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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.

The Surface Laptop 6 appears to be almost here in its consumer guise, with Microsoft having presented 'for Business' models last month. Based on recent Geekbench listings, Microsoft will pair the Surface Laptop 6 with a Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100) chipset and 16 GB of RAM as a more powerful alternative to the Surface Pro 10.

Qualcomm has just officially announced three variants of the Snapdragon X Elite. Neither Qualcomm nor its OEMs have shared many performance metrics yet. However, new Geekbench listings have offered insights into the potential performance of the Snapdragon X Elite's X1E-80-100 mid-tier variant, which has lower CPU clock speeds than its flagship X1E-84-100 sibling.

Qualcomm has officially announced the Snapdragon X Plus for laptops. The Arm-based chip is essentially a Snapdragon X Elite with fewer CPU cores and a lower boost clock. Other specs, such as its Adreno GPU, LPDDR5x RAM support, Hexagon NPU, and Spectra ISP, are identical across both chips.

Qualcomm has officially unveiled its Snapdragon X Elite SoC for laptops. It has three variants (X1E-84-100, X1E-80-100, and X1E-78-100), which come with slightly different GPU power and boost clocks.

The upcoming AMD Strix Point APUs are shaping up to be nice upgrades over the current crop of Hawk Point and Phoenix APUs with their Zen 5 CPU and RDNA 3.5 iGPU. The top-end 12-core part has just made a pit stop at Geekbench, resulting in rather high single-core and multi-core scores for an engineering sample.

The Fedora 2 Slimbook is available in 14-inch and 16-inch models with Intel Core i7-13700H processors and up to 64GB of DDR5 memory. The 16-inch model also comes with an Nvidia Geforce RTX 4060 notebook GPU.

The Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 has landed with a new design, Intel Core Ultra series CPUs, and up to an RTX 3000 Ada Generation GPU. Interestingly, the machine comes with Micron's LPCAMM2 memory, making it the world's first consumer device to feature the solution. Additionally, the high-end configuration of the laptop rocks an UHD+ OLED panel with a 5 MP IR webcam up top.

Lenovo has refreshed the ThinkPad P16v with the latest Intel Core Ultra processors, up to an 8 GB RTX 3000 Ada Generation workstation GPU, and a new 400-nit display option. However, aside from these notable internal updates, the rest of the laptop is pretty much identical to last year’s machine.

Lenovo has announced two new ThinkPad models for business users, the ThinkPad P16s i Gen 3 and ThinkPad P14s i Gen 5. Both come with Intel’s Meteor Lake laptop processors, an optional Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation GPU, up to 96 GB of DDR5 RAM and a 2 TB SSD. They will be available for purchase in June.

One of the more enticing configurations of the Dell XPS 13 has hit one of its lowest sale prices thus far as the portable 13-inch laptop with 32GB of memory drops below the $900 mark thanks to a generous discount of more than $550.

HP has equipped the OMEN 17 with Intel processors since the laptop's introduction in 2016. The OMEN 17's reliance on Intel has changed with the OMEN 17 2024 though, which arrives with an AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS APU, as well as design and GPU changes.

Lenovo's redesigned ThinkPad T14 Gen 5 has become available in the US webshop. As usual, the launch prices are high and only the Core Ultra version of the upgradable ThinkPad Laptop has launched. The thinner ThinkPad T14s G5 is also orderable now.

Mechrevo has launched two new gaming laptops in the Chinese market: Kuangshi 16 Super and Yanshi 16 Super. Both come with Intel Core i9-14900HX and can be equipped with Nvidia RTX 4090. But the interesting part about the two is that they can be water-cooled with an external radiator.

Announced earlier this month, the 2024 Lenovo Yoga Air 14 is now available for purchase in China at CNY 8,499, which is around $1,173. The laptop has a thin and light build, an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H processor, a 2.8K (2880x1800 pixels) bright OLED panel, 32 GB of RAM, and 1 TB of storage.

Qualcomm’s Arm-based Snapdragon X Plus X1P64100 has just shown up on Geekbench. It packs a 10-core CPU and scores 1,903 and 2,410 in Geekbench’s ML Inference benchmark. The chip is expected to debut alongside the Snapdragon X Elite on April 24.

System76's COSMIC desktop, designed to run on the Pop!_OS Linux distribution now plays better with Nvidia GPUs, has fully fledged theming capabilities, and as well as a number of exciting third party contributions.

CheckMag Technology plays a huge role in our lives so it's no wonder that certain myths about how it works have become widespread. Does a 200-megapixel smartphone take better photos than a 20-megapixel camera? Does closing apps save your phone's battery? Below are the top 5 tech myths that you should stop believing in 2024. Some of these myths have become so common that many people now still think of them as true.

CheckMag Gaming laptops deliver impressive performance but often come with steep price tags. For gamers looking to level up their experience, it's crucial to determine which models justify their prices. Below are the top four high-end gaming laptops we tested to help you decide if price really guarantees performance.

Qualcomm has tacitly implied it plans to launch the Snapdragon X Elite in the coming days. It is slated to power laptops from Lenovo and Samsung, among others.

Early details of the ThinkPad series' return to Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets have surfaced online. Seemingly arriving as the ThinkPad T14s Gen 6, the laptop is expected to be one of the first to showcase Qualcomm's long-awaited Apple M3 rival.

The Lenovo Legion Pro 5 Gen 8 gaming notebook comes equipped with a Ryzen 7 7745HX, 32 GB of RAM, a 1 TB SSD, and an RTX 4070 with a TGP of 140 W. Its 16-inch IPS screen has a refresh rate of up to 165 Hz, while the port selection is also decent, apart from the lack of USB 4.

The desirable Alienware x16 R1 relies on a high-end CPU-GPU pairing and has now dropped below the $2,000 mark as Dell offers massive savings of more than 40% on the RTX 4080 gaming laptop.

Asus ROG Flow Z13 with Intel Core i9-13900H, Nvidia RTX 4060, 16 GB of RAM, and 1 TB SSD has dropped to its record-low price on Best Buy. It is currently available for $1,549.99, making it a better purchase than the Minisforum V3 for gamers who want a more capable Windows gaming tablet.

Available since yesterday, the Nvidia GeForce Game Ready Driver 552.22 comes with optimizations for the most wishlisted game on Steam, namely Manor Lords, as well as zero-day optimizations targeting No Rest for the Wicked. These two titles are not yet released, but if everything goes well, they will be live by the end of the month.

Qualcomm has only showcased Snapdragon X Elite reference devices to date. However, a reliable leaker has now provided an early look at the Yoga Slim 7 Snapdragon Edition, which shares its design with the x86 version of the same laptop, but with one unusual omission.

Last year’s Lenovo Slim Pro 9i 14 with a Raptor Lake Core i7-13705H CPU, an RTX 4050 GPU, 32 GB of RAM, and 1 TB of storage is now enjoying a respectable 16.7% discount at Best Buy. As a result, the laptop, which has a 4.6 consumer rating at Best Buy and an 90% score in our review, has become a mouth-watering option for folks in need of a portable multimedia champ.

The current generation of ThinkPad workstations is still powered by 13th Gen processors. Now, it appears as like Lenovo is simply updating the existing Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen 2 with 14th Gen chips - which also means that there will not be a new ThinkPad P16 Gen 3 this year.

Samsung has unveiled its new LPDDR5X memory modules. It has a throughput of 10.7 Gbps and it is 25% faster and more power-efficient than its predecessor. The company says it has been optimized for AI applications.

The 2024 Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 has dropped to its lowest price thus far as Best Buy is granting a noteworthy $250 discount on the RTX 4070-powered model variant of the thoroughly redesigned 16-inch gaming laptop.

The Intel-powered configuration of the ThinkPad L14 Gen 3 features two SODIMM slots and is also equipped with a fairly small 256GB SSD. However, buyers who might consider upgrading the memory and storage of their new laptop later on can now benefit from a big discount on the 14-inch Lenovo notebook.

Why choose between QLED and micro-OLED displays when you can have either - or even both? That new feature debuts in the new Super version of Pimax' Crystal virtual reality (VR) headset. It can support a resolution of up to 4K at 90Hz, has a "massive" field of view (FOV) and has integrated audio. It debuts alongside its new Light sibling for potentially high-res, lightweight PCVR experiences on more of a budget.

HP's EliteBook 635 Aero G11 is an ultra-light, yet extremely powerful notebook that packs an AMD Ryzen 7 8840U, a 400 nits bright 16:10 display and a relatively wide range of connections into a chassis that weighs less than 1 kg.

The Raspberry Pi 400 packs a single-board computer into the housing of a keyboard. Together with the PiDock 400, users can quickly transform the compact PC into a laptop with a 13.3-inch 1080p display and a trackpad, although the dock does not have an integrated battery.

The Lenovo Legion Slim 5 powered by an RTX 4060 laptop GPU, a Ryzen 5 7640HS CPU, and 16 GB of DDR5 memory has dropped back down to $899.99 at Best Buy. In addition to the mid-range internals, the laptop brings a 16-inch 1200p display, a 4-zone RGB-backlit keyboard, and an 80 Wh battery.

A Core i9-14900HX and a GeForce RTX 4070 equip the Aorus 16X (2024) for video editing, gaming and rendering. Adding to this is a bright 16-inch display (16:10, 2,560 x 1,600 pixels, G-Sync), 32 GB RAM, 2 SSDs with 1 TB of storage each, and a Thunderbolt 4 port.

The Baseus Spacemate is pitched as a particularly modern desktop I/O hub, equipped as it is with a front-facing LED display indicating which of its 11 ports (Gigabit Ethernet, 3 4K/60Hz monitor links and a 100W USB-C Power Input included) are in use and magnetic base. It also integrates a One-Click Screen-Off Feature for enhanced data-privacy at the press of a button.