Laptop

Acer has unveiled the Swift 16 AI at IFA 2025. Powered by Intel's upcoming Panther Lake mobile APUs, the laptop features a 16-inch 3K OLED display, a thinner build than its predecessor, and an impressively large haptic touchpad.

At IFA 2025, Acer has introduced the Swift Air 16 powered by AMD Krackan Point APUs with integrated Radeon graphics. The Swift Air 16 Copilot+ PC has a lightweight magnesium-aluminum alloy construction and comes with a 2.8K AMOLED display option. Prices start from €999.

Acer introduces a new entry into their TravelMate laptop series for business at IFA Berlin: The Acer TravelMate X4 14 combines a lightweight metal chassis with Intel's Lunar Lake platform and an OLED WUXGA screen.

Acer has announced a new high-end mobile workstation at IFA 2025. The Predator Helio 18P AI is essentially a refreshed Predator Helios 18 AI with enterprise laptop features.

Acer's new Chromebook Plus Spin 514 now comes with a MediaTek Kompanio Ultra 910 processor. It also has a sharper touch display, USI 2.0 support, and Wi-Fi 7.

Getac has unveiled the 12-2-inch V120 ruggedized laptop designed to withstand harsh climates and abuse. The Intel Core Ultra-powered V120 comes with a 1,000-nit display visible under outdoor sun. The laptop is designed to withstand four-foot drops, water jets, and shocks.

The MSI Vector 16 HX AI with a powerful RTX 5080 and the Core Ultra 9 275HX under the hood is on sale at an amazing price at Best Buy. In addition to the $350 price cut, the gaming laptop also brings two upcoming AAA games at no additional cost.

With over 146 commits since the previous stable version, the build-it-yourself, CLI-only Linux From Scratch 12.4 guide is available for both the SysV init and systemd approaches. This project allows the user to create a minimal distro from source code (while offering information on adding a GUI) and has been around since late 1999.

Surprisingly enough, this configuration costs almost 50% more from HP's official store, so the Walmart discount is quite hefty. Other specs include 16 GB DDR5-5600 RAM, 1 TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD storage. and a 16-inch IPS display with 1920 x 1200 resolution and 165 Hz refresh rate. Port selection is missing Thunderbolt 4 and a card reader.

The OLED panel of the new MagicBook Art 14 once again offers excellent image quality. Honor also claims an peak brightness increase from 700 to 1600 nits, but we did not manage to reach this value.

Its Arrow Lake-HX CPU may be extremely fast, but the RTX 5070 is arguably the underperformer especially since no higher-end GPU configurations are possible.

The XPS name may be dead and buried, but the model is alive and well this year with no major external changes for a familiar look and feel.

The spacious MSI laptop retails for just $1700 compared to well over $2500 or even $3000 for most other 18-inch models. There are some cut corners, of course, but they're not as bad as you may think.

The Blade 14 offers significantly faster graphics performance at nearly the same weight and size all for the same $2000 price point. You'll have to really value the slightly larger display of the Dell to choose it over the Razer.

The durability of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon series is more accessible at its $1,569 sale price. A reduced weight and crisp 14-inch OLED display are highlights of this Lenovo laptop. Enterprising users on the go will also encounter extended battery life and versatile connectivity.

Honor managed to improve the keyboard of the new MagicBook Art 14 2025 even further, despite the slim chassis construction. The result is a more comfortable typing experience than on modern ThinkPads, which used to the gold standard for laptop keyboards years ago.

Dell doesn't explicitly state it in its specifications, but ghosting or smearing is more prevalent on the cheaper 16 Aurora due to its slower black-white and gray-gray response times.

A reliable leaker has provided a first look at Lenovo's ThinkPad dock equipped with Thunderbolt 5 ports. Dubbed the ThinkPad Smart Dock 7500, the dock appears to feature numerous ports, including dual Thunderbolt 5 connections that can provide up to 120 Gbps transfer speeds.

Following Lenovo's launch of a laptop with a rollable display, a leak has revealed a Lenovo ThinkBook with a display that can be quickly rotated into portrait mode. Lenovo Project Pivo is expected to be officially unveiled at IFA in September.

Torsin is a compact convertible designed to stand out with its 10.5-inch touchscreen, Intel processor and unique round trackpad. Thanks to its 360-degree hinge, the laptop can also function as both a Windows tablet and an e-reader.

With IFA 2025 just around the corner, Evan Blass has revealed that Lenovo will be bringing over half a dozen new ThinkPad laptops to the Berlin-based event, including the long-awaited ThinkPad P16 Gen 3 and ThinkPad P16v Gen 3.

Local AI is changing how organisations work: lower latency, predictable costs, and stronger GDPR control—ideal for business laptops and workstations in hybrid, home, and remote setups. This guide helps SMB and enterprise teams pick the right hardware without hype: what the NPU or Neural Processing Unit, is a specialised processor designed to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) tasks, when GPU VRAM or dedicated memory on a graphics card matters more, and which models fit your workloads.

While many ultrabooks use soldered RAM and only offer a limited number of ports, the InfinityBook Pro 14 from Tuxedo is the complete opposite. It is easy to upgrade the memory, you can install two full-size SSDs and there are plenty of ports including Ethernet.

Asus' Zenbook S 14 features an Intel Lunar Lake processor, 16 GB of RAM, a 1 TB SSD, and a 2.8K high-refresh-rate OLED touchscreen. Rounding out the package are a couple of Thunderbolt 4 ports as well as support for the latest wireless standards.

The MSI Vector 16 HX AI gaming laptop, powered by the RTX 5070 Ti laptop GPU and the Core Ultra 7 255HX, is now on sale at a big $250 discount. Moreover, the laptop comes with two upcoming AAA games worth a total of $140.

Budget gamers or students who "settle" for the cheaper 16 Aurora will find that it's thinner and with longer battery life to be a more fitting travel companion than the faster 16X Aurora.

MSI's Katana 15 HX features a 1,440p IPS display panel with a 165 Hz refresh rate, an Intel Core i7-14650HX, 16 GB of upgradable RAM, a 1 TB SSD, and the RTX 5070 Laptop GPU. Connectivity isn't bad either, as it's equipped with a USB-C port with DisplayPort output and 100 W Power Delivery, although a couple of Thunderbolt ports would've been welcome.

Honor has globally launched the MagicBook Art 14 a few weeks after its Chinese launch. It comes with an Intel Arrow Lake-H processor, a 3:2 OLED screen and a thin chassis that weighs a little over a kilogram.

XMG is offering a broader range of processor options for the 2025 EVO 15 lineup. These include four AMD CPUs from the Krackan and Strix Point series and a single Intel Arrow Lake-H option with a few notable platform differences. Other key specifications include a 99.8 Wh battery, a 1600p display with 500 nits brightness, extensive connectivity, up to 16 TB of SSD storage, and up to 128 GB of DDR5 RAM. Prices start at €999.

The latest GhostBSD community spin, labeled 25.02-R14.3p2, comes with the latest FreeBSD improvements, such as improved hardware support and security, kernel enhancements, as well as up-to-date wireless networking support. This release also intros Gershwin, an OS X-inspired desktop environment.

Samsung's Galaxy Book5 360 features an Intel Core Ultra 7 256V processor, 16 GB of on-package RAM, a 512 GB SSD, and a vibrant AMOLED touch panel. Completing the package are a couple of Thunderbolt 4 ports and Wi-Fi 7 connectivity.

The Gigabyte Aero X16 gaming laptop with the RTX 5070 laptop GPU, an 8-core Ryzen AI 7 350 CPU, 32 GB of expandable RAM, and 1 TB of upgradable storage has been discounted by over $400. The new sales price is a new record-low, making the sleek 16-incher an interesting option for budget-conscious gamers.

The latest Zephyrus G14 got a lot of praise in our in-depth review, which is why gamers or multimedia users might want to take a closer look at Best Buy's ongoing sales discount for the RTX 5070 Ti-powered configuration.

The Framework 16 laptop has been refreshed with new CPUs from AMD's Ryzen AI 300 series. They can now be paired with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 on top of the existing Radeon RX 7700S option.

The Intel Core Ultra 5 226V-powered Lenovo Yoga 7i 2-in-1 laptop is currently witnessing a major $400 discount on Best Buy, bringing its price down to an all-time low. With 16 GB of memory, 512 GB of storage, and a beautiful 14-inch OLED display, the Yoga 7i sure does offer a lot of bang for the buck.

The Nextorage NX-P4MG is a new portable SSD by the company, and it has MagSafe compatibility. With the USB4 support, it's said to offer up to 3,600 MB/s of sequential writing and 4,000 MB/s of sequential reading speeds.

The EcoFlow Rapid Pro power bank series is now official, and among the new portable chargers is the Pro X. It has a 27,650 mAh capacity, support for 300 W fast charging, and compatibility with accessories. The launch price is $299.99.

The Asus ROG Strix G16 (2025) gaming laptop, which was launched in January at CES 2025, is now retailing at a cool 20% discount at Best Buy. The notebook is powered by the latest RTX 5070 Ti laptop GPU, Ryzen 9 8940HX CPU, and a 90 Wh battery.

Available since yesterday, CachyOS 250824 is the sixth release of the year and arrives alongside the packages.cachyos.org package versions dashboard. The list of changes includes stability improvements and automated Btrfs boot environments, as well as an option to install the Niri window manager.

Lenovo equips its new business convertible with Intel's Arrow Lake processor, but combines them with onboard memory and a weak cooling unit. A Lunar Lake chip or an AMD Strix Point processor would have been a better choice.