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The 2024 Lenovo Yoga 9i 2-in-1 convertible laptop with an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H is back on sale for a massive 24% discount on the list price. Thanks to its 1.32 kg (2.93 lbs) of weight and a compact 14-inch OLED screen, the Yoga 9i Gen 9 is a portable multimedia machine that ticks a lot of boxes.

Intel Core Ultra 200 series will be officially launched on September 3rd, and it seems Acer will be among the first companies to announce laptops with the new Lunar Lake laptops. The company has confirmed that it will hold the Next@Acer event on September 4th.

The HP Victus 15z-fb200, which sports a 144 Hz 15.6-inch display, AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS, and Nvidia RTX 4050, is currently on sale for only $599 at Walmart. This is a 39% discount from its usual price at the retailer and a massive 49% discount from its MSRP.

Just like Dell's ARM-based competitor, the brand-new Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x with the Snapdragon X Elite has already received a solid price cut as the 14-inch OLED laptop has dropped below the $1,000 threshold for the very first time.

The ARM-based Dell XPS 13 9345 has already dropped over $300 below its official list price as the newsletter coupon at Dell's official online store brings the Snapdragon X Elite-powered laptop down to $989.

Xiaomi has launched a new 7-in-1 desktop charger, featuring two USB-C, one USB-A, one HDMI, two five-hole sockets, and one two-hole socket. The AC sockets can deliver up to 2500W of power, while the USB ports can fast charge devices at 67W.

The next addition to the Infinix INBook series of laptops are to take overt aim at machines such as the MacBook Air, based on its name and alleged lightweight nature alone. It is tipped to have 2 premium variants and to have an on-trend display type powered by Raptor Lake silicon from Intel.

Small laptops were once very popular, but by now, the category has become sort of a niche. In times when even 16-inch laptops sometimes weigh less than 1.5 kg, the compact subnotebooks have maybe lost their single most important advantage - mobility.

Topton offers RAM options between 8 - 32 GB DDR4 and storage options between 256 GB and 2 TB. This model is equipped with an Intel i3-1215U processor as well as two 10.96-inch IPS touchscreens with 1920 x 1200 resolution each.

Both the M2- and M3-powered MacBook Air 13s are on sale for their lowest prices ever recorded at Amazon. Each variant comes with 8 GB of RAM and a 256 GB SSD. The M2 model is on sale for 20% off, while the M3 MacBook Air 13 is currently slashed by 23%.

Made by a fan of Rebecca Black, the Debian-based distribution simply called "RebeccaBlackOS" is a beta-stage live Linux with a login manager for Wayland, Qt 6, and only 64-bit support (the versions previously released, which arrived with Qt 5, supported 32-bit platforms as well).

The well-equipped QHD configuration of the Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Yoga Gen 3 also features an Intel Core i5-1245U as well as 16GB of memory. On sale for $729, the convertible is a mentionable option for laptop users who are looking for a compact 13-inch machine.

GPD is plotting to introduce a new compact or ultra portable laptop, which it will release later this year as the GPD Pocket 4. Not only will the Pocket 4 pack a 144 Hz and 8.8-inch display like the ONEXPLAYER X1 Mini and Lenovo Legion Go, but it will also feature an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 APU paired with fast LPDDR5-7500 RAM.

With the launch of Snapdragon X series processors, Qualcomm introduced a new wave of ARM chips for Windows systems. A recent report suggested that MediaTek, in collaboration with Nvidia, also plans to enter this market with its AI ARM CPU, and now, a new report claims that the new chip will launch early next year.

The Lenovo Slim 7 Gen 8 price has dropped to less than $700 at B&H Photo. The machine packs an Intel Core i7-1360P CPU, 16 GB of RAM, and a 1 TB of storage. Additionally, there is a 14-inch 2.8K display with touch support and 100% sRGB coverage.

Lenovo has launched two ThinkPlus GaN charging adapters in China. One of them can offer a maximum of 100W power output and has four ports. The other one has 140W fast charging support and features three ports.

ASUS is now selling a new version of its popular ROG Zephyrus G16 gaming laptop. Available from $1,899.99 in the US, the ROG Zephyrus G16 (2024) GA605 is one of the first laptops to feature AMD's new Strix Point APU architecture.

CheckMag UMPCs or Ultra Mobile PCs were an entire category not so long ago. Offering unheard of performance in a package that could literally fit in the palm of your hand. Having dropped off people's radar there are still many that miss the good old UMPC days. Here are 3 of the last few remaining UMPC options in 2024.

Elecrow is offeing a new system that makes it possible to use the Rapsberry Pi or smartphones as a notebook. An IPS screen with a decent color space coverage and a battery are installed. USB-C with full functionality is on board.

The ASUS Vivobook 14, a capable entry-level laptop featuring a 12th-generation Intel Core i3 processor and 8 GB of RAM, is down to a bargain-basement price at Best Buy. This model is great for an office setting or student use.

This is the company's first convertible model. The Intel i5-1335U processor can be complemented with up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM and up to 8 TB SSD storage. While the FHD+ touchscreen is not that impressive, the port selection is varied and includes a Thunderbolt 4 connector and microSD card reader or optional 4G SIM.

The Acer Swift Go 14 (2024) with Intel Meteor Lake Core Ultra 7 155H CPU is back on sale with a 20% discount on the list price. Due to its combination of a speedy processor, low weight, and a compact 14-inch display, the notebook should make for a reliable daily driver and travel companion.

A Linux patch has revealed an important detail about Intel's Arrow Lake-H CPUs. It will come with Lion Cove, Skymont and Crestmont cores in one package.

The entry-level HP Victus 15 makes a solid student productivity laptop with the performance chops to do a bit of gaming on the side. It has an AMD Ryzen 5-7535HS and AMD Radeon RX6550M, putting it in the same league as the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU, and the sub-$500 price after the Best Buy deal makes it even more tantalising.

The highly anticipated Cosmic desktop environment has finally launched in alpha version alongside the Pop!_OS 24.04 alpha. The new Linux desktop environment is also available for Arch, Fedora, NixOS, and Serpent OS, with plans for openSUSE and Redox OS launches underway.

The Asus Vivobook S 15 with the Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78), 16 GB of LPDDR5 RAM, 1 TB of storage, and a 15.6-inch 3K OLED display is currently on sale at eBay for less than $1,000. The laptop has a large 70 Wh battery which, when combined with the efficiency of the Snapdragon X Elite, results in good runtimes.

The M5406 variant of the Vivobook S14 packs premium features, such as a 2880 x 1800 OLED display with 120 Hz refresh rate and 600 nit brightness, microSD card reader, fast LPDDR5X-7400 RAM, as well as a 75 Wh battery in a slim & light chassis.

The 2024 Apple MacBook Air 15 with the M3 SoC has reached a record-low price on Amazon. The result is a machine that is now much easier to recommend since the configuration on sale with 16 GB RAM and 512 GB storage is usually prohibitively expensive for many users.

The UCIe Consortium has released UCIe 2.0, introducing key enhancements to the Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express specification. The new version adds support for standardized manageability, testability, and 3D packaging, further advancing the chipset ecosystem.

The Dell G16 7630 might be one of the more attractive RTX 4070 gaming laptops as the Core i9-equipped configuration of the 16-inch notebook has once again received a notable discount at Dell's online store.

RedMagic has announced that its inaugural gaming laptop is about to go global. The Titan 16 Pro packs Intel Raptor Lake silicon and has NVIDIA RTX graphics in an aluminum unibody. Then again, it already seems there will be discrepancies between this upcoming international version and the one sold in China.

The OneXGPU launched as an eGPU solution for systems that needed a GPU boost to offer better gaming performance. OneNetbook, the company behind the product, has just announced its successor, the OneXGPU 2, and it will be featuring a yet-to-be-released AMD Radeon 7800M graphics card.

It also features a microSD card reader and a 1080p webcam. However, port selection does not feature any high-speed ports, the RAM is soldered and the display is not that great.

A certain coupon code adds another $424 discount to the already reduced sale price of the Core Ultra 7-powered Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 6, which results in an all-time low sale price of $799 for the well-specced 14-inch laptop.

A 30% off sale has dropped the price of the Asus ROG Flow X13 by as much as $500, bringing the gaming 2-in-1 down to the same price as many entry-level gaming laptops. The ROG Flow X13 is a convertible gaming laptop powered by the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU and the AMD Ryzen 7940HS. It also sports pen input for digital art and impressed us with solid build quality and reliable gaming performance.

Intel has confirmed its next generation of Panther Lake and Clearwater Forest CPUs have powered on. The former will succeed Lunar Lake in laptops and the latter will power servers in 2025.

Huawei has launched a good number of products today in China, and the "Super Fast Charging Power Adapter" is one of them. It has a launch price tag of CNY 289 (around $40.43) and can deliver up to 140W of fast charging. There's support for multiple standards, making it compatible with phones, accessories, and laptops.

The Asus Zenbook 14 OLED laptop with an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H CPU has recorded a steep $300 discount at Best Buy. Due to its compact 14-inch display, the Zenbook 14 OLED (Q425MA) is a suitable choice for folks who want a portable device with good performance and a solid display.

Nvidia has a new desktop GeForce RTX 3050 graphics card lined up. Instead of an Ampere GPU, it will use an Ada Lovelace-based AD106 chip as found on the mobile RTX 4070. Update: Further information on the RTX 3050 A from Nvidia and MSI

The Intel Core 9 Ultra-powered version of the Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 is still a fairly expensive OLED gaming notebook, but gamers who have set their sights on this impressive RTX 4080 machine can now benefit from a welcome discount.

The Lenovo ThinkPad P16s Gen 2 is well-suited for multimedia users as it features a colorful OLED screen with 400 nits of brightness as well as a powerful AMD CPU and a decent amount of memory and SSD storage.

An unreleased MSI Prestige laptop has debuted on Geekbench with an Intel Core Ultra 5 228V Lunar Lake CPU. It performs on par with other Lunar Lake models and comes with 32 GB RAM.

Lenovo has finally started selling the ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid in multiple markets. Available across at least China, Europe and the UK, the ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid can run Android and Windows simultaneously thanks to its built-in Intel Core Ultra 7 155H and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 processors.