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An almost maxed-out AMD configuration of the ThinkPad P14s Gen 5 is back on sale at Lenovo, which is selling certified-refurbished units of the 14-inch business laptop for just $905 including a one-year warranty.

Apple's MacBook Pro lineup will likely boast OLED screens by 2026, and the same has been hinted at by multiple analysts in the past. A recent report adds weight to these claims, while reiterating the speculated timeline.

The Asus TUF Gaming A16 is discounted by $400 in Best Buy's Black Friday sale, making it a screaming deal for a budget gaming laptop, at just $699.99. The TUF A16 features a 165 Hz display, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, and an AMD Radeon RX 7700S GPU, which trades blows with the Nvidia RTX 4060 in most games.

The GPD Pocket 4 now has an official release date. Arriving before December rolls around, the compact laptop combines modern AMD Ryzen APUs with an 8.8-inch and 144 Hz convertible display, plus a whole heap of ports.

Not long after its 18th anniversary, Oracle Linux is back with a new update, labeled 9.5. Java moves from OpenJDK 11 to OpenJDK 17, while .NET 9.0 comes with support for C#13 and F#9. Additionally, GCC Toolset 14 is available via the AppStream repository, not to mention the UEK and RHCK options.

The latest Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition laptop with an Intel Core Ultra 7 256V Lunar Lake APU, 16 GB of RAM, and 1 TB of Gen 4 storage is on sale for a big 23% discount over the MSRP. The laptop packs a 15.3-inch IPS display that comes equipped for both media watching and content creation right out of the box.

As part of its Black Friday sales, Best Buy has slashed the price of its Dell Inspiron 16 2-in-1 mini-LED touch laptop model by 33%. This represents strong value for money as far as convertibles go.

The MSI Katana A15 AI gaming laptop has just received a massive 32% price drop. Thanks to the ongoing Black Friday deal on Amazon, you can currently buy this laptop for the lowest-ever price.

Lenovo's Product Manager shared on Weibo that Nvidia will continue to supply the RTX 4050 Laptop GPU to manufacturers even after releasing the RTX 5050 Laptop. This is because the latter will aim to be within a higher pricing tier.

Apple's 14-inch MacBook Pro with the powerful M4 SoC can now be purchased with a $200 discount on Amazon US. The laptop is an excellent machine, boasting a brilliant display, superb battery life, and commendable performance with very little downside.

The Acer Nitro V 15 price has now tumbled below $850. The laptop packs a Core i7-13620H CPU, an RTX 4060 laptop GPU, 32 GB of RAM, and 1 TB of storage. Display duties are handled by a 15.6-inch FHD panel with 100% coverage of the sRGB gamut.

All models of the 2024 Macbook Air M3, in both 13-inch and 15-inch versions, have received their biggest discount yet on Amazon. The offer, which comes ahead of Amazon’s Black Friday sale, brings the 13-inch model with 16 GB RAM and 256 GB of storage down to $849, while the 15-inch model with the same configuration is now available for $1,044.

Razer announced a new RGB version of its Barracuda X headset earlier in 2024, although it had heretofore only been available in black. Now, the HyperSpeed Wireless accessory has been released in a different color. It can still connect to and switch between 2 devices at once, and comes with a matching detachable boom mics.

Dell has discounted the G16 7630 gaming laptop by a massive 33.33%. As a result of the price drop, the Dell G16 has now become a solid price-to-performance value thanks to its powerful Core i9-13900HX CPU, 32 GB of RAM, and a full-power RTX 4070 laptop GPU.

The Asus Vivobook S 14 with the latest Intel Core Ultra 5 226V SoC is now on sale for less than $700. Courtesy of the efficient Lunar Lake chip and a big 75 Wh battery, the Vivobook S 14 should offer speedy CPU and iGPU performance alongside long battery life. Other niceties include two Thunderbolt 4 ports, a backlit keyboard, Wi-Fi 7, and a low weight of 1.3 kg (2.87 lbs).

Codenamed “Teal Serval” and available with the distributed kernel version 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5, AlmaLinux OS 9.5 comes with improved security, refined development tooling, as well as performance enhancements. The list of changes includes updated compilers, improved system monitoring, stronger cryptography, crypto-policies, and more.

The battle of the clickpads. Ten years ago, Lenovo tried to integrate the dedicated mouse buttons for the ThinkPad TrackPoint into the touchpad, to make the trackpad bigger. In 2024, they are trying it again. We compare ThinkPad P1 G7 with the ThinkPad T440s to see why Lenovo thinks that this will work now, despite not working back in 2014.

According to a new report, Google is set on returning to its long-ignored laptop division. However, the so-called Pixel Laptop may run Android, not ChromeOS.

The RTX 4090-powered Razer Blade 18 is still more expensive than similarly equipped gaming laptops, but thanks to its eye-catching 4K display and sleek 18-inch chassis, this ultra-expensive machine can be a good choice for affluent 4K gamers.

Razer touts the 2024 version of its Blade 16 gaming laptop as the best ever thanks to its 240Hz OLED display. The brand has declared Holiday Season 2024 open with a sale on the new Raptor Lake-based PC. It also comes with gifts valued at a total of $294.90 during the event.

A retailer has revealed Asus' upcoming refresh of its innovative Zenbook Duo laptop. In the process, the same retailer has revealed early details about not just Intel's Core Ultra 7 255H but also the more powerful Core Ultra 9 285H.

The desktop-focused branch of the FreeBSD family, namely GhostBSD, has just moved up to version 24.10.1. This update fixes issues that occurred on some Legacy BIOS systems on boot while also delivering multiple driver updates and under-the-hood improvements. There is also support for watching Netflix in Chromium.

The Acer Nitro 17 gaming laptop with an 8-core Ryzen 7 7840HS CPU, 16 GB of DDR5 memory, 1 TB of storage, and an RTX 4060 laptop GPU is now going for less than $750 on eBay. The discounted price is for a certified-refurbished unit which, per the listing, is in "pristine, like-new condition".

The capable RTX 4070 gaming laptop from Lenovo has received its most significant price drop yet as the Core i7-powered Legion Pro 5i Gen 9 is now on sale for $1,255, which is almost $700 less than the official list price.

GPD has unveiled pricing for its Pocket 4 mini laptop, a versatile 770g device combining a handheld, laptop, and a tablet in a single device. Powered by AMD Zen 4 and Zen 5 processors, SKUs will be available ranging from $895 to $1,466, with features like an 8.8-inch 2.5K 144Hz display, up to 64GB of RAM, and optional accessories for enhanced connectivity. If the crowdfunding campaign succeeds, the device is expected to launch by the end of the year.

CheckMag The iPhone 16 Plus's main camera has an average delta-E of 7.41; in the meantime, the XPS 13 9345's 2 MP webcam delivered a value of just 5.53 in our testing. However, the number of webcams with bizarre delta-E values such as 20+ is still pretty high, as a brief analysis of the last 48 laptop reviews published by Notebookcheck shows.

Microsoft is kicking off Black Friday early, with discounts on everything from Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2, Alan Wake 2, and Spirit of the North to the entire Assassin's Creed franchise, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, and many more. The Black Friday sale will last until December 2, and many of the deals are applicable for both console and PC versions of the games.

Razer has replaced its older Thunderbolt 4 Dock with what it calls the 'USB 4 Dock'. While the new dock has lost Thunderbolt 4 branding, it comes with more ports and a lower launch price.

The Lenovo Kaitan X1 has made its debut in China as a new thin and light laptop. What's rather interesting about the device is that it packs the domestically-produced Zhaoxin KX-6000G CPU instead of an AMD or Intel processor.

The refurbished 13-inch business laptop is an adequate choice for users who are looking for a versatile and compact laptop with a decent QHD screen. Thanks to a steep refurbished discount, the Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Gen 3 has now dropped under $500.

More than two months after the arrival of its predecessor, Q4OS 5.7 surfaces with Debian Bookworm 12.8-specific updates, improved hardware compatibility, an updated Q4OS software center, as well as the usual set of refreshed packages alongside Q4OS-exclusive visual refinements, under-the-hood fixes, and tweaks.

A new Intel Arrow Lake-H GPU has shown up on Geekbench. The Core Ultra 7 255H is a 16-core CPU (10E + 6P) with a max boost clock of 5.1 GHz. It will be unveiled at CES 2025.

The silent Apple MacBook Air with its powerful Apple M3 processor is down to an all-time low on Amazon, thanks to a rare, sizeable $200 discount. The MacBook Air in question comes with 16 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage, with the 512 GB storage upgrade coming in at $1,099 after its $200 discount.

B&H is offering the Lenovo Legion 5i gaming laptop for $1,199, down from its $1,599 MSRP. It features a 14th Gen Intel Core i9-14900HX, RTX 4060, 16-inch QHD display with 240Hz, 32GB RAM, and 1TB SSD.

The yet-unreleased Intel Core Ultra 5 225H Arrow Lake-H mobile CPU has made a pit stop at Geekbench for a set of valid single-core and multi-core benchmark results. While the results do show the 28 W Arrow Lake-H CPU beating the Meteor Lake Core Ultra 5 125H, the chip fails to outperform the Strix Point Ryzen AI 9 365.

The Lenovo LOQ 15 gaming laptop with a powerful Core i5-13450HX CPU and an RTX 4060 laptop GPU can now be yours for less than $800. The new price is presents an excellent opportunity to buy the machine for folks who want a no-nonsense gaming laptop that does almost everything right.

While it brings day-one support for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, the latest Nvidia driver package also comes with one-click optimal settings for five titles, including Delta Force and Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. Also, the Nvidia app is now finally out of beta.

Based on Arch Linux and featuring multiple desktop options with a BORE kernel which focuses on top performance and low latency, CachyOS is back with this year's 12th release. This update comes with improved gaming performance on both Nvidia and AMD hardware, latest Calamares version, improved Asus ROG Ally X support, and more.

Chinese company Firebat has launched a new gaming laptop with a rather interesting internal design. The Huan 16 Air has a separate, and what appears to be modular, GPU board, which hints at user upgradability.

Apple is between a rock and a hard place when it comes to equipping its cheapest MacBook with an expensive OLED display.

Honor has just released the MagicBook Art 14 Snapdragon at the same price as its Intel Core Ultra 5 125H-powered counterpart. While the laptop is exclusive to China for now, it seems that the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite-powered device could soon be available internationally too.

CheckMag Laptop designs started to feel stale in recent years, with most laptops adopting similar design attributes - most following the example of Apple MacBooks. For this reason: The market needs an Elon Musk disruption!