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The Dell G16 7630 is closing in on the $1,000 mark as the RTX 4070 gaming laptop with the Intel Core i9-13900HX, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD and 240Hz QHD screen has received a steep $690 discount at Dell's official online store.

Dynabook asserts that its latest PCs are the smartest Tecra-series 'work' laptops it has made to date thanks to Meteor Lake (up to Intel Core Ultra 7 165H) processors that can run the Copilot assistant in Windows 11 Pro. The 14-inch A40-M and 16-inch A60-M also sport backlit keyboards in robust Dark Blue bodies with large trackpads and security options that include optional smart-card readers.

Alderon Games, one of the developers that flagged the instability issues of 14th and 13th-gen Raptor Lake desktop chips, says they're experiencing similar issues on HX-branded laptop chips. An Intel spokesperson insists its laptop chips are fine and attribute the crashes to hardware/software problems.

While some gaming laptops have mechanical keyboards, they still offer relatively little travel, usually around 1.8mm, while also being rather bulky and heavy. YouTuber Marcin Plaza has solved both problems and, after a 12-hour design speed run, has built a mechanical keyboard with around 3.0 mm of travel into his 13-inch Lenovo laptop. But can this DIY project be replicated?

Best Buy currently has the 2023 ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 in open-box fair/good/excellent condition on sale for lucrative prices. For instance, the “Open Box Fair” ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 with an RTX 4060 laptop GPU and a Core i7-13620H can now be had for less than $800

CheckMag Intel Raptor Lake i9 chip owners are plagued by system crashes that can be traced back to the chips' excessive voltage and wattage. AMD might seize the opportunity with the release of Zen 5 and while Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake are coming to try and fight back, what difference will it make if Intel's reputation is ruined by then?

The latest Lenovo Yoga Pro 7 14 Gen 9 is currently enjoying a deep discount of more than $300 straight from Lenovo. The SKU on sale packs an AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS Hawk Point APU, an RTX 3050 laptop GPU, 16 GB of LPDDR5X memory, and 512 GB of storage.

AMD's Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has been benchmarked in Cinebench R23. Its single-core core sits between the Core i9-13900HX and Ryzen 9 7945HX, while its multi-core score is slightly below the Ryzen 9 7845HX.

While the price point is enticing for the CPU and GPU combo, HP is not including any other outstanding features with this configuration, as the 16.1-inch IPS display is limited to 1080p and 300 nits, plus there is no Thunderbolt 4 connector.

Intel Arrow Lake is the next desktop architecture from Team Blue that is set to rival AMD Zen 5. Among other architectural enhancements like new P and E cores, the Core Ultra 200 CPUs might also bring different thermal characteristics than their predecessors as a new leak suggests that Arrow Lake and Panther Lake have increased TJMax limits.

In a recent video, tech YouTuber Linus Sebastian was talking about an accessory brand that makes webcams, bringing up the term "zombie brand" as a term for established brand names that have been taken over by a Chinese holding company and are basically undead. When a few examples of such "zombie brands" pop up on the screen, surprisingly, the Lenovo owned Motorola phones and ThinkPad laptops are among them. Update: The original video got removed.

CheckMag While buying the latest tech is tempting, older desktop and laptop computers are often more than enough to meet the demands of modern computing work. An older machine may require some time and tinkering to get up to par, but the payoff can definitely be worth the work and the results can be rather surprising.

The Cuktech 20 power bank with 25,000 mAh total capacity and support for up to 140W fast charging has hit a new all-time low. As part of Amazon Prime Day deals, it has been discounted to $79.99, which is down from the regular $114.94.

Unleashed earlier today, Nvidia's video driver package with version number 560.70 comes with day-one optimizations for the following DLSS 3 games: Stormgate, Dungeonborne, and Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn. This new piece of code also includes support for no less than 14 G-Sync Compatible displays.

The Asus TUF Gaming A16 features the RTX 4060-tier Radeon RX7700S and an eight-core AMD Ryzen 7 CPU, and comes in at a whopping $679.99 while the deal lasts, making it a stellar option for budget-conscious laptop gamers. The TUF Gaming A16 impressed in our review with a MUX switch, high refresh FreeSync display, and upgradeable RAM and storage.

A new leak has shed light on Intel's 2025-bound Panther Lake lineup. Unlike Lunar Lake, it will launch with three classes of SKUs with varying CPU/GPU specs and TDPs.

The OmniBook Ultra is HP's first notebook based on the brand new AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. The device offers better features than the OmniBook X with Snapdragon X Elite, including a larger battery, USB 4 and quad speakers.

The versatile 14-inch convertible is currently on sale for just $881 at Lenovo's official online outlet store, which means that the ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 8 is now worth a look for bargain hunters who are in the market for a sturdy business laptop with a decent screen.

AMD's flagship iGPU, the Radeon 890M, has shown up on Geekbench. It performs on par with a Turing-based Nvidia dGPU in Vulkan. The benchmark essentially confirms AMD's claims of a 32% performance gap between RDNA 3 and RDNA 3.5

AMD has shown off some more benchmarks of its Strix Point laptops processors. Overall, it trounces the Snapdragon X Elite and Intel Core Ultra 9 185H in a variety of workloads including gaming, content creation and productivity.

The Alienware m16 R2 gaming laptop with a 16-inch QHD+ display running at 240 Hz and an RTX 4070 dGPU is now going for only $1,299.99 at Best Buy. With a 4.5/5 user rating and an excellent 90% review rating from us, the Alienware is a capable mid-ranger that is bound to make many gamers happy.

Xiaomi is offering a powerful gaming notebook, the Redmi G Pro 2024, that comes with a dedicated GPU and an Intel Core i7 processor. A screen with a high resolution, high refresh rate and decent brightness is installed.

The Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 3 comes with 16GB memory, a 512GB SSD and a 300-nit FHD display, which is not particularly colorful but is certainly adequate for the office-heavy workloads that the 14-inch business laptop is designed for.

The AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 is one of the two Zen 5 Strix Point APUs that AMD showed in June at Computex. Since the APU’s announcement, pre-release benchmark results have kept popping up. According to the latest Geekbench 6 performance figures, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 performs better than a Core i9-14900HX and Ryzen 9 7945HX3D in the single-core test.

The AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS-powered version of the latest Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 has become pretty affordable as the RTX 4060 gaming laptop is approaching the $1,000 threshold thanks to a significant price cut at Best Buy.

The Intel Core Ultra 7 258V with an Arc 140V iGPU has shown up on Geekbench. It scores 34,181 points in the benchmark's Vulkan test, putting it on par with the Radeon 780M.

Other highlights include a USB4 port, a microSD card reader and a relatively big 71 Wh battery. This is, however, the IPS LCD touchscreen version, which comes with lower color gamut.

Linus Tech Tips has called out AMD for misleading customers with confusing product names. In the YouTube video, Linus highlights how AMD and other companies have been trying to make their offerings more appealing with numbers and words that don't accurately reflect the performance the products can offer.

The Apple MacBook Air with the M2 chip is currently enjoying a $200 price cut at Best Buy. The unit on sale carries an entry-level hardware configuration with an M2 SoC (8-core GPU), 8 GB of RAM, and 256 GB of storage. Moreover, the notebook features a 13.6-inch Liquid Retina IPS display with a resolution of 2,560 x 1,664.

We take the handy dock out for a spin during a business trip where its slim form factor truly shines. At over 2x the price of many Anker and Baseus docking stations, however, we expected a bit more luxury features to better separate the Razer dock from competitors.

Acer’s portable Swift Go 14 with an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H processor has now recorded a considerable price reduction on eBay and the laptop can now be had at a discount of $454. The discounted price is for a certified-refurbished model that Acer offers with two years of Allstate warranty.

The almost maxed-out configuration of the Acer Predator Helios 18 gaming laptop is currently on sale for just $2,649. This price applies to the impressive RTX 4090 configuration with the very bright Mini-LED screen with 1,000 nits as well as the Intel Core i9-14900HX.

The Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge with the latest Snapdragon X Elite SoC has recorded a massive price cut and the laptop can now be had for a sizeable 26% discount. The discounted price makes the Galaxy Book4 Edge quite a compelling option as the laptop brings a high-resolution AMOLED screen.

The MSI Vector GP68HX powered by an RTX 4090 laptop GPU, a Core i9-13980HX CPU, 32 GB of RAM, and 2 TB of storage can now be had for a massive $800 off the list price. Coupled with a 16-inch QHD+ panel, the MSI Vector GP68HX is a true desktop-replacement and seems like a perfect option for folks who want power in a mobile form-factor.

Blackview recently launched the AceBook 8 which is a budget 15.6-inch laptop with a few standout features. The AceBook's RRP is $319.99; perhaps rather unsurprisingly, several corners had to be cut to achieve that price point.

The OkPad is an unusual dual-screen notebook that combines an E Ink touchscreen with stylus support and an IPS panel, making the device extremely versatile and allowing it to be used as both an e-book reader and as a conventional laptop.

Honor's next product releases are almost here, including Magic Vs3 and Magic V3 foldables. Additionally, the company has the MagicPad 2 and MagicBook Art 14 in the starting blocks, which it is comparing against other popular devices like the Apple MacBook Pro 14.

Unleashed yesterday, Finnix 126 is built using the Linux kernel 6.8 (Debian 6.8.12-1, to be entirely accurate) and comes with several new packages, such as libc6-i386, features, as well as fixes and improvements. This release also includes a fix for the recently discovered OpenSSH CVE-2024-6387 vulnerability.

A new AMD CPU has popped up on Geekbench. It is called the Ryzen AI 7 PRO 160 and it comes with 8 CPU cores in a 3+5 configuration.