Laptop

Retro computing products are something plenty of tech enthusiasts love. Pocket has just expanded the list of currently available retro products by releasing the Pocket386, an i386-compatible Windows 95 mini-laptop that is said to be compact enough to fit in a pocket. That being said, the product's dimensions (8.3″ x 4.7″ x 1.2″) imply said pocket should be pretty large in order to accomodate the "mini" laptop.

A new leak from Moore's Law is Dead says AMD Strix Point laptops will be abundant at launch. They're expected to hit shelves in mid-July and most of the Ryzen AI-powered laptops will be from Asus.

OnePlus has announced a good number of products, which are about to be released in China on June 27. Among them is a new SuperVOOC power bank that can offer 100W fast charging. It has a battery capacity of 12,000 mAh, one USB Type-A and one USB Type-C port, and a 45W input rating.

Microsoft is removing the Win+C key combination to open Copilot, citing the further development of the AI tool as the reason. However, it is more likely that Microsoft is hoping to sell more Copilot+ PCs as a result.

Other highlights include a 1 TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD with Opal 2.0 security, dual USB4 ports and a 5 MP webcam integrating IR sensor, privacy shutter and human presence detector.

Lenovo's new Yoga Slim 7x with the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite SoC can already be ordered at a measurable discount thanks to a coupon code. Courtesy of its massive 70 Wh battery and the efficient Snapdragon X Elite, the Yoga Slim 7x brings MacBook Air 13 levels of endurance alongside good performance.

Last year’s Dell G15 5530 gaming laptop with a Core i7-13650HX CPU, 16 GB of RAM, and 1 TB of storage is currently on sale at Dell’s online store for less than $1,000. Packing an RTX 4060 laptop GPU alongside a 360 Hz 15.6-inch display, the laptop should provide an excellent mid-range gaming experience irrespective of the games played.

The new Copilot Plus PCs are here, and the laptops running the Snapdragon X series processors are among the first. While these new systems are great news for Windows on ARM, Microsoft says to expect its new Surface models to excel in productivity, not in gaming.

RedMagic, a subsidiary of Nubia, has announced new details about its debut gaming laptop. Not only has the company shared a full release date, but it has also shared early specifications like a Core i9 processor and a modern NVIDIA GeForce GPU.

UGREEN has introduced two new power bank models in China. Among them is the 130W "Energy Pai Pro," which sports one USB Type-A and two USB Type-C ports and features a total capacity of 20,000 mAh. The price for this unit is CNY 349 (about $48).

The new 2024 Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 features a gorgeous OLED panel with 240Hz and Nvidia G-Sync, which pairs well with the RTX 4070 and the powerful Core Ultra 9 185H from Intel's latest Meteor Lake family of mobile CPUs.

GPD has announced a major change for the Duo, its first dual-display laptop. Previously equipped with the Ryzen 7 8840U like the Win Mini 2024, the GPD Duo will actually be available with AMD's Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 APU and its new Radeon 890M iGPU.

If you own a Framework Laptop 13, you can soon run it with a RISC-V mainboard. The DIY laptop maker has announced a collaboration with DeepComputing to bring a new motherboard with a StarFive JH7110 processor. It's a quad-core 64-bit chip with SiFive U74 cores, BXE-4-32 graphics, and a max speed of 1.5 GHz.

Sipeed has introduced a new laptop called Lichee Book 4A. The main highlight is the ability to upgrade the processor with the RISC-V compute modules. It starts at $189, which is the pre-order price for the barebones variant with no Core Board installed, and goes all the way up to $349 with an LM4A module, 16 GB of RAM, and 128 GB eMMC storage.

MAINGEAR has introduced the ML-16 as the brand's first Intel Core Ultra 7 155H-powered laptop. It is touted to deliver peak portability in gaming, yet packs an 80 watt-hour (Wh) battery, a full keyboard and an aluminum-panelled build. It starts at under $2,000 with DDR5 RAM and NVMe Gen4 SSD storage.

For as low as $509, the NUC X15 gaming laptop offers a mid-range CPU that is mostly on par with the current Core Ultra 7 155H and the equivalent of an RTX 3050 on the dGPU side. It also features 16 GB DDR5-4800 RAM, 1 TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD storage and even a Thunderbolt 4 port.

GPD has posted some benchmarks of AMD's upcoming Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 CPU. It manages to trade blows with high-end desktop chips in Cinenbench 2024's single-core benchmark. Similarly, its Radeon 890M iGPU outperforms Nvidia's GeForce RTX 2050 in 3DMark Time Spy.

The Amazon Basics 65W GaN charger is on sale on Amazon-owned Woot. It can be yours for just $10.99, which is a very affordable price tag for a fast-charging brick. The deal will remain active for six days from now or until the inventory is out, so you need to act fast.

The slimmer model variant of the legendary Lenovo ThinkPad T14 is now on sale for just $544 as the Chinese PC maker has cut the price of a refurbished Core i7 configuration with 16GB RAM by more than 50%.

Released yesterday, the latest graphics driver for Intel Arc and Iris Xe comes with day-zero visual enhancements and performance optimizations for Destiny 2: The Final Shape and Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree. Older titles such as Chivalry 2, Crysis, and Crysis 2 receive performance improvements of up to 16%.

The Legion Pro 5 is further equipped with a 240Hz QHD screen in addition to the well-known AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX and RTX 4070 GPU. Also, Lenovo's 16-inch gaming laptop is now considerably discounted thanks to two stackable coupon codes.

The Anker 737 power bank with 24,000 mAh battery capacity, three ports, 140W maximum power output, and sleek design is on sale. You can get one for just $88.95, which is a record-low price. But the discount will only remain active for a limited time, so you need to act fast.

This laptop is powered by the SpacemiT’s K1 processor with 8 RISC-V cores and expanded AI features, as well as up to 16 GB LPDDR4X RAM plus 1 TB SSD storage. Canonical ensures full compatibility with the Ubuntu 23.10 distro.

Flow Computing is a Finnish startup that is making a big claim with its companion chip. It is said to offer an instantaneous 2x performance boost when paired with any CPU. The company has even gone further and said that the performance gain can be as much as 100x with software tweaks.

The Framework laptops are best known for their modular and repairable design. Now, the company has taken things to the next level by open-sourcing the 3D CAD files for its 16-inch laptop. This will enable users with 3D printers to make their own accessories.

It may have taken almost four months, but Honor has finally released the MagicBook Pro 16 powered by Intel's Meteor Lake-H platform. Not only does the laptop cost significantly more in Europe than in China, but it also lacks its optional NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 GPU.

This sought-after RTX 4080 configuration of the Asus ROG Strix G18 is further equipped with 32GB RAM and a 2TB SSD in addition to a Pantone-validated QHD display with 240Hz and Dolby Vision HDR support.

The powerful 16-inch gaming laptop from MSI also comes with a 240Hz QHD display, an Intel Core i9-13980HX as well as 32GB DDR5 RAM and a 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD.

At Computex, Tuxedo showcased a 14-inch laptop prototype powered by a Snapdragon X Elite processor, 32 GB LPDDR5X, PCIe 4.0 SSD storage, USB4 connector and vapor chamber cooling. Linux was not actually running on it, as full ARM compatibility is coming with Kernel 6.10 or 6.11 later this year, so Toxedo is not mentioning a specific launch date.

The AMD Strix Point Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has surfaced on Geekbench courtesy of recently unveiled Asus TUF Gaming A14 and ProArt P16 laptops and first performance numbers seem quite impressive and in line with what we've seen in Zen 4 Dragon Range HX APUs. We also get to see the new RDNA 3.5-based Radeon 890M posting OpenCL numbers exceeding those of a GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q.

The Apple MacBook Air 13 with an Apple M3 SoC, 8 GB of RAM, and 256 GB of storage is on sale for less than $900 on Amazon. With an average user rating of 4.6/5 on Amazon and an outstanding 92% review score from us, the MacBook Air 13 checks all the boxes for an almost-perfect daily-use machine.

A very intriguing configuration of the first-gen ThinkPad T16 with the AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6850U is now available for under $800 as Lenovo grants a huge discount on certified-refurbished units of the 16-inch business laptop.

NVIDIA has not officially commented on the release of next-generation laptop GPUs yet. In the meantime, a major leak has detailed the RTX 5050 through RTX 5090 with two versions of the RTX 5080 too.

The MNT Pocket Reform is a particularly compact notebook that is now available. The system follows an open source approach and thus allows for extensive modification by users.

Weibo tipster @体验more has shared some hands-on pictures of a new Xiaomi power bank with a Cyberpunk-inspired design. Its specs are similar to the CUKTECH 20 portable charging, with a 25,000 mAh total capacity and three USB ports. However, unlike CUKTECH's offering, it maxes out at 212W of fast charging.

The ThinkPad L14 Gen 3 has been discounted to a very affordable price and comes with adequate specs including a well-performing AMD Ryzen 7 Pro octa-core processor as well as a reasonable amount of memory.

ASUS has revealed the ZenScreen Duo OLED MQ149CD, a device that resembles its Zenbook Duo and Lenovo's Yoga Book 9i. The ZenScreen Duo OLED MQ149CD is actually a portable monitor though, which contains a pair of 14-inch OLED panels that can combine to deliver 21-inches of screen real estate while weighing roughly 700 g.

Users looking to buy a productivity-focused laptop with a large screen might want to check out the HP Pavilion 16. Arriving with a current-gen Intel Core Ultra 7 155U processor, 16 GB of memory, a 512 GB SSD, and a decent selection of ports (albeit no USB 4), it is currently marked down to $649.99.

Other outstanding features that are rarely seen at this price point include 32 GB LPDDR5-6400 RAM, 5 MP webcam, microSD card reader, fingerprint sensor and dual Thunderbolt 4 ports. This version, however, features an IPS touchscreen instead of an OLED.