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The Dell XPS 15 9510 is now official and offers internal upgrades to Intel Tiger Lake-H CPUs and NVIDIA RTX 3050/3050 Ti Laptop GPU options. Dell hasn't changed many aspects of the design with the only notable changes being the availability of a 3.5K OLED display option and Thunderbolt 4 ports.

The system will use the same award-winning aesthetic as the ZBook Studio G7 but with several major internal updates. Thunderbolt 4, for example, now comes standard alongside new Xeon and Quadro options.

Thunderbolt 4, PCIe Gen 4, improved palm rejection, and an even thinner chassis round up the list of major changes for this year's premier gaming laptop from Razer.

MSI expects availability by the end of the month with display options that exactly match the GE76 Raider. If you've handled a GS66 before, then the new GS76 will feel very familiar.

It has been reported that Samsung is preparing to enter the laptop processor market with a new Exynos SoC in the second half of the year. The Samsung Exynos chip will compete against the Apple M1 by also being produced on a 5 nm manufacturing node. Samsung has enlisted AMD’s expertise for the integrated graphics component.

AMD continues to be a powerhouse solution for budget to midrange PCs like this latest VivoBook laptop from Asus. If you're looking to maximize CPU performance per dollar, then the Ryzen 7 5700U is looking like a solid option.

Until 2018, Lenovo did not change a lot when it comes to the typing feel of the ThinkPad X1 Carbon. Since Lenovo has reduced the travel with the X1 Carbon Gen 7, it seems like Pandora's box has been opened. With the new ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 9, there are big changes yet again.

With the 8th generation of the HP ProBook 440 G8, Tiger Lake is now also introduced into this laptop series. However, the performance is still not more than satisfactory.

Opinion The current chip shortage is preventing eGPUs from becoming mainstream. Once it's over, however, we suspect that many gamers will opt for an affordable eGPU over paying 2x to 3x the price for a full-fledged gaming laptop of similar graphics performance.

TCL's latest press event served to unveil next-gen displays for the TVs, rollables or laptops of the near future. They include new 15.6- and 17.3-inch panels described as ultra-high-res with scope for ultra-thin bezels. The conference also unveiled the OEM's Star Obsidian Screen for 75-inch mini-LED 8K devices, as well as the latest version of its 17-inch scrolling display.

One of MSI's cheapest laptops is now even cheaper to be a great deal for bargain bin hunters. A $350 laptop isn't going to blow anyone away, but it's pretty impressive when compared to others in the same price range.

Some new information has emerged about AMD's upcoming Rembrandt line of processors. It is tipped to ship with Zen3+ cores, an RDNA2 GPU with up to 12 compute units (CUs), support for LPDDR5 RAM, and more.

Jon Prosser has heard from his source that Apple is testing a Blue colourway for its new MacBooks. Therefore, we can reasonably assume that the soon-to-be-announced MacBook Air and MacBook Pro will come in multiple colour variants.

Dell has issued numerous patches as part of its latest Security Advisory (DSA-2021-088) in response to findings of a "severe" CVE consisting of five different privilege-exploit bugs that have apparently been in effect for the last 12 years. Fortunately, they have never been acted upon, which, as they could have allowed unauthorized users to write data or manipulate memory.

Initially believed to launch towards the end of 2021, AMD's alternative to the Nvidia DLSS technology could arrive in June, but only for PC gamers. According to Youtuber Coreteks, AMD's FSR will be based on a software-level algorithmic super sampling approach that is easy to implement by game developers and also works on non-AMD hardware like Nvidia GTX and possibly even Intel GPUs.

It seems that an AMD-powered Razer Blade laptop is on its way, going off teasers from Frank Azor and Ming-Liang Tan. The laptop is expected to be a Blade 14 with Ryzen Cezanne H APUs and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 series GPUs.

Lenovo's new ThinkPad X1 Yoga is a very good business convertible, which got a major update with Tiger-Lake CPUs and 16:10 screens. However, there are still problems with the BIOS and the performance utilization when you stress CPU and iGPU simultaneously.

AMD's bet on higher core counts is paying off when it comes to pure multi-thread performance. Nonetheless, Intel still has the upper hand when it comes to AI integration, single-thread performance, and native Thunderbolt support.

IBM is using nanosheets in order to shrink transistors down to 2 nm, a technology that differs from the GaaFET approach that will be used by TSMC and Samsung by 2023. IBM's 2 nm chips are said to be 45% faster and 75% more energy-efficient than any current 7 nm EUV chip produced by TSMC. Each fingernail-sized chip produced on the 2 nm nodes can fit 50 billion transistors.

Iris Xe Max did little to impress, but the same can't be said about the regular Iris Xe 96 EUs GPU. With more than thirty 11th gen laptops under our belt, we can now paint a broader picture of how Iris Xe performs when compared to all the mobile Ryzen Radeon Vega GPUs currently available.

Huawei has reportedly patented an in-house controller for virtual reality (VR) applications such as gaming. It is depicted as having a fairly standard form-factor, and possibly as coming in blue or black, in its new CNIPA documentation. Therefore, the OEM might be about to unveil products for this market.

JD.com has the Asus VivoBook Pro 14 with Ryzen 5 5600H or Ryzen 7 5800H APU options and 2.8K OLED displays for pre-order at under $800. Great prices, no doubt, especially when factoring in the OLED specs with 90 Hz refresh rate, 600 nits peak brightness and 100% DCI-P3 color gamut. However, the port selection is limited, offering no USB-C.

The Blade 15 Advanced scores some major points with its powerful hardware and great battery life. What is more, the Blade 15 Advanced now features a second M.2-2280 slot.

HP has a new OMEN 17 up its sleeve, complete with Intel Tiger Lake-H45 processors and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 series GPUs. One of the top-tier models is seemingly one with a Core i9-11900H, GeForce RTX 3070 and 32 GB of RAM.

Intel is yet to unveil the Tiger Lake-H45 series, but the flagship Core i9-11950H has appeared on Geekbench. Paired with an HP ZBook Studio G8, the Core i9-11950H will be Intel's answer to AMD's Ryzen 9 5980HX and Ryzen 9 5900HX.

A key supplier in Apple's mini-LED supply chain has stated that it will significantly increase its mini-LED production in preparation for "two upcoming mini-LED-backlit MacBook Pro models." This news gives legs to long-standing rumors of mini-LED 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros.

One of the best things about USB-C Power Delivery is you can use just about any USB-C charger should you happen to lose the ones that shipped from the original manufacturers. This third-party solution can output up to 100 W to quick charge most smartphones and laptops.

An anonymous user submitted a GPU-Z validation report for what seems to be a Clevo laptop sporting the as-yet unannounced Ampere NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti. The GPU report offers details about the mobile GPU, including that it'll have 2560 CUDA core count and a boost clock of over 1485 MHz.

The market for laptops has arguably remained relatively unscathed in the pandemic era, largely thanks to the demand for educational or gaming machines still going strong in 2021. Now, new research indicates that shipments for these devices will total 62 million at least in this year's second quarter (2Q2021). Acer, Asus and HP are thought to be the biggest winners in the 3 months in question.

Barely on the market, already in for review: The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon at the forefront of the ThinkPad brand since 2012. With the X1 Carbon Gen 9, Lenovo adopts a new design, making the ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2021 the biggest redesign of the X1 Carbon series since 2017.

Intel had recently outlined plans to establish new plants in Europe, possibly in a bid to address the prevailing chipset-supply crisis. However, a new report suggest that the OEM expects something in return for the potential economic boost for the regions in question: namely, that European governments contribute up to €8 billion (US$9.7 billion) to the project in question.

Last year's Gram 14 laptop can be an appealing buy for users who really want an ultralight laptop without needing to settle for slow Atom CPUs or smaller subnotebook screen sizes.

The ZBook Firefly 15 G7 already heated up considerably under load, but it could just about keep heat development under control. The follow-up model now shows a similar behavior.

MSI's first stab at a luxurious subnotebook convertible is already good enough to rival the best from Dell. It's not perfect, but it offers enough extras to make it worth considering on your list.

The mid-range Inspiron 14 5000 series sits in between the lower-end Inspiron 14 3000 series and higher-end Inspiron 14 7000 series. For $500, you'll essentially be paying a low-end price for what is considered the latest generation mid-range laptop.

With the MateBook D 16, Huawei offers a stylish laptop in a metal case with a 16.1-inch display for under 1,000 Euros (~$1,212). Is the device only compelling in terms of looks or does it also manage to convince with its components? And how does it compare to the very similar Honor MagicBook Pro?

The ~$900 Swift X model listed on the Acer Thailand site features a Ryzen 5 5500U APU coupled with 8 GB of LPDDR4X RAM and a 512 GB NVMe SSD, plus it features a 14-inch FHD IPS display connected to an Nvidia GTX 1650 dGPU. There should also be a Ryzen 7 5700U model with 16 GB of RAM for just under $1,000.

The Core i7-11375H looks destined to become a niche processor that will be all but forgotten in the growing Tiger Lake lineup. Its unremarkable performance when compared to a standard Core i7-1165G7 gives OEMs and end-users little reason to invest in it.

It looks like HP might be trying to sell off all of its older 15.6-inch Pavilion Gaming 15 models to make room for its newer and better 16.1-inch options.

Microsoft advertises the new Surface Laptop 4 very aggressively, also openly attacking Apple. However, after our test of the new Surface Laptop 4 15 we are rather disappointed overall, since we don't find much innovation here.