Laptop

The affordable Inspiron 15 3535 is going for a massive 41% off on Dell’s store. The machine is powered by a 6-core Ryzen 5 7530U CPU alongside 8 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage. Completing the package is a 15.6-inch WVA panel with a 1080p resolution and touch input.

The Acer Swift Go 14 with a 14-inch 2.2K display, 16 GB RAM, and core i5-1335U CPU has been discounted by a solid 18% for a limited time at B&H Photo. The laptop is configured with a backlit keyboard, expandable 512 GB of storage, and a 65 Wh battery alongside a varied port selection.

One-Netbook is now selling the One-Netbook 5 globally with a 10.1-inch display, 32 GB of RAM and a 42 Wh battery. The One-Netbook 5 starts at US$1,169 with a 1 TB SSD and is also only available with an Intel Core i7-1250U processor.

The XMG gaming laptop benefits from moderate noise emissions, comparatively low power consumption and still a high level of performance (Ryzen 7 7840HS, GeForce RTX 4050). Completing the setup are good runtimes and a moderate price range (from US$1,170).

Other highlights for this model include the 15.6-inch IPS display with QHD resolution and 240 Hz refresh rate, plus a Thunderbolt 4 port. The configuration also features 16 Gb of DDR5-4800 RAM and 1 TB PCIe 4.0 SSD storage.

The Lenovo ThinkPad T14s G4 is available with both AMD and Intel CPUs. In terms of multicore performance and GPU power, the Intel model with Raptor Lake U is inferior - at least, the Intel ThinkPad has the single core performance as a strength.

Best Buy has cut the price of the MSI Stealth 14 Studio with a Core i7-13620H CPU, an RTX 4060 GPU, 16 GB of RAM, and 1 TB of storage by 20% for a limited time. The discount brings the laptop to its lowest rate ever. With the sales price in place, the MSI Stealth 14 Studio seems like an excellent deal with capable mid-range components.

We reviewed Microsoft's latest Surface models Laptop Studio 2 as well as Laptop Go 3. While the Surface Laptop Studio 2 introduces some welcome changes, the Surface Laptop Go 3 did not really change all that much. However, both devices are just too expensive.

Nvidia's latest roadmap released for investors shows new Hopper-based H200 products coming in early 2024, Blackwell B100 products launching mid-2024 and X100 AI accelerators releasing sometime in 2025. The next gen RTX 5000-series could thus launch in late 2024 and its successor just a year later.

Qualcomm has presented initial details about Snapdragon X, its new chipset series aimed at the PC industry. Built around next-generation Oryon CPUs, Snapdragon X is being billed as a 'quantum leap forward in performance and power efficiency', thereby challenging current alternatives from the Apple M, AMD Ryzen and Intel Core series.

Also included are 16 GB DDR5-5200 RAM, 1 TB PCIe 4.0 SSD, a high-quality IPS display with QHD+ resolution and 240 Hz refresh rate, plus an SD card reader.

The MSI Creator M16 laptop with an RTX 4060 and a Core i7-13620H is enjoying a steep US$347 off the retail price courtesy of Amazon’s on going Prime Day sale. The notebook features a 16-inch QHD+ display with a 16:10 aspect ratio, a healthy port selection that includes an HDMI 2.1 input, and upgradable RAM/storage.

The 2023 ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X can be had for a respectable 11% off the retail price. In addition to the Core i9-13980HX CPU and RTX 4060 GPU, the notebook rocks excellent inputs with a nifty ASUS Dial integrated into the touchpad and a healthy selection of ports.

The Asus ROG Flow X13 (2023) is a 13.4-inch gaming convertible, a segment that currently has very little competition. Despite the slim chassis, the Flow X13 manages to squeeze in a 65 W AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS and a 60 W Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU. Our comprehensive review looks into this and other aspects of this year's ROG Flow X13 iteration.

The Lenovo ThinkPad P14s is a portable workstation notebook that weighs less than 1.5 kg and packs a powerful Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U CPU, 64 GB of RAM, 1 TB of storage, and a stunning 2.8K OLED display. The laptop is currently enjoying a mouth-watering 55% discount on the list price, making the machine worth a serious consideration.

This year's HP Envy x360 15 is a strong convertible overall with a competitive price-performance ratio. In addition to IMAX Enhanced certification, the convertible's highlights include a true-colour OLED display, an exceptionally high-quality chassis and a wide range of ports.

A new leak says only Intel Core Ultra 5 and Ultra 7 Meteor Lake processors will be launched later this year. Laptops with the top-spec Core Ultra 9 chips are scheduled for a 2024 launch.

Sustainability has been one of the mega-trends of the economy in the last few years. In tech, one way to achieve this goal is by making devices repairable. Lenovo, currently the biggest PC manufacturer, has now predicted that the vast majority of its devices will be repairable by 2025.

The AMD Strix Point APUs are expected to launch sometime in 2024. Just like the Ryzen 7040HS Phoenix APUs, these Ryzen 8000 APUs could also integrate dedicated AI hardware in addition to Zen 5/5c cores and RDNA 3+ iGPU. According to the latest information from All_The_Watts, the Strix Point APUs could be based on TSMC’s N4P process with a die size of 225 mm² and pack a total of 12 cores.

Samsung is a little late to the party when it comes to foldable laptops at this stage. Nevertheless, the South Korean giant is said to join in, albeit possibly not until 2024 at the earliest. That event might see the launch of a markedly thin flexible-display device thanks to hinge technology already at work in the Galaxy Z Fold5 or Flip5 smartphones. Then again, there might be some drawbacks to its use in a full PC.

A fresh leak from WCCFtech posits that the RX Radeon 7900M would be based on a cut-down Navi 31 chip with 72 CUs and 4608 stream processors plus 16 GB VRAM. On paper, this model should be twice as fast as the existing RX 7600M.

The ZBook Firefly workstation also packs 1 TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD storage, a bright 14-inch IPS display with 2560 x 1600 resolution and 120 Hz refresh rate, 2x USB4 connectors, 5 MP webcam and fingerprint sensor, while the Targus DV4K docking station offers additional ports like GbE plus 5 more video outputs.

The ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 (2022) model on sale comes with an AMD Ryzen 7 6800H processor, an Nvidia RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, 16 GB of RAM, and a 1 TB SSD.

The model on sale also features a 500 nit 16-inch IPS panel with 2560 x 1600 resolution and 165 Hz refresh rate, 1x USB4 connector, a microSD card reader, plus a 90 Wh battery.

Google's new Chromebook Plus naming scheme allows manufacturers to demark Chromebooks that have higher-end specs (relative to the ChromeOS world). Chromebook Plus laptops will have to meet specific minimum hardware requirements and will have some AI-enabled features baked into ChromeOS.

The Acer Predator Triton 14 is a 14-inch gaming laptop with a Core i7-13700H CPU and an RTX 4070 laptop GPU that, after a respectable 16% discount, has now dropped back to its lowest price to date at Best Buy. In addition to the processor and GPU listed above, the laptop features a Mini-LED panel that Acer claims can shoot up to 600 nits of brightness.

This budget-friendly configuration of the Legion 5 sports a dedicated RTX 4060 graphics card as well a quick 165Hz QHD display and an AMD Ryzen 7 octa-core CPU. Thanks to a 15 percent discount, the 15-inch Lenovo gaming laptop has now dropped to one of its lowest sale prices thus far.

Lenovo's upcoming handheld PC, the Legion Go, is now available for pre-order starting at US$699.99. The handheld has an AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme CPU, 16 GB of RAM, up to a 1 TB SSD, and a 2560x1600 144 Hz display.

"Affordable" is of course relative. You can already find gaming laptops with an RTX 4060 for less than 1,000 Euros (~$1,060). Our LOQ 16 costs around 1,500 Euros (~$1,591), with the price of the Legion series not far from that. So how important are the differences between the two model series?

The latest Lenovo Yoga 7i has dropped to the lowest price in 120 days at Lenovo’s official online outlet. The 14-inch laptop rocks a 10-core Core i5-1335U CPU, 16 GB of non-expandable LPDDR5 RAM, and 512 GB of storage alongside a healthy port selection, Wi-Fi 6E, and a 71 Wh battery.