews and buying guides for most of the laptops and types in our awards this year, so if you see a winner you like either click through to read the deep-dive review or the related guide. Read our reviewing guide, how we test laptops, for a detailed explanation.
There are more than 70 award categories this year from game design and gaming PCs to sewing machines and design software. The winners of the Creative Bloq Awards 2022 will be shared throughout this week, to catch up we have a schedule below.
- MONDAY: Laptops and Tablets
- TUESDAY: Crafting and Home Studio
- WEDNESDAY: Gaming and Entertainment
- THURSDAY: Software and Computing
- FRIDAY: Cameras
Each of the laptop categories below was voted on by our team of judges, which includes the Creative Bloq team and hand-picked editors from our sister sites and magazines, including TechRadar and T3.com; experts in this field. For a full list of judges visit the Creative Bloq Awards 2022 website. Now, let's see which laptops have won.
Laptop of the year: Apple MacBook Air (M2)
Best laptop for gaming: Razer Blade 17
Best laptop for video editing: MacBook Pro 16-inch (2021)
Best Chromebook: HP Elite Dragonfly 13.5
Best laptop for programming: Asus Zenbook Pro 14 Duo OLED
Best laptop for drawing: Microsoft Surface Pro 8
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