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The ASUS ROG Zephyrus G15 can now be had for 32% off the list price for the SKU rocking a Ryzen 9 6900HS processor and and RTX 3060 laptop GPU. Enjoying an average rating of 4.4 stars from 397 reviews, the ROG Zephyrus G15 packs good performance, a color accurate display, and long battery life.

The inexpensive Lenovo ThinkPad E14 G4 AMD performs as well as a business laptop in almost all categories: the eight-core processor produces a lot of power, the fan is restrained and the keyboard is even better than in the current ThinkPad T-series. Nevertheless, real innovations are almost completely lacking.

The latest driver package from Nvidia arrives with DLSS 2 and Reflex support for F1 23 and Aliens: Dark Descent. It also adds 8 new G-SYNC compatible gaming monitors to the list of supported hardware while GeForce Experience receives optimal settings for 7 titles, including The Lord Of The Rings: Gollum and Diablo IV.

GeForce NOW has announced that it has added Xbox Game Pass to its list of supported account and platform types. Therefore, users with both services will be able to stream titles from the latter on NVIDIA GPUs over the cloud soon. In the meantime, the platform now supports Age of Empires IV's (AoE IV) Anniversary Edition as well as Dordogne, a new release from Steam.

The discounted configuration also comes with 16 GB of DDR5-4800 RAM, 512 GB NVMe SSD storage, 17.3-inch IPS screen with 1440p resolution and 165 Hz refresh rate, a Thunderbolt 4 connector and a full-size SD card reader.

The Gen 8 Lenovo Slim 7i is now enjoying a massive 34% price cut at Walmart. The laptop features a 12-core Core i5-1340p (4 P-cores + 8 E-cores), 16 GB of LPDDR5 memory running at 5200 MHz, a 1 TB SSD that is upgradeable, and a 14-inch touch-capable IPS panel. Other Lenovo Slim 7i niceties include a backlit keyboard, Wi-Fi 6E, and an FHD webcam with support for Windows Hello facial recognition.

The 17-inch Alienware m17 R5 is now on sale for 40% off the list price. The discounted SKU features starkly mid-range hardware in the Ryzen 7 6800H CPU and the RTX 3060 GPU alongside a bonkers 480 Hz refresh rate display. Furthermore, the laptop can be upgraded thanks to two SO-DIMM and M.2 slots for memory and storage expansion.

The 8 GB RAM / 256 GB SSD version is also discounted to US$549.99. This model impresses with great battery life, excellent processing power for its class, quiet operation and features such as 1080p webcam with IR sensor, fingerprint reader and microSD card reader.

The Blade 14 2023 is Razer's most powerful 14-inch laptop yet, with promised gains of around 20% in modern triple-A titles. The Blade 14 2023 comes packed with AMD's most powerful Ryzen 7040HS APU, plus a choice between 140 W variants of the GeForce RTX 4060 and GeForce RTX 4070. Razer has included various other quality-of-life changes from last year's model too, such as a bigger battery, a larger trackpad and various upgrade options.

AMD has announced three new Zen 4-based Phoenix processors for thin and light laptops. The Ryzen 9 7940HS, Ryzen 7 7840HS, and Ryzen 5 7650HS will power a wide range of products from Asus, Razer, HP and Acer later this year.

The 2023 Lenovo Legion Pro 5 Gen 8 with an 8-core Ryzen 7 7745HX processor, a 140 W RTX 4070 board, and 16 GB of DDR5 5200 MHz memory is now enjoying a generous 27% off at Lenovo’s official store. For the price, the Legion Pro 5 is a stellar option as it has excellent performance, a good display, and upgradeable RAM/storage.

AMD has launched six new processors under the Ryzen Pro 7040 moniker. They include a mix of 28 Watt and 54 Watt parts, some of which come with AMD's new AI chip. They will launch alongside laptops from HP and Lenovo later this year.

Samsung has finally made the Heatsink version of its latest PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD available. It boasts an up to 50% performance boost compared to the previous generation, in a new chassis equipped with adjustable RGB lighting in addition to cooling touted as improved compared to the 'normal' 990 PRO.

Best Buy now has the ASUS Vivobook Go laptop for US$150 off the US$449.99 retail price. The defining qualities of the notebook include a thin profile of 0.7 inches (17.78 mm), a light weight of 1.4 kg (3.04 lbs), and a quad-core Ryzen 3 7320U processor. The laptop also boasts a backlit keyboard.

Dell has now slashed US$1,750 off the list price of the 2022 Alienware x17 R2. The notebook comes with a Core i9-12900H processor, an RTX 3080 laptop GPU, 16 GB of DDR5 memory, and a 512 GB PCIe SSD. Aside from strong performance and a speedy 480 Hz display, the Alienware x17 R2 also features upgradable RAM and storage thanks to two SO-DIMM and M.2 slots.

CheckList A bit of fact-checking never hurts. We went fishing for false claims in an official Apple launch video for the new MacBook Air 15, expecting to leave empty-handed. But the 145-second video for this latest MacBook laptop proved to be a well of questionable statements.

CrossCheck In this article, we'll be comparing two great Razer Blade gaming laptops to explore how small gen-to-gen leaps band together to become unbelievable gains in a matter of just a few years. While this is predictably a numbers game, some of the changes improve user experience much more than one could possibly expect.

Intel Meteor Lake processors for notebooks are on the horizon. After MSI revealed the Prestige 16 rocking an Intel MTL-P chip, a reference to the existence of a 16-core Core Ultra 7 1002H has been found in a boot log. The processor is listed with a CPUID A06A4.

An RTX 3080 Ti-powered configuration of the unique but usually quite pricy Alienware m15 R7 has received an intriguing discount as Dell has almost slashed the original list price of its high-end 15-inch gaming laptop in half.

This model has not seen these low prices since last November. With the RTX 4060 models not impressing too much, heavily discounted RTX 3060 laptops like the Zephyrus G14 from 2 years ago seem to be a better deal right now.

The HP Spectre x360 series of notebooks are some of the best convertible laptops on the market. The 2023 version with a Core i7-1355U CPU is enjoying a steep US$761 off for an open-box unit in excellent condition at Best Buy. For the price, the laptop appears to be a worthy buy as it has a high consumer rating of 4.8 stars out of 5 at the retailer.

The RX 7800M XT performs identically to the desktop RTX 4070 if the latest leaked 3DMark TimeSpy Graphics score of the GPU is any indication. Based on the score, the mobile RDNA 3 GPU matches the RTX 3080 desktop card while leaving the mobile RTX 3080 in the dust.

Leaker All_The_Watts has revealed specifications of five upcoming RDNA 3 mobile GPUs. The RX 7800M XT occupies the top of the leaked lineup with bring 60 Compute Units, 16 GB of RAM, and a 165 W TDP, while the bottom is served by the RX 7800S with 48 CU, 12 GB of memory, and a 120 W TDP.

Best Buy has now slashed the list price of the Lenovo Slim Pro 7 (Gen 8) by a massive 25%. The discounted rate makes the laptop a pretty good buy since the notebook is an excellent everyday laptop that is portable while being powerful enough for content production and light gaming.

The Acer Nitro 5 with a Ryzen 7 6800H CPU and an RTX 3070 Ti board is now going for US$300 less than the US$1,299.99 list price. The notebook packs plenty of performance, a good display, and has two SO-DIMM slots for RAM upgradability as well as three slots to increase storage down the line.

Fujitsu has announced that it has upgraded its Lifebook-series laptop and convertible tablet to 13th-gen Intel processors. The OEM also asserts that they are ideal for remote or hybrid work, especially with the option of a "palm vein sensor" as a biometric authentication feature. They are also equipped with 16:10 FHD displays that can be touch-responsive in either model.

The mid-range gaming laptop further sports 16GB of DDR5 memory, a 1TB SSD as well as a fairly basic 144Hz FHD display. On sale for US$1,149, the 15-inch Lenovo LOQ is arguably one of the better bargains in the RTX 4060 gaming laptop segment.

After months of speculation, the 15-inch Apple MacBook Air finally gets an official unveiling at WWDC23. The MacBook Air 15-inch is powered by the M2 SoC and brings niceties such as a 1080p FaceTime HD camera, a six-speaker Dolby Atmos Spatial Audio system, and a 500-nit IPS display to the table.

This 17.3-inch Schenker laptop is one of the most powerful of its kind on the market right now: featuring a Core i9-13900HX and GeForce RTX 4090, the device is kitted out for 4K gaming, video editing and rendering. It can accommodate up to three SSDs (incl. 1x PCIe 5.0) and offers very decent battery life.

The top-end configuration of the 15-inch Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 was a sinfully expensive machine when it hit the market back in 2021, but thanks to a significant discount, the sleek clamshell notebook is now available for a whopping US$1,100 less than the original MSRP.

Ada Lovelace-powered gaming laptops are finally getting some long-awaited price cuts, and the RTX 4050-equipped configuration of the budget-friendly 2023 Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 is slowly but surely closing in on the US$900 threshold.