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The Huawei MateBook 14 has officially been announced with a 3:2 120 Hz touch-enabled OLED screen, Intel Meteor Lake processors, and a 70 Wh battery. Essentially, it is a lower cost alternative to the MateBook X Pro 2024.

Samsung is projected to add a new variant to its latest Galaxy Book4 series of laptops - albeit one with Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X Elite processor rather than silicon from Intel. To this end, it has a potentially nostalgic new suffix - however, according to a noted leaker, the question is: why?

ASUS has revealed that it will be one of the many exhibitors at next month's Computex 2024 conference in Taipei. Although the company is remaining quiet about the products it will be introducing, a new leak has confirmed that ASUS has prepared the ROG Ally 2024, a refreshed ROG Zephyrus G16, a new Zenbook and its first Qualcomm Snapdragon X-powered laptop.

AMD Zen 5 laptops are over the horizon, with the recent Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 5 leak confirming that the new APUs will come under the Ryzen 8050 name. Asus will also be among the first to launch laptops with the new Strix Point lineup of processors. At least, that’s what the accidental listing on the official website has hinted at.

Manufacturers are preparing their systems with the new AMD Strix Point APUs, and it seems that the Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 5 will be among the firsts. The laptop’s brochure just got leaked, which suggests that the next mobile processor lineup will feature a Ryzen 8050 naming.

The Asus Vivobook Pro 16X SKU currently on sale features a 120 Hz OLED display with a resolution of 3,200 × 2,000, Intel's top-tier Core i9-13980HX processor, an RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, along with ample connectivity and a nifty DialPad feature.

Budget smartphone maker Infinix plans to enter the gaming laptop market with the Infinix GT BOOK. It will launch with a mix of last and current-gen hardware and a 16:10 screen.

The ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 (2024) with a Ryzen 9 8945HS CPU and an RTX 4060 laptop GPU is currently down to its lowest price ever. As evident from a 4.6-star user rating and a 93% review score from us, the Zephyrus G14 is one of the best Windows machines available on the market and the discounted price further adds to the value proposition on offer.

High-end RTX 50 laptop GPUs like the RTX 5080 and the RTX 5070/RTX 5070 Ti are finally getting a VRAM increase according to the latest leak from Moore’s Law Is Dead. With the memory and bus-width bump in place, the RTX 5080 will match the RTX 5090.

The 2023 HP Omen 16 with AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS, Nvidia RTX 4060, 16 GB of RAM, and 1 TB of PCIe 4.0 storage has received a massive $500 discount. With this deal in place, you can score it for just $1,099.99, which is a great price for a gaming laptop with such specs.

The lightweight, compact XMG Fusion 15 doesn't come with a conventional screen size: Instead of a 16-inch or 15.6-inch screen, it uses a 15.3-inch panel (2,560 x 1,600 pixels, 240 Hz) with a 16:10 aspect ratio. A Core i9 processor, RTX 4070, Thunderbolt 4 and very good runtimes round out its total package.

The latest Lenovo LOQ 15 is on sale, with the maxed-out configuration seeing a hefty 31% discount. With this deal, the gaming laptop with the new Ryzen 7 8845HS, Nvidia RTX 4060, 16 GB of RAM, and 512 GB of PCIe 4.0 storage is currently available at $883.19 on the official store.

The Acer Predator Triton 16 has dropped to its lowest price ever on Amazon after a generous 22% discount. The laptop comes with a 16-inch QHD+ display powered by an RTX 4070 laptop GPU alongside a Core i7-13700H CPU. Additionally, the machine features 1 TB of storage, 16 GB of DDR5 memory, an FHD webcam, and a backlit keyboard with per-key RGB.

AMD Strix Halo APUs could be available in a range of configurations. From a Strix Halo SKU that rivals the RTX 4070 laptop down to a low-end product with RTX 3050 levels of performance, AMD apparently presented OEMs with four options with up to 16 Zen 5 cores and 40 CUs.

Lenovo's latest flagship gaming laptop sports top-notch components across the board. Gamers who have set aside $3,000 for a new RTX 4090-equipped notebook might want to take the tempting Legion 9i into consideration.

The April Steam survey is here, and it shows that AMD is still struggling to gain ground over Nvidia in GPU. Among the top 20, there’s only one from AMD, which is likely an iGPU, and it holds the 16th position. As for the most popular graphics card, it’s the RTX 3060, currently holding a 5.71% share.

The 2023 Acer Nitro 16 with a Ryzen 7 7840HS CPU and RTX 4060 GPU has recorded a steep 23% price drop on Amazon. Aside from powerful mid-range internals, the laptop includes a 16-inch 1920x1200 resolution display, a 4-zone RGB keyboard, a 90 Wh battery, and a healthy port selection.

YouTuber Moore’s Law is Dead has learned that Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 50 series laptop chips may be delayed by a month or two. However, both the GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 will launch with the same flagship GPU. The company is also considering GDDR7 memory for some of its laptop SKUs.

The ThinkPad L13 Yoga Gen 2 was released in early 2021, but thanks to a notable 40% discount at Costco, the 13-inch convertible remains a solid choice for budget-conscious laptop buyers who mostly use office applications.

Statcounter has published its latest report on Windows version market share. While it may sound surprising, even after around nine years of release, Windows 10 currently holds 70.03% of the market share. Windows 11, on the other hand, has seen another drop, from 26.68% in March to 25.65% in April.

The G16 7630 is currently on sale for $1,299 at Dell's official online store as the American PC maker has treated the Core i9-equipped gaming laptop with an RTX 4070 to a spicy discount of $600 or more than 30% relative to MSRP.

The Lenovo Legion Pro 5i Gen 9, launched earlier this year, is enjoying a generous $516 discount on the official store. With this deal in place, the gaming laptop with Intel Core i7-14650HX and Nvidia RTX 4060 is currently sitting at $1,313.99, which is a pretty good price.

ASUS has dropped various hints about unveiling its first Qualcomm Snapdragon X-powered laptop. Seemingly inadvertently, it has revealed that it will put Qualcomm's new silicon to use within a new version of the Vivobook S 15 OLED, which is currently available with Intel Meteor Lake-H processors.

An Intel Lunar Lake Core Ultra 200V APU inside an HP Spectre x360 convertible laptop has been benchmarked at the SiSoftware Sandra database. The result shows the upcoming Battlemage-based Xe2-LPG iGPU in a very positive light as it is not only faster but also appears to use less power than competing Meteor Lake offerings.

The base configuration of the latest 13” Macbook Air with the M3 chip is currently at its lowest price yet on Amazon, with a 10% discount, as is the previous generation with the M2 chip, with a 15% discount. The higher configurations for both versions are also available at slightly lower discounts, making this a good time to buy Apple’s cheapest yet highly reviewed laptops.

The AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS processor makes its laptop debut on models like the HP Envy X360 14. Still, this particular model might not get you the best bang for your buck, as it combines the powerful processor with rather budget-oriented components that seem overpriced.

After almost half a year from the official launch, laptops powered by Intel's Core Ultra 7 155H finally drop to a more realistic sub-$800 price point. At $749, the Asus VivoBook S15 might not be as fast as similar models powered by AMD's Phoenix and Hawk Point processors, but the other specs, including a 3K OLED screen, 2x Thunderbolt 4 and a microSD card reader are great features for this price point.

Details of another forthcoming Qualcomm Snapdragon X series laptop have leaked online. This time, it is Dell with the Inspiron 14 Plus, which combines the Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100) with 16 GB of RAM.

Gamers hunting for a good deal on Dell's G15 or Alienware gaming laptops are in luck. Amazon is slashing up to $600 off select machines, including the Alienware X16 gaming laptop with a Core i9 CPU, 32 GB of RAM, and an Nvidia RTX 4080 GPU.

The Gen 9 Lenovo Yoga 7i 14 2-in-1 convertible laptop has received its first discount and the machine can now be had for 28% less than the $899.99 list price for the Core Ultra 5 125U SKU. The version with a Core Ultra 7 155U is also on sale but with a smaller 24% discount.

So far, Qualcomm has outlined specifications for four Snapdragon X chipsets, including a single Snapdragon X Plus variant. However, the company is also said to be preparing a lesser Snapdragon X Plus SKU, as well as an 80-core variant codenamed 'SD1'.

The Surface Laptop 6 and Surface Pro 10 could be some of the first devices to debut Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus chipsets. Ahead of the expected releases this time next month, a reliable leaker has outlined various new performance details that Qualcomm has not shared publicly yet.

Huawei is reportedly developing a Kirin chip for PCs. It will feature an 8-core CPU, an Adreno 920 GPU and perform on par with the Apple M3. It is expected to debut sometime in September 2024.

The 2023 Asus ROG Flow X13 with AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS is currently on sale. It has been discounted to $699.99 on Best Buy, the lowest recorded price for this variant of the convertible gaming laptop. But do note that this deal will only remain active til 29th April.

The Portégé X40L-M is an extremely light notebook from Dynabook that makes no compromises. Thanks to Intel Meteor Lake and Intel Arc iGPU, the device is likely to be significantly more powerful than its predecessor while having a longer battery life.

Thanks to a big discount of $570 relative to the official MSRP, the RTX 4070-equipped Lenovo Legion Pro 5i 16 is now on sale for its lowest price since last year's Black Friday shopping event.

The Lenovo Yoga 9i Gen 8 with its Core i7-1360P CPU, 16 GB of LPDDR5 RAM, and 512 GB of storage normally has a list price of $1,399.99. However, thanks to a deep 29% discount at Best Buy, the laptop has now dropped back to its lowest price once again. At the reduced price, the Yoga 9i gives little to complain about as it features a metal chassis, a speedy CPU, and a high-resolution OLED display.

Lenovo has also equipped the 16-inch Legion Pro 7i Gen 9 with 32GB RAM, a high-end QHD display with 240Hz as well as a large 2TB SSD. Thanks to a big price cut, the RTX 4090 gaming laptop has now dropped to its lowest price thus far.

With the RedmiBook Pro 16, Xiaomi shows its established competitors how to bring a modern multimedia laptop with current components to the market that doesn't even cost 1,000 Euros (~$1,067) while offering a Core Ultra 7 155H, 32 GB of RAM, and a high-resolution 165-Hz panel.

Lenovo first showcased the ThinkBook TGX eGPU enclosure back at CES this year. While the company has been quiet about it ever since then, the GPU solution has now launched in China at CNY 1,499 (around $206). It uses a proprietary version of OcuLink, making the external graphics card dock capable of offering 64 Gbps of throughput.

The 2024 Acer Swift Go 14 laptop with Intel’s latest Core Ultra 7 155H CPU, 16 GB of LPDDR5X memory, 1 TB of storage, and a 90 Hz OLED panel is now going for an awesome 20% off on Amazon. The resulting price is the lowest rate for the machine, making it a perfect time to snag the laptop.

Lenovo has launched the 2024 update of the Thinkbook 16+ in China. It equips Intel Core Ultra 9 185H with one of the configurations featuring Nvidia RTX 4060. The laptop without the dedicated GPU costs CNY 7,699 (around $1,062), while the one with the GPU costs CNY 9,999 (around $1,380).

After spending some time in the preview build, Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to all users of Microsoft's operating system. The “recommendations” can be disabled, but the “switch to Linux” comments are coming in hard and fast on social media.

Lenovo recently launched the new G9 version of the Yoga Pro 9i 16. Several aspects have been improved and the bright mini LED panel is still excellent, but there are also new problems. The color profiles for AdobeRGB and sRGB are missing and the power supply is too weak.

The 16-inch laptop comes with a sharp 4K screen with an excellent peak brightness of 800 nits, which makes the ThinkPad P16v Gen 1 a noteworthy option for workstation users with a workload that is heavy on multimedia applications.

The Razer Blade 17 is enjoying a whopping 50% discount on Razer’s official site. While the gaming laptop is a little dated now, it still packs very capable specs. The variant that’s on sale equips Intel Core i7-12800H, Nvidia RTX 3070 Ti, and an FHD with a 360 Hz refresh rate.