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What laptop am I on?

One click. We read your browser's standard hints — OS, RAM class, screen, GPU — and translate them into plain English. Nothing is uploaded.

If you want the exact model number

Browsers cannot see the model name burned into your laptop's BIOS — that would be a privacy hole. To get the exact model (e.g. "HP Pavilion 15-eg2024na" instead of "Windows laptop, Intel graphics"), run one of these:

Windows 10 and 11

Press Windows + R, type msinfo32, press Enter. Look at the lines marked System Manufacturer and System Model. Done.

Prefer the command line? Open PowerShell and paste:

Get-CimInstance Win32_ComputerSystem | Select Manufacturer, Model

macOS

Click the Apple logo (top-left) → About This Mac. The model name and year are at the top of the window. For the serial number, click More Info.

Linux (Ubuntu, Fedora, Mint, Arch)

Open a terminal:

sudo dmidecode -t system | grep -E "Manufacturer|Product Name"

If dmidecode is not installed: sudo apt install dmidecode on Debian/Ubuntu, sudo dnf install dmidecode on Fedora.

Chromebook

Open Chrome, navigate to chrome://system and search for hardware_class. The string that appears (e.g. NAUTILUS C7B-K7E-A4F) maps to a model — paste it into Google with the word "Chromebook" appended.

What the tool above can tell — and what it cannot

The tool reads four browser APIs:

What it cannot tell you: the exact model number, the serial number, the storage size, or the battery health. None of those are exposed to web pages — for good reason.

Why your laptop is harder to identify than you think

Laptop SKUs are bewildering. HP alone shipped over 600 distinct Pavilion models in the last five years; Lenovo's ThinkPad line has more than 800. Two laptops with the same name on the lid can have wildly different internals — different CPUs, different screens, different keyboards. The model number sticker on the bottom (or the line in msinfo32) is the only definitive answer.

If you are trying to identify a laptop in order to buy a replacement part — keyboard, battery, charger, RAM, SSD — the model number is essential. A "13-inch Dell Inspiron from 2021" tells you nothing useful; "Dell Inspiron 13 5310" tells the parts catalogue exactly which clip pattern, screw layout and connector to ship.

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