Laptop

HP offers not one or two, but at least three (EliteBook X G1i 14, EliteBook Ultra G1i 14, and EliteBook X G1a 14) high-end 14-inch EliteBook laptops with very similar visual designs and names between them. Their specifications are otherwise quite different to target separate market segments.

The Nvidia N1X's GPU has been tested on Geekbench's OpenCL benchmark. Its score is lacklustre due to it running at a slow clock speed.

HP's latest 14-inch business subnotebook is lowkey one of the longest-lasting laptops in the EliteBook family due largely to the Lunar Lake CPU and undemanding 60 Hz IPS touchscreen.

The RTX 5090, Core Ultra 9 275HX-powered Lenovo Legion Pro 7i gaming laptop offers an excellent gaming experience, courtesy of its powerful internals and beautiful 16-inch OLED display with a refresh rate of 240 Hz. Currently available with a substantial discount, this beast of a gaming laptop is a great buy for high-end gamers.

The XMG PRO 16 Value Edition expands the PRO 16 line-up with additional entry-level configurations featuring the older Intel Raptor Lake-R Core i9-14900HX CPU and GPU options like Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5070 Ti / 5070 /5060. Other notable features include a bright 1600p IPS display with 300 Hz refresh rate, Mini DisplayPort 2.1 connector, SD Express card reader and Wi-Fi 7 connectivity.

The Lenovo LOQ 15 Gen 9 gaming laptop with an RTX 4060 laptop GPU, a Core i5-13450HX Intel Raptor Lake CPU, and a 15.6-inch FHD display is retailing at a big 33% discount at B&H Photo. Thanks to the price cut, the Lenovo LOQ 15 has now become one of the best budget gaming laptops values currently on the market.

Lenovo's affordable office laptop ThinkPad E16 G3 performed very well in our review. You can also get the more powerful Core Ultra 7 255H including the faster Arc Graphics 140T, but is it worth the additional charge? We tested it.

First revealed in late January, Microsoft has announced the Surface Laptop 5G for business. The laptop will be available in August and will have a physical SIM card tray in addition to eSIM support.

Nvidia is giving away a high-end ROG Strix Scar 16 gaming laptop from Asus. It features an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX, RTX 5080 laptop GPU and a 16-inch 240 Hz mini-LED screen.

It's thinner, lighter, faster, and longer-lasting than the 2024 model to be a significant upgrade. Core temperature, however, is much warmer this time around.

The sleek 14-inch gaming laptop from Asus might not be the cheapest RTX 5070 Ti-equipped gaming machine, but it's one of the most portable options with a beautiful 3K OLED screen and other good-looking specs.

Thanks to a new software tool, the Apple MacBook Pro's haptic trackpad can also function as a scale, allowing it to determine the weight of objects weighing up to 3.5 kilograms. However, the current version of the software still has a few limitations.

The Apple MacBook Pro 14 with the M3 Max SoC is now on sale at Best Buy at a cool 22% off. The discount makes the MacBook Pro 14 (2023) a pretty solid deal since the machine offers fast performance, an excellent display, and outstanding battery life.

The performance deltas between RTX 5070 laptops are thankfully quite small even when comparing the small Razer Blade 14 to the larger Asus ProArt P16.

The Lenovo LOQ 15 15IRX10 gaming laptop is now on sale at a sizeable discount of close to $400. The laptop is the latest iteration of Lenovo's premier budget gaming laptop series and packs a good combination of an RTX 5050 GPU and a Core i5-13450HX CPU.

Lenovo further improved its budget office laptop ThinkPad E16 G3 and the result is a really good office laptop that does not break the bank. The new 120 Hz screen in particular is an excellent choice for productive tasks.

Razer equips the new Blade 18 with a so called dual-mode display, where you can change the frequency from 240 Hz in 4K to 440 Hz in Full-HD. But does that really make sense, or should this have been an optional screen?

The Raptor Lake-H processor just barely outperforms the older Raptor Lake-U option and it even comes in slower in regard to integrated graphics performance.

Some models are becoming increasingly difficult to visually tell apart even for us testers. To laymen, the names "EliteBook X", "EliteBook Ultra", "Envy x360", or "OmniBook x360" may be more confusing than helpful when distinguishing between lower-end and higher-end configurations.

A new AMD Strix Halo-powered laptop has shown up online. It comes from Sixunited, a Chinese company that supplies devices to other OEMs.

With gaming laptops, performance sometimes comes at the expense of portability. The slender Intel Core Ultra 9-powered Alienware x16 R2 breaks that mold with stable, high-refresh rate gaming. At a $1,800 sale price, the 16-inch Alienware laptop features a discrete RTX 4080 graphics card.

The Keychron K9 Max is a new wireless low-profile mechanical keyboard with a 60% layout, double-shot PBT keycaps, and a high degree of customisation. It is also the first Keychron low-profile keyboard to use the Keychron Milk POM switches, which have a similar design to the switches found in the Lofree Flow series.

The new HP convertible is very competitive at the lower $1000 price range with its 120 Hz OLED touchscreen and sleek metal design. Competitors like Dell have some catching up to do.

A new leak reveals the specs of Intel's Strix Halo competitor: Nova Lake-AX. Unfortunately, the leaker adds that the chip might not launch anytime soon or ever.

The Lenovo Legion 5, which we hailed as the "best mainstream gamer in 2025", is currently enjoying a sizeable discount on Lenovo's official store that saves $350 on the RTX 5070, Ryzen AI 7-equipped variant.

LG has unveiled two new pro models in its latest LG Gram Pro lineup, the 16Z90TR and the 17Z90TR. With an Intel Core Ultra 7 255H CPU, AI features, a 144 Hz WQXGA display, an Nvidia RTX 5050 GPU, and up to 27 hours of battery life, the new lineup comes with a 16-inch and 17-inch design. Both devices are now available for sale via LG’s official website.

AMD has slyly announced a new chip for entry-level laptops. The Ryzen AI 5 330 comes with a 4-core CPU and a Radeon 820M iGPU with 2 CUs.

The N1x is certainly not vaporware, even though the production problems may lead one to come to such conclusions. Nvidia might be the most valuable company in the world, but it cannot control everything. Sources claim that the N1x has not yet entered full production, despite Nvidia announcing it in June. Due to some new problems, the N1x launch is allegedly getting pushed to mid '26 at the earliest.

Virtually all major US companies ceased official operations in Russia in H1 2022, making key day-to-day electronics such as laptops harder to get a hold of - and more expensive. Three years later, products from brands like Apple and HP are still purchasable in the heavily sanctioned country but Taiwan and China-based brands reign supreme.

The new Razer Blade 18 offers very fast components and is currently one of the fastest laptops you can get. It is even 1 kg lighter and even a bit quieter than the big rival Alienware 18. However, the Razer is also more expensive.

Intel is reportedly working on high-end silicon for laptops that aim to rival AMD Strix Halo chips. Dubbed as Nova Lake-AX, it is expected to launch sometime next year.

This year's Focus 17 gaming laptop from XMG is marketed as one of the more affordable gaming laptops powered by the Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti. In order to keep prices below €2,000, XMG kept the previous gen Raptor Lake/-R processors and the port selection is missing TB4 connectors. However, the 17.3-inch screen features a quality IPS panel with 1440p resolution and 240 Hz.

Lenovo has refreshed the ThinkPad X9 Aura Edition in its 14-inch and 15-inch sizes. Arriving roughly six months after the pair debuted during CES 2025, the pair can now be picked up as the first white ThinkPads, albeit only in China for the time being.

JEDEC’s LPDDR6 spec pushes mobile and AI memory to 10,667–14,400 MT/s (28.5–38.4 GB/s) with dual-sub-channel lanes and dynamic power modes. It cuts core voltages and adds on-die ECC, parity and self-test features for automotive and data-center use, backed by top chipmakers for rapid rollout.

Asus has new two new notebooks on offer, which come with two Intel processors and a number of expansion options. These include upgrading the RAM to 64 TB and the storage up to 3 TB. MIL-STD 810H certification is advertised, meaning that the laptops should be able to withstand extreme environmental conditions.

The $169.99 DeathAdder V4 Pro remains esports-focused with a more accurate 45K optical sensor. While the Razer mouse is lighter at 56 grams, its supersized dongle, which supports an 8000Hz polling rate, draws more attention. The scroll wheel now employs optical technology for highly precise motion.

1440p monitor and laptop models are finding more popularity among gamers. The June Steam survey confirms that support for 4K displays is also growing, but extremely slowly. 1080p remains the most common resolution, as higher-end GPUs stay out of reach for most budgets.

The RTX 5050 finally arrives in gaming laptops, and YouTuber Darva Does Tech Stuff puts it to the test inside HP’s Victus. While the 8 GB VRAM helps in Cyberpunk 2077 and The Last of Us, the GPU’s underlying specs raise questions. Here’s what’s good, and what’s not.

GPD has started selling its latest mini laptop globally after introducing the device a few days ago in China. Available at an 18% launch discount when purchasing on Indiegogo, the MicroPC 2 combines a 7-inch IPS display with 16 GB of LPDDR5 RAM, an M.2 2280 SSD, a 27.5 Wh battery and an Intel Processor N250 within a housing that weighs under 500 g.