Laptop

The cheapest way to get your hands on a Snapdragon X series system is to get the dev kit for $900 or the base 13.8-inch Microsoft Surface Copilot+ PC for $999. However, Qualcomm says that its 2025 offering will be priced much lower, costing as little as $700.

It looks like System76's exciting new Rust-based Cosmic DE will get an official Fedora spin in the upcoming Fedora 42, potentially giving Linux users with bleeding-edge hardware an official way to try Cosmic. Fedora Linux operates on a semi-rolling release, but it is often regarded as a stable base for those looking for up-to-date software and hardware support.

The 2024 Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 is currently on sale, and it is nearing the all-time recorded price on Best Buy. With this deal in place, the gaming laptop with Intel Core Ultra 9 185H, Nvidia RTX 4070, 16 GB of RAM, and 1 TB SSD can be scored for $1,649.99, which is $350 lower than what it generally retails for.

Qualcomm wants to revolutionize the laptop market with the Snapdragon X Elite. Our reviews of the Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 shows us that Qualcomm puts too much emphasis on performance in tryping to do so.

ASUS has presented the Adol Book 14 Air, which looks like plenty of its contemporaries at first glance. However, not only is the laptop more powerful than most thanks to its AMD Ryzen 9 8945H APU, but it also features a customisable incense dispenser.

The robust 14-inch business laptop also features the Intel Core i5-1245U and a 512GB SSD. Thanks to a huge discount, certified-refurbished units of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10 are now on sale for under $600.

CheckMag Turing, the GPU generation that delivered upscaling and ray tracing, has now all but fallen into obscurity as compared to its still widely used Pascal and Ampere brethren. The desktop RTX 2070 may have been middling at best even at launch, but its laptop counterpart fully deserves a bit of a spotlight. Let's try and look into how it managed to remain relevant for much longer than some expected.

Intel has confirmed it will show off its Lunar Lake laptop chips on September 3 via a livestream. It comes several weeks after Intel demoed the platform at Computex 2024.

SZBOX is now selling a new convertible laptop powered by Intel Alder Lake N processors. Not only is the device cheaper than many of its competitors, but it is also noticeably smaller thanks to a 10.95-inch display.

The ASUS TUF A15 gaming laptop with the Ryzen 9 7940HS CPU and RTX 4070 Laptop GPU is a great choice for budget-conscious laptop enthusiasts, provided a high-resolution, color accurate display is not a priority. Thanks to an ongoing sale on Amazon, the laptop is back to its lowest price of the year so far.

Dynabook has unveiled the Portégé X40-M laptop with Meteor Lake processors. It comes with a 14-inch screen, two Thunderbolt 4.0 ports, 60 Wh battery and an Intel Arc iGPU. It goes on sale now starting at $1,499.

Asus TUF Gaming F15 gaming laptop is back on sale at Best Buy with a whopping $350 discount. The laptop is a midrange gaming machine with a Core i7-13620H CPU, an RTX 4070 laptop GPU, 16 GB of DDR5-4800 memory, and 1 TB of storage. Both the storage and the RAM are user-replaceable.

The Maingear ML-17 has launched as a new gaming laptop with top-end gaming hardware. It packs the Intel Core i9 14900HX, Nvidia RTX 4090, and up to 64 GB of RAM. You can also install up to three 4 TB PCIe 4.0 SSDs, and the system sports the latest Thunderbolt 5, WiFi 7, and Bluetooth 5.4.

SK hynix Inc. has unveiled its latest graphics memory, GDDR7, which boasts a 60% increase in speed and 50% higher power efficiency compared to GDDR6. Expected to begin mass production in Q3 2024, GDDR7 can reach speeds of up to 32Gbps, and handle over 1.5TB of data per second. The memory uses new packaging technology for better heat dissipation. GDDR7 DRAM is anticipated to be widely used in AI, high-spec 3D graphics, and autonomous driving applications.

The Asus Zephyrus ROG G14 (2024) with an RTX 4070 laptop GPU has dropped to a record low price. Unlike the company's previous iteration, Asus's latest compact 14-incher aims to serve both habitual gamers and multimedia users alike. Thankfully, Asus Zephyrus ROG G14 2024 succeeds in almost every aspect.

Intel's top-spec Core Ultra 9 288V has shown up on Geekbench. Its single-core performance is slightly better than AMD's Strix Point flagship, but it lags in multi-core prowess due to fewer CPU cores.

Lenovo has officially launched the ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 in China, powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite series processor. This high-end business laptop can be had with a stunning 2.8K OLED display and naturally, it also delivers impressive battery life, quality keyboard and solid port selection. The T14s Gen 6 has a dual-fan cooling system to handle the powerful processor while maintaining the classic ThinkPad design. The price tag in China is 11,999 yuan ($1,650).

Lenovo has launched many new products, and the 2024 Legion R9000P is one of them. This new gaming laptop is powered by the Ryzen 9 7945HX, a top-end processor from the Dragon Range series. It’s paired with Nvidia RTX 4060, making it capable of handling most games with maxed-out visuals. The starting price is CNY 9,299 (about $1,282).

Lenovo has held a big launch event in China, and the 2024 Legion R7000 is among the latest releases. The gaming laptop features the AMD Ryzen 7 8745H, a recently launched Hawk Point CPU. It's paired with up to Nvidia RTX 4060, 16 GB of RAM, and 512 GB of storage. The starting price is CNY 6699, about $923.

The 16-inch Legion Slim 5 is a solid choice for mid-range gamers as the RTX 4070-powered Lenovo gaming laptop has now received one of its biggest discounts yet and can be ordered for 30% under the official list price.

Besides selling phones and accessories, Huawei also has laptops in its portfolio. However, even its latest releases aren't catered for gamers. Well, it seems that's about to change as an unannounced Huawei-branded gaming laptop has been spotted at the ChinaJoy 2024 expo. It's speculated to be called MateBook GT 14.

Based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and available in no less than ten editions, Ubuntu Pack 24.04 is now out. This distro comes with a universal VLC player, a comprehensive set of media codecs, and support for running Windows apps. The list of preinstalled apps includes Inkscape, XnView, Peazip, Firefox, Veracrypt, and more.

GPD has officially announced the release date for the DUO OLED laptop, set for August 2024. Unveiled earlier this year, the GPD DUO packs dual OLED displays on top of one another and is powered by AMD's Ryzen AI 9 370HX CPU with the Radeon 890M iGPU, promising impressive performance.

Lenovo's Yoga 7i is a value-focused 2-in-1 laptop with a large 16-inch IPS touchscreen, 16 GB of RAM, up to 1 TB of storage, and decent connectivity, including a couple of Thunderbolt 4 ports. When it comes to the processor, buyers can pick between an Intel Core Ultra 5 125U and the higher-boosting Core Ultra 7 155U.

The Asus TUF A16 is an excellent mid-range gaming laptop powered by AMD's Ryzen 9 7940HX CPU and RTX 4070 GPU. The Ryzen 9 CPU performs superbly in multi-core tests, but falls behind its Intel counterparts in single-core tests. Thanks to an ongoing sale on Amazon that drops the price down to its all-time low, the TUF A16 becomes easier to recommend now than ever.

JSAUX has released the first convertible version of its Docking Station for devices such as the Lenovo Legion Go, Steam Deck and ROG Ally. It is the first of its line in which the 'cradle' for such handheld consoles is detachable rather than the part with ports built into it. The new Station's inputs include USB-C with power delivery and Gigabit Ethernet.

The Lenovo Yoga 9i 14 2024 convertible laptop is currently on sale at Best Buy at a big 24% discount. The machine packs an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H Meteor Lake CPU, 16 GB of speedy LPDDR5x-7467 memory, a 1 TB Gen 4 SSD, and a 14-inch touch OLED display. Other notable hardware details include two Thunderbolt 4 ports, Wi-Fi 6E, and a 75 Wh battery.

The Intel Core Ultra 5 236V has made its Geekbench debut. It performs remarkably slower than its Core Ultra 7 counterparts, despite featuring the same 8-core CPU and a marginally lower boost clock.

AMD has subtly shown off a new Strix Point CPU called the Ryzen AI 9 HX 375. It has the same CPU and GPU as the HX 370, but comes with a marginally more powerful NPU.

The top-notch RTX 4090 configuration of the Alienware m18 R2 is almost maxed out and also comes with the Intel Core i9-14900HX, 32GB of memory as well as two 1TB SSDs which run in RAID0 mode to maximize performance.

System76's long-awaited Cosmic desktop environment will officially ship with the Pop!_OS 24.04 alpha build, bringing with it a host of improvements to GPU compatibility and features. Despite it being an alpha build, System76 hopes for Cosmic and Pop!_OS 24.04 to be completely usable as a daily driver OS.

AMD’s latest Radeon 880M iGPU has been tested with OpenCL with disappointing results. The RDNA 3.5-based iGPU featuring 12 CUs seemingly put an underwhelming fight vs the Radeon 780M with a score of less than 31,000.

Sharge is a well-known name in portable charging; now, it has broken into power solutions for the home and/or office with its latest product. It packs two full (US-style) AC sockets as well as two of the brand's 100W USB-C ports, with a type-A port as a back-up. Sharge touts it as a sleek new way to clear your desk-space of cables and clutter.

The Lenovo LOQ 15 (2024) with the RTX 4060 laptop GPU is back on sale at Best Buy. The cost-effective gaming laptop is currently down by $200, making this an excellent opportunity to score the machine that promises to offer solid gaming performance.

JSAUX has announced a Lite version of its innovative, foldable portable monitor. It is now the most affordable variant of its line-up, and is also the first version of the FlipGo in which its dual screens are 15.6 inches in diagonal length. Then again, there are some compromises relative to its higher-end Pro siblings.

AMD could be preparing new laptop APUs to follow up the Zen 5-based Strix Point chips. Named “Bald Eagle Point”, the APUs also reportedly utilize Zen 5/5c cores like Strix Point alongside an RDNA 3.5 iGPU. However, the APUs apparently bring a major addition to the cache structure.

The Alienware x16 R2 with an RTX 4080 laptop GPU, a Core Ultra 9 185H CPU, 32 GB of LPDDR5X-7467 memory, and 1 TB of storage is now up for grabs at more than $800 off. The laptop packs a big 16-inch display making it perfect for people who want a large monitor to game on. Additionally, since the screen covers 100% DCI-P3, Alienware x16 R2 can also work well for creators.

One of AMD's upcoming laptop CPUs, codenamed Strix Halo, has shown up on Geekbench. It features 8 CPU cores and boosts up to 5.36 GHz.

The AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 scores 4,213 and 37,699 on PassMark's single and multi-threaded tests, respectively. It sits between high-end Raptor Lake and Apple M series chips on both fronts.