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Tecno asserts that consumers will be able to "See Bigger" and "Sound Louder" on their laptop for less with the latest addition to the MegaBook series. The K16S is powered by the Ryzen 5 7430U, and is touted to have ultrabook portability with an all-metal chassis. It is rated to handle generative AI tasks powered by Windows and OneLeap for wireless links to other Tecno devices.

The 2024 Lenovo LOQ 15 with Intel Core i5 13450HX and Nvidia RTX 4050 is now on sale. With “BUYMORELENOVO” and “CrazyLegion” codes applied, the gaming laptop drops to $599.99, a $480 discount from the regular retail price.

Apple has updated the marketing material of the MacBook Air M3, and with this, the company is making new claims about the laptop. In the updated material, Apple claims that it is 40% faster than Copilot+ PCs in graphics performance and is the "best AI PC."

The enthusiast-grade RTX 4080 configuration of the Lenovo Legion Pro 7i has received another large 25% discount at a well-known online retailer and is now available for one of its lowest prices thus far.

Samsung's latest Galaxy Book has now gone on sale in the US. Available as the Galaxy Book5 Pro 360, the laptop is also one of the first to ship with Intel's new Lunar Lake platform, which Samsung has complemented with a 16:10 AMOLED display and a 76 Wh battery, among other features.

(Update: Still available with different coupon) Lenovo has introduced a significant discount on the OLED version of the ThinkPad P14s Gen 5, which also features the AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 8840HS and massive 64GB of RAM as well as a 1TB M.2 SSD.

A new leak from a trusted leaker highlights five Intel Panther Lake-H laptop CPUs. Two of them come with 6 performance cores and the remaining with 4. For the GPU, two models have a 12 EU Iris Xe GPU while the remaining make do with 4 EUs.

The discounted configuration features 16 GB LPDDR5-7467, 1 TB PCIe 4.0 SSD storage and a quality 16-inch IPS touchscreen with 2560 x 1600 resolution . It also adheres to the Intel Evo standards so it is among the slimmest and lightest 16-inchers on the market, plus it gets 2x Thunderbolt 4 ports and a miniSD card reader.

The Cinebench R23 multi-core performance of a 24-core Arrow Lake HX mobile chip has leaked on YouTube and the result is quite interesting. The CPU reportedly delivers Raptor Lake-beating numbers while limited to 120 W.

Released in 2002 for the GameCube and PlayStation 2, Star Wars: Bounty Hunter returned a few times ever since, reaching more recent consoles such as the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. Now, a physical release brings this action-adventure title back in three editions, with prices up to $174.99.

A Ryzen 5 8645HS, a GeForce RTX 4060, and 16 GB of RAM provide mid-range gaming power and ensure long battery life. The well-rounded hardware is completed by a 16:10 14.5-inch pane; (2.5K, sRGB, 120Hz and G-Sync support). The whole package is available for €1,449 (US$1,600).

Lenovo has unveiled the ThinkBook Auto Twist, which looks like a regular laptop on the face of it. However, it contains a rather unique hinge mechanism that can be rotated freely. Lenovo has also included various AI functions that can open the device, close it and move the display around to maximise ergonomics.

The Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7+ is now official. It features an AMD Ryzen AI 9 265 processor, up to 32 GB of LPDDR5X-7500 RAM, a 16.5-inch screen and an 85 Wh battery.

The Lenovo ThinkBook 16 Gen 7 is now official with a Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus. Its 16-inch screen is offered in two resolutions (WQXGA and WUXGA). The laptop goes on sale in October 2024.

The new Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus-powered Lenovo IdeaPad 5x 2-in-1, and the new convertible device packs a 14-inch 1920×1200p OLED display with a claimed 100% DCI-P3 coverage and a healthy ports selection — including dual USB-A ports — into a surprisingly slim 17.5 mm thick aluminium chassis. Theoretically, this should make Lenovo's latest convertible a rather nifty photo and video editing machine — as long as the Snapdragon X Plus is up to the task.

The updated Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5x has received an update to the new Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus 8-core SoC, promising improved efficiency and longer battery life. The IdeaPad Slim 5x also packs a 1920×1200p OLED display, with 100% DCI-P3 colour gamut coverage, and up to 32 GB of RAM in its 16.9 mm thick, 14-inch chassis.

The Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition is one of Lenovo's first laptops powered by Intel's latest Lunar Lake platform. Available with a 15.3-inch and 2.8K display, the Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition weighs in at 1.43 kg despite also containing a 70 Wh battery.

Honor has unveiled a new Meteor Lake-based laptop at IFA 2024. The MagicBook Art 14 comes with a Core Ultra 7 155H, a 14-inch OLED screen and a 60 Wh battery.

The big 17-inch gaming laptop from MSI further sports a QHD IPS panel with 400 nits and 100% DCI-P3. Thanks to the powerful RTX 4080, Core i9 and a steep $500 price drop, the MSI Raider G78 HX becomes a viable option for high-end gamers.

The sixth update to Q4OS 5 Aquarius is now available with the Debian Bookworm 12.7 updates, the Debian stable 6.1.0-25 kernel, as well as various fixes. The Calamares installer now sports custom desktop profiles, while all the live media now sport new Debian Shim and Grub bootloader binaries.

While it continues to keep things spartan by providing just the old-school command-line interface, Peropesis 2.7 comes with file system archiving and ISO management tools, as well as various updated components, tweaks, and fixes. Although larger than for previous versions, the Peropesis 2.7 ISO file has just 282 MB in size.

Asus has launched the VivoBook 14 Flip and VivoBook 16 Flip Copilot+ PCs powered by the new Intel Core Ultra 7 258V Lunar Lake processor together with 32 GB of LPDDR5X RAM. The VivoBook 14 Flip and 16 Flip share a similar spec sheet for the most part, but the VivoBook 16 Flip features a 3K 120 Hz OLED panel while the 14 Flip makes do with a FHD+ 60 Hz OLED display.

The Asus ZenBook S14 is now official with Intel's new Lunar Lake CPUs. Depending on the CPU, you get 16 GB or 32 GB of RAM, a 1 TB NVMe SSD and two Thunderbolt 4.0 ports.

Asus has unveiled a new laptop with Intel's latest silicon. The VivoBook S14 is now purchasable with a Core Ultra 7 258V, 14-inch 16:10 OLED screen and a 75 Wh battery. Prices start at $1,000 for the base variant.

Acer has revealed the Project DualPlay, one of several laptops that it has presented today. While only a concept for the time being, the Project DualPlay highlights some of the new avenues in which Acer is considering taking the established laptop form factor.

The Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16 Gen 9 with an Intel Core Ultra 9 185H CPU, 32 GB of LPDDR5x-7467 memory, 1 TB of storage, and a 1,200-nit mini LED touch panel is now going for a 16% discount. The laptop is Lenovo's top-end multimedia machine that is highly rated by both the press and the users.

ASUS has brought Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X Plus chipsets to its Vivobook S 15 laptop. Still equipped with a 2.8K OLED display, LPDDR5-8448 RAM and a 70 Wh battery, the new Vivobook S 15 models start at less than their Snapdragon X Elite or AMD Strix Point (Zen 5) counterparts.

Dell is offering the Latitude 5455 in both X1P-64-100 and the new X1P-42-100 Snapdragon X Plus variants. The Latitude 5455 comes with a host of security and management features tailored for business customers along with Copilot+ smarts.

Dell showed off an Inspiron 14 5441 SKU powered by the new Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100 SoC. The Copilot+ laptop can also be configured with an X1P-64-100 chip. Apart from the SoC and display, the base Inspiron 14 is largely identical to the Inspiron 14 Plus 7441 that was announced a few months ago.

Qualcomm has unveiled two new Snapdragon X Plus SKUs, the X1P-46-100 and X1P-42-100. Both come with an 8-core CPU and a weaker GPU than the one found on its 10-core counterpart (X1P-64-100), but use the same NPU.

The MSI Stealth 16 AI+ is now official with AMD's Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 Strix Point CPU. You can pair it with a GeForce RTX 4070 and uip to 32 GB of LPDDR5X RAM. Its 16-inch, 16:10 screen is available in IPS LCD, OLED and miniLED flavouts.

HP has just presented its first notebook with an Intel Lunar Lake chip, the OmniBook Ultra Flip 14, which combines a Core Ultra 9 288V with 32 GB RAM, a 120 Hz OLED touchscreen and a 64 Wh battery. The efficient Intel chip positions the notebook as a direct competitor to Snapdragon notebooks.

Dell has shown off its new flagship laptop, the XPS 13 (XPS 9350). It comes with Intel's new Lunar Lake CPUs, a 16:10 IPS/OLED screen, a 53 Wh battery and just two Thunderbolt 4.0 ports.