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Buyers looking to get the most performance out of their Arc 8 laptops may want to avoid the MSI Prestige 13 AI Evo and consider the Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 16IMH G9 or Yoga Pro 7 14IMH9 instead.

With its premium Yoga 9 14 convertible, Lenovo wants to appeal to creative users by offering a 4K OLED panel in the more expensive model variants. But aside from the high resolution, the panel falls short and doesn't even offer proper color profiles.

HP has launched the EliteBook 6 G1 laptops targeted at professionals. The laptops come in AI and Next-gen AI flavors with Intel/AMD CPU options for the former and AMD/Qualcomm chips for the latter.

Amazon has noted that buyers are returning their Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 and Asus Vivobook S 15 units at a higher than usual rate. A quick glance at Amazon user reviews highlights numerous quirks the users have with the Windows on Arm platform.

The HP Omen Max 16 is one of the very first RTX 5080 gaming laptops to have received a noteworthy price cut, as the California-based PC maker is now granting a 10% discount on this brand-new machine.

The mobile GeForce RTX 40 series was somewhat notorious for the very wide performance and RAM gaps between the RTX 4070 and RTX 4080. The upcoming mobile RTX 5070 Ti is set to fill in that void.

The green chipmaker is promising higher frames rates, lower latency, increased clarity, and lower CPU utilization all simultaneously with DLSS 4.

The massive 18-inch laptop doesn't care about being "thin-and-light" if it means squeezing as much performance as possible out of the mobile GeForce RTX 5090.

The wait is over: Lenovo's premium business flagship, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13, is finally available with more hardware options in the USA. The Lenovo US shops now allows buyers to customize the ThinkPad laptop, adding Ultra 5 CPUs, 16 GB RAM, an IPS screen and the haptic Sensel touchpad option.

HP has just introduced its latest OmniBook X Flip 16 AI 2-in-1 laptop. HP’s new convertible laptop features a 120 Hz OLED display, up to an Intel Core Ultra 7 258V processor, an Intel Arc 140V GPU, and a 68 Wh battery that supports 65 W wired charging. Additionally, the laptop comes with a 5 MP webcam and Wi-Fi 7.

HP is refreshing its ProBook 4 series commercial laptops with a slew of new processors from AMD and Intel. The ProBook 4 G1a 14 and G1a 16 come with Ryzen 200 Hawk Point Refresh APUs while the ProBook 4 G1iR 14 and 16 feature Intel Meteor Lake. There's also a ProBook 4 G1i 14 and 16 with Meteor Lake U and H CPUs together with Nvidia RTX 3050 graphics.

Best Buy has discounted an AMD Hawk Point-based gaming laptop by a substantial amount. It comes with a RTX 4070 GPU, 512 GB SSD and 16 GB of RAM.

EliteBook 8 instead of EliteBook 800: HP's most important business laptop series launches in 2025 with a new name. HP also uses this opportunity to introduce a new design. Additionally, there are many new processor options, including Krackan Point and Lunar Lake.

The fastest option money can buy wasn't what we were expecting. Meanwhile, the slowest options can be almost 50 percent slower than the average system with the same exact GPU.

The elegant and thin Asus Zenbook S 16 CoPilot+ Windows laptop is now back on sale at an excellent price thanks to a sizeable 21% discount. The laptop is powered by a Ryzen AI 9 365 APU, 24 GB of memory, and 1 TB of storage. There is also a smooth OLED panel around the front.

Roughly three months since elementary OS 8, the 8.0.1 update lands with a new kernel alongside multiple minor changes. The list of areas that received tweaks includes the AppCenter, Files, Terminal, System Settings, Installer, and more. The ISO file is 3.3 GB in size, and the installation needs at least 32 GB.

Despite impressive efficiency results in our review, AMD has now semi-officially confirmed that RDNA 4 will not make it to mobile devices in any way, not even as Zen 6 iGPUs. The good news is that this suggests AMD may eventually port FSR 4 to older generations, as the AMD Ryzen Strix Halo APU still uses RDNA 3.5 for its RTX 4060-tier iGPU performance, and the upcoming Medusa Halo iGPU is slated to deliver even more performance.

The Snapdragon option will be even more affordable than the AMD option while providing longer battery life and likely quieter fan noise.

Asus' latest VivoBook could pass as a ZenBook when reading its impressive specifications. It's one of the few laptops to integrate the new SD 4.0 card reader for maximum transfer rates of over 300 MB/s.

HP has officially announced its next-generation ZBook 8 line-up, which includes both AMD and Intel CPUs, up to 64 GB of RAM, and even Nvidia RTX 500 Ada GPUs with up to 4 GB dedicated VRAM. These workstation laptops are available in both 14- and 16-inch variants.

HP's new ZBook Fury G1i series comes in two sizes (16 and 18-inch), equipped with powerful Intel CPUs, massive RAM and storage options, Thunderbolt 5 connectivity, and specialized displays for creative professionals.

Dell has shown off two new workstation-grade laptops, the Dell Pro Max 16 Plus and Dell Pro Max 18 Plus. Both support up to 256 GB of CAMM memory, 12 TB storage and come with an Arrow Lake-HX CPU and an RTX Pro 5000 Blackwell GPU.

Dell has announced Premium versions of its new Pro Max 14 and 16 enterprise-grade laptops. They are equipped with tandem OLED displays of up to 4K in resolution, driven by next-gen RTX Pro Blackwell graphics. The PCs will also have Thunderbolt 4 to 5 ports to go with their HDMI 2.1, WiFi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4 specs.

The HP ProBook 4 G1q 14 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon X1P-26-100 that includes a 45 TOPS NPU. While the ProBook G1q does not come in a 16-inch variant, it offers USB4 and Wi-Fi 7 connectivity along with HP's suite of AI applications for business.

The OmniBook series gets a new flagship convertible with no more Snapdragon options to be found. The updated model integrates new ports, more display options, the latest Lunar Lake and Zen 5 CPUs, and even more colors to choose from.

The OmniBook family is expanding in size this year to include a new 17.3-inch offering. Unfortunately, it's missing one key feature that we would have loved to see.

The Omen 16 Slim has made its official debut at the HP Amplify 2025 event. At the core, it's a thin and light gaming laptop with up to an Nvidia RTX 5070 and Intel Core Ultra 9 285H.

HP has refreshed its Omen 17 gaming laptop with AMD's Strix/Krackan Point CPUs. They can be paired with up to a GeForce RTX 5070 or users could stick with the included iGPU if needed.

The HP Victus 15 has been refreshed with yet more CPUs from Intel and AMD. They can be combined with a wide range of Nvidia GPUs dating back to the RTX 2050.

HP has refreshed the Omen Transcend 14 thin-and-light gaming laptop with Intel's Arrow Lake H processors and Nvidia Blackwell GPUs. Everything else, such as its OLED screen and thin chassis, remains the same across generations.

HP has unveiled its latest OmniBook X Flip 16 convertible laptop, which is powered by an AMD Ryzen 5 220 processor paired with an AMD Radeon 740M GPU. The new OmniBook X Flip comes with a 2K OLED display, a 68 Wh battery, 8 GB of LPDDR5 RAM, and HP’s AI suite, which promises to boost the laptop’s functionality. It’ll be available in a sole Meteor Silver colorway.

Following the announcement of the HP OmniBook X and OmniBook Ultra series last year, HP has announced the OmniBook 3 series which sits at the bottom of the OmniBook ladder. Available in 15.6-inch and 14-inch models, they are powered by AMD's Ryzen AI chips which have an NPU.

Nvidia's next-generation mid-range laptop GPUs are expected to hit the market as early as May. A leaked spec sheet now reveals that the Razer Blade 16 will also be offered at a more affordable price point in configurations with the GeForce RTX 5060 and GeForce RTX 5070.

Launched in 2024, the Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 gaming laptop features a 240 Hz OLED display from Samsung, a Core Ultra 9 185H CPU, and an RTX 4070. The hardware makes the ROG Zephyrus G16 an excellent mid-range multimedia option, especially now that it is on sale.

With a history of over two decades and formerly known as SystemRescueCD, the Arch-based SystemRescue live environment has just received the update labeled 12.00. This refresh comes with the 6.12.19 LTS kernel, bcachefs support, Firefox 128.8.0 ESR, and Xfce 4.20.1, as well as several other package updates.

The last-gen 13-inch MacBook Air has been discounted on Amazon. It comes with 24 GB of RAM, 512 GB storage and an Apple M3 chip with 8 CPU cores and 10 GPU cores.

Huawei's HiSilicon division has come one step closer to making its supposed Apple M3 rival official, according to a new tip. The leak also purports to identify the "PC processor" as part of the Kirin series. It is also thought to have specs in common with the Intel Core Ultra series.

Our first benchmarks are in for Intel's Arrow Lake Arc 140T iGPU and they don't look too bad against the competing Radeon 890M depending on your point of view.

Intel is reportedly refreshing the current crop of mobile and desktop CPUs with a new architecture that is coming down the line. The CPU architecture is said to focus on stronger AI PCs.

Vaio has launched its latest 13.3-inch notebooks featuring the latest Intel Core processors, MIL-STD-810H durability, and 5G connectivity. With a broad range of ports, quiet keyboards, and all-day battery life, business users can work anywhere with ease.

The integrated Lunar Lake GPU holds a massive performance-per-watt advantage over AMD's latest Radeon 890M solution even if the latter is slightly faster on average.

The T1000 is an extremely powerful and more or less mobile computer. This rather peculiar system probably shouldn’t be called a laptop and comes with water cooling and desktop graphics card support for Nvidia’s latest Blackwell GPUs.