Laptop

Nvidia's RTX 4090 (Laptop) is the unquestionable champion as AMD keeps paying more attention to the desktop segment. The fastest graphics card for laptops from AMD was only good for the 3rd place in our little list.

The A570M is supposed to cover the gap between existing models with similar performance to the Nvidia RTX 3060 and RTX 3070. On the other hand, the A530M could fit between the RTX 3050 and the RTX 3060.

The 2024’s Strix Point and Strix Halo APUs are reported to land with a combination of a Zen 5/5c CPU and an RDNA 3.5/3+ iGPU. Per the latest information, the Strix Point APUs intended for powerful mobile devices will top out at 4 Zen 5 cores and 8 Zen 5c cores while the Strix Halo APUs are slated to get up to 16 Zen 5 cores.

Microsoft is set to refresh the Surface Laptop Go again, with a third-generation model due later this year. Reportedly, the Surface Laptop Go 3 will be another minor refinement for the series and may be visually indistinguishable from the current Surface Laptop Go 2.

The Acer Nitro 17 is a 17-inch mid-range gaming laptop. The machine is now going for more than US$200 off on Amazon for the RTX 4060 and Ryzen 7 7840HS configuration. Based on our review of the device, the discounted price makes the Nitro 17 worth taking a look at, since it packs plenty of performance and a good display.

The 2023 Inspiron 16 2-in-1 is seemingly a good bargain for just $650 USD, but the next SKU up with 16 GB of RAM costs a hefty $250 more. 16 GB of RAM is widely considered to be the recommended bare minimum for modern Windows PCs.

With a list price of US$239.99, the 2 TB WD Blue SN570 M.2 NVMe SSD is undoubtfuly expensive for late July 2023, but Amazon's ongoing 65% discount makes it quite appealing. Thanks to it, the WDS200T3B0C model is now down to a mere US$84.99, which is also the drive's lowest price so far.

The almost maxed-out configuration of the attractive Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 has received a noteworthy discount that drops the 16-inch business laptop to a quite reasonable price range considering its high-end specs, which include a copious amount of memory, a dedicated graphics card as well as a colorful 4K OLED screen.

The MSI Summit E14 Flip with a Core i5-1240P processor, 16 GB of LPDDR5 RAM, and 512 GB of storage is now on sale for US$699.99 instead of the US$1,049.99 list price. The defining qualities of the notebook include a sturdy chassis, great display, and fast performance. Additionally, the laptop also has all-day battery life.

With the extremely fast i9-13980HX, OLED display and well-tuned RTX 4060, the VivoBook Pro 16X looks ambitious at the very least and is by no means intended only for private use. However, Asus has made cuts in other areas.

AMD is introducing its 3D V-cache technology to gaming laptops with the launch of the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D. The Ryzen 9 7945HX3D is similar to the Ryzen 9 7945HHX but with a 200 MHz lower base clock, a total of 128 MB of L3 cache, and a 55 W+ TDP envelope. The Ryzen 9 7945HX3D will debut together with the Asus Strix Scar 17 X3D later in August.

The 2022 Dell G15 5525 is a wallet-friendly gaming notebook that can now be had for cheap thanks to Best Buy which is now selling the device for an awesome 37% off the list price. The Dell G15 configuration on offer include a 6-core/12-thread Ryzen 5 6600H CPU, a 4GB RTX 3050 discreet board, and 8 GB of DDR4 RAM.

OnePlus has finally announced pricing for the "Winter Bonfire" version of its inaugural mechanical keyboard. The OEM asserts that the 81 Pro will revolutionize its market with custom double-shot key-caps and "three-segment" switches. It is available to purchase across multiple markets, in one of which the company's old invite system is resurrected.

Lenovo's new Yoga Pro 9i 14 is a powerful multimedia laptop with an excellent and very bright Mini-LED screen. You also get plenty of performance, a good keyboard and plenty of features, but Apple still has a big advantage when it comes to battery runtimes.

Lepow calls its latest portable monitor the DualViews, as it allows the user to connect not just one but two extra screens to a range of devices. They can be stacked vertically above a laptop for a particularly tall multi-tasking experience, or present information to others thanks to a convertible-like hinged build. Not only that, but one of the DualViews' screens is to have touchscreen functionality.

According to a report, Microsoft has settled on an early autumn release for the Surface Laptop Studio 2. Likely debuting alongside the Surface Go 4 and the Surface Pro 10, the Surface Laptop Studio 2 is said to retain its predecessor's design while adding Raptor Lake-H processors and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs. Microsoft is said to have made other changes too, but there will be AMD APU or larger options.

Announced in March, the Lenovo Legion Slim 5 combines the latest AMD Zen 4 mobile CPUs with the GeForce RTX 40 GPUs. Best Buy now has both an open-box and brand-new unit on sale for 38% and 24% off the retail price respectively. The discounted model comes with a Ryzen 5 7640HS CPU, an RTX 4060 GPU, and 16 GB of RAM.

Elon Musk has announced that the site heretofore known as Twitter will "bid adieu" to its former brand identity, iconic blue bird avatar included. Company CEO Linda Yaccarino has touted the announcement as a pivotal stage in the social media platform's evolution into an "everything app" that integrates payments as well as multimedia messaging.

Apple's rumored OLED iPad Pros are not even here, yet are now already credited with the ability to boost demand of other panels made of the same popular screen material made for the tablets or laptops that will be released to compete with them. The resulting growth of their segment is now projected to outpace that of the OLED market in general over the next eight years.

The Lenovo Slim Pro 9i with a 14.5-inch 3K MiniLED panel can now be had for US$200 less than the US$1,699.99 list price. The notebook features a 14-core Core i7-13705H Raptor Lake CPU, a 6 GB RTX 4050 GPU, and 32 GB of LPDDR5X memory running at 6,400 MHz. Other notable specs include removable 1 TB storage and a 5 MP webcam with support for Windows Hello facial recognition.

A reference to what seems like an AMD Zen 5 Ryzen 8050 Strix Point APU with 12 cores has been spotted on the MilkyWay@Home computing project. Details of the APU are not entirely clear, but rumors so far indicate up to a 45 W TDP, a mix of Zen 5 and Zen 5c cores, and 24 MB unified L3 cache.

For folks in need of a mid-range gaming laptop with an expansive display, Microcenter is now offering the Dell G16 7620 for a respectable 25% off the list price. The notebook comes with a 16-inch QHD+ display alongside a 14-core Core i7-12700H and a 130 W RTX 3060.

The powerful RTX 3080 Ti dGPU in the burly Alienware x17 has a high TGP of 175 watts and packs quite a punch considering that the 17-inch gaming laptop is now approaching the US$1,500 mark thanks to a massive discount at the manufacturer's very own online shop.

Lenovo's latest Legion-brand product event has introduced a new version of the Y9000X laptop to the Chinese market. It has become a lighter and slimmer PC, if anything, in this generation, yet still boasts gaming credentials such as RTX 4000-series graphics to drive a 3.2K 165Hz display. It also boasts 140W charging for a 99.9kWh battery.

With the Vision 16 Pro, Schenker offers an extremely compact and light 16-inch multimedia laptop. Due to the GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop with 95 watts, there is sufficient performance to also bring current games smoothly to the WQHD panel.

The thin-and-light creator and gaming laptop crossover from MSI has finally dropped to a more justifiable price point as a well-known retailer is selling the MSI Stealth 14 Studio configuration with an RTX 4060 dGPU at a discount of US$400 relative to its MSRP.

This model is 25% off its listing price of US$799 at B&H. Highlights include 16 GB of LPDDR5-5200 RAM, 512 GB PCIe 4.0 SSD storage, a microSD card reader, fingerprint sensor and good battery life with Rapid Charge Boost technology.

With an average rating of 4.4/5 at Best Buy, the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G15 is a pretty well-reviewed mid-range gaming laptop. The SKU with an 8-core Ryzen 9 6900HS CPU and an RTX 3060 is now going for only US$999.99, the lowest price to date. For the price, the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G15 is worth taking a look at as it is plenty powerful for FHD gaming and offers excellent battery life.

The 2021 Apple MacBook Pro is now available at a substantial discount on Amazon. Savings of nearly US$1,160 can be had with a configuration that features a 10-core M1 Pro SoC, 16 GB RAM, and 512 TB SSD, which original retailed for US$2,699 at launch. Upgrading the storage to 1 TB can still net a substantial US$994 off.

The new Ryzen Edition ultrabook from Redmi also features 16 GB LPDDR5-6400 RAM, 512 GB PCie 4.0 NVMe SSD, 15.6-inch 3.2K IPS with 500 nit brightness, full-size SD card reader and a 72 Wh battery with 100 W GaN fast charger.

The HP Pavilion x360 convertible laptop is currently on sale at Best Buy for less than US$400. The machine comes with a 6-core Core i3-1215U CPU, 8 GB of DDR4 RAM, and 256 GB of storage. Display duties are handled by a 14-inch FHD panel that also support touch input.

The affordable 16-inch laptop from Dell's consumer-focused Inspiron series has hit its lowest sale price so far on Amazon as the online retailer currently grants a considerable 29 percent discount on the AMD Ryzen 7-powered machine.

The Lenovo Legion Pro 5 (Gen 8) can now be had for only US$1,336.49 straight from Lenovo thanks to stackable coupon codes. The laptop comes with an 8-core Ryzen 7 7745HX CPU, a next-gen RTX 4070 GPU, 16 GB of memory, and 1 TB of storage. Although the RAM and storage are respectable, they can be further expanded thanks to two SO-DIMM and two M.2 slots.

Designed with next-generation systems that could hit the market later this year, the industry's first GDDR7 DRAM has now completed the development stage. According to Samsung, the new GDDR7 design sports a 32 Gbps boosted speed per pin while being 20% more efficient and having 1.4 times the bandwidth of its predecessor.

The Framework Laptop 16, a modular gaming notebook Framework announced in March, is now available for pre-order. While the price for a DIY version starts at US$1399, adding a discrete GPU module bumps the price by $400 to $1799. A fully assembled model starts at $1699 without the dGPU and $2099 with one.

This specific mid-range configuration of the Lenovo ThinkPad P14s is further equipped with an Intel Core i5 Tiger Lake processor, 16GB of partly soldered RAM and a basic 1080p IPS display with 300 nits of peak brightness but just 45% coverage of the NTSC color space.

Best Buy is selling the 2022 ASUS Zenbook 14 with a Core i5-1240p CPU and a 14-inch OLED display for US$325.99 for an open-box unit. Best Buy claims that the laptop looks brand new and comes with all the usual parts/accessories. With an average rating of 4.3/5 stars from more than 500 reviews, the ASUS Zenbook 14 appears to be an excellent deal at the currently reduced price.

Three new workstation laptops with AMD Ryzen CPUs are coming out: The new Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 and P16s Gen 2 will feature Ryzen 7040U, while the bigger Lenovo ThinkPad P16v combines Ryzen 7040HS with the Nvidia RTX 2000 Ada.

New and interesting features are nice to see, but the changes to the Latitude 9440 almost feel like a beta test when compared to the more reliable physical buttons and clickpad of the Latitude 7440.

JLab has augmented its Epic series of products with an accessory that can connect to smartphones, tablets or PCs - however, it is for typing on them rather than listening to their audio in this case. The Epic Wireless Keyboard aims for a premium experience with a metallic build that incorporates a physical media dial and "soft touch" keys (that can be shared between up to 3 user devices), yet has been priced at well under US$100.