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Also included are 16 GB DDR5-4800 RAM, 1 TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD storage, a 16-inch IPS screen with 2560x1600 resolution and 240 Hz refresh rate, plus a Thunderbolt 4 connector.

The 14-inch OLED screen features 2.8K resolution, 100% DCI-P3 and 90 Hz refresh rate. Highlights also include 2x Thunderbolt 4 connectors plus a microSD card reader and the configuration also comes with 16 GB LPDDR5-6400 RAM as well as a 1 TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD.

According to Schenker, the XMG Pro 16 Studio is a "professional workstation for content creation". The specs fit: Core i9, an RTX 4070, Thunderbolt 4 and a 16:10 display (QHD+, 240 Hz). A vapor chamber supposedly ensures optimum heat dissipation and quiet cooling.

The ASUS Zenbook 14X OLED ultrabook has dropped down to only US$700 following a steep 30% price cut at Best Buy. With an average consumer rating of 4.6/5 after 377 reviews, the ASUS Zenbook 14X is highly rated, and for good reason. The laptop not only packs a powerful CPU in the Core i7-13700H but also brings a beautiful OLED panel and extended battery life.

Lenovo's new ThinkPad P1 G6 is a very good mobile workstation with efficient GPUs as well as a bright IPS display. It also replaces the former multimedia flagship ThinkPad X1 Extreme, which is a questionable marketing decision.

The Lenovo Legion Slim 5 with a 14.5-inch OLED panel, an RTX 4060, and a Ryzen 7 7840HS is currently on sale for more than US$300 off with free shipping. With the discount in place, the Legion Slim 5 becomes a pretty sweet deal, as it not only packs decent mid-range performance but it is also portable and features a 120 Hz OLED panel.

A Bilibili leaker says AMD plans to launch two new Dragon Range processors, the Ryzen 9 7940HX and Ryzen 9 7840HX. Both will keep the 16-core and 12-core configurations of their 7045HX counterparts but operate at lower clocks.

Dell's Latitude 7340 not only scores with its reduced dimensions and a weight of just over 2.4 lbs during testing, but can stand up to its slightly larger 14-inch sibling, the Latitude 7440, in terms of performance and endurance.

Released two years ago, the Asus ROG Gladius III wired gaming mouse, which also has a slightly different wireless version, is now down by 44% on Amazon. Thanks to this generous discount, it can be acquired for US$49.99 instead of the US$89.99 list price. Due to special tuning, its 19,000 dpi sensor goes up to 26,000 dpi.

PCIe 4.0 is finally coming to microSD Express cards, doubling the maximum speed to 1,969 MB/s. The latest SD 9.1 specs are also defining four SD Express classes with minimum read/write speeds between 150 and 600 MB/s, as well as offering improved power and heat management for all types of cards.

The Gen 8 Lenovo Legion Pro 5 gaming laptop with a 16-inch 1600p display, an 8-core Ryzen 7 7745HX CPU, and an RTX 4070 mobile GPU is enjoying an enormous 36% discount at Lenovo’s online store. With strong gaming performance, a fast 240 Hz panel, and solid construction, the Legion Pro 5 is among the cream of the crop of mid-range gaming machines.

This discounted configuration comes with the newly-introduced IMAX Enhanced HDR feature for OLED screens. It also integrates 16 GB LPDDR5x-6400 RAM, a 512 GB PCIe 4.0 SSD, plus a 5 MP webcam with wide angle lens and IR sensor.

Schenker's new Vision 14 offers a lot of the usual, but longer battery life is now possible thanks to optimizations. However, there are also drawbacks such as the lower maximum performance of the new Raptor-Lake processor and the slower card reader.

This model is only available in Japan for now and its lightness comes with a performance cost, as it supports up to a Ryzen 7 7730U processor coupled with up to 16 GB DDR4-4266 and 512 GB SSD storage. Nevertheless, the included 83 Wh battery can last up to 24 hours.

A replacement unit confirms that our original one was an outlier with graphics performance issues. Jumping from 60 W to 90 W with the mobile RTX 4060 will increase frame rates by as much as 15 to 30 percent.

The latest version of RTX VSR, NVIDIA's AI-powered pixel processing tool rated to crush artifacts in streamed content, has been released to Turing-based cards (the RTX 20-series included) as part of the OEM's latest crop of software upgrades. It also unleashes TensorRT-LLM for RTX, rated to boost performance on Windows-based large language models (LLMs) by up to 400%.

Team Blue CEO Pat Gelsinger is planning to steal the performance and efficiency crown from TSMC by 2025, but the Taiwanese foundries' CEO is not impressed with such undertakings. Only geopolitical factors like a war in Taiwan could turn the tables.

The NUC X15 LAPAC71H boasts a moderate price, however, it only features tech from 2022 (Alder Lake). Adding to this is a Thunderbolt 4 port, space for two SSDs and a FHD screen.

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.