Here’s how to easily see the type of laptop for various laptop products on the market such as the Asus, Acer, Lenovo or Samsung brands.
You may want to find a way to see what type of laptop you have even if you have had it for a long time. You may memorize it by heart to the extent of the laptop brand, for example Asus, Lenovo, Acer and so on. However, for some people, the type of laptop is a bit difficult to memorize, for example the Asus x442ur, Asus a442uq, Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 14IIL, IdeaPad 320 laptop types because most types of laptops use a combination of numbers and letters.
The reason why the name consists of numbers and letters, the author himself also doesn’t know for sure the reason in detail, but the important thing this time is that we will share how to easily see the type of laptop.
The easiest way to find out what type of laptop you have is to look at the box that came with you when you bought it. There, of course, will clearly state the type and specifications of the laptop. However, if you buy a used laptop or the box has been lost, you don’t need to worry because we can still find out the type of laptop easily.

Benefits of Knowing the Type of Laptop
There are several benefits to knowing the type of laptop you have. The most important thing is, for example, when there is a problem with the software or hardware system, to solve this problem, we can easily replace it with the same specifications.
Here are the benefits of knowing the type of laptop that we can summarize:
- Information about the type of laptop that we will share this time is about the operating system, system model, processor memory and so on. This information will be useful when you want to upgrade a laptop to improve its performance, such as adding RAM or memory on the laptop.
- Make it easier when reinstalling or repairing the operating system on the laptop, because we know the operating system that fits the laptop you have.
- If there is damage or other things about the laptop, you can easily look on the internet for solutions to overcome them.
- The last benefit by knowing the type of laptop is for example when you want to sell a laptop. You can explain the specifications of the laptop to potential buyers, such as what are the advantages of your laptop, so that it can be appreciated according to the price on the market.
Viewing Laptop Type Through BIOS
Bios is the initial stage when you turn on the laptop. So if one day you want to know what type of laptop you have, you can immediately activate the bios mode when you turn on the laptop.
- Perform the process of turning on the laptop as usual by pressing the power button on the keyboard.
- Before entering the windows window, please press the f1 to f12 keys to activate BIOS mode. The button to activate the BIOS mode is different on each laptop, for example F2 for ASUS and Acer laptops, F1 for Lenovo laptops, F10 for HP laptops, or you can try them one by one if you can’t use these keys.
- After successfully entering the BIOS, you can immediately look for the system information menu.
- There you will be able to directly see the type of your laptop.
How to View Laptop Model Through Command Prompt
Command prompt or abbreviated as cmd is a program on a laptop or PC that serves to translate the command line or code typed by the user. The command prompt itself is indeed widely used to run commands in the form of scripts to view information on laptop devices, or it can also solve certain windows problems.
On this occasion we will use the command prompt to easily see the type of laptop, in the following way:
- First click the windows button on the laptop screen
- Type command prompt search field
- Then right click on the command prompt program and select run as administrator.
- Then enter the following code wmic csproduct get name then press Enter
- Next this command will display your laptop type
How to see the type of laptop using dxdiag Windows
First, you can press the windows key on the keyboard or hover over the windows logo at the bottom left of the PC screen.
Second, type the word dxdiag, then the program will appear dxdiag (run command), then click on the program
Third, a display will automatically appear containing information about your PC. starting from
- Current date time
- Computer name
- Operating system
- Language
- Manufacturing system
- system model
- BIOS
- Processor
- memory
- Page File
- direct version
To see the type of laptop, you can look at the system model line. In addition to information on the type of laptop there is also available complete specification information.
Control Panel to see the type of laptop and its performance
Control panel for some people must be familiar to open or explore. Because the control panel itself is a kind of basic setting for a windows laptop. There are various menu options available such as System And Security, Network And Internet, Hardware And Sound, Programs, User Accounts, and Appearance And Personalization.
So it’s only natural that this control panel will often be opened when our laptop or windows application program has a problem, because we can find a solution through this control panel program feature. Likewise, to see the type of laptop, you can take advantage of the control panel feature in the following way:
First, you can press windows key on Keyboard, or click on windows logo at the bottom left of your laptop screen.
Second tap the word “Control Panel”then the Control Panel program (Desktop app) will appear, then click the program.
Thirdly, several Control Panel menus will appear, select menu system and security.
Fourth, then select the menu system usually comes in third after security and maintenance and windows firewall.
Fifth, a display of information about the specifications and types of laptops will appear, starting from
- windows edition
- System
- Computer name domain and workgroup settings
- Windows activation
Via System Information
- The first step is the same as the previous step, namely pressing windows key on Keyboard, or click on windows logo on the screen.
- Second tap system information in the search field
- Third, you can see a lot of information about the type of laptop, but you can focus on system model which is located after system manufacturers.
Using windows powershell to see laptop type
Windows powershell is a program like a command prompt so you can also see the type of laptop through this program.
- The first step is to press the windows logo on the Keyboard
- Second, look for the Windows Powershell program, after opening it, type the following code: Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_ComputerSystemthen press Enter.
- Then some information will appear such as the computer name, total physical memory and the type of laptop on the model details.
That’s how to easily see the type of laptop. Please also visit articles about tips and tricks for other laptops on this website.