Wrap this year up with a brand new laptop that can handle whatever you need, from work to play and more.

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Next year, HP PC products will likely cost more or feature less memory due to the ongoing memory shortage, which has caused DDR RAM pricing to skyrocket.

This much RAM also gives you room for future software updates which tend to use more memory as time goes on. The PCIe SSD gives you 512GB of storage and boots up in less than 15 seconds: It also launches applications almost instantly which is much faster than traditional hard drives.

Managing Editor Josh Goldman is a laptop expert and has been writing about and reviewing them since built-in Wi-Fi was an optional feature. He also covers almost anything connected to a PC, including keyboards, mice, USB-C docks and PC gaming accessories.

HP and Dell has disabled support for the High-Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard in some of their laptops, Ars Technica reports.