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An unknown AMD Ryzen 6000 series processor, likely the Ryzen 3 6400 or Ryzen 3 6300, has been benchmarked on Geekbench. In the CPU benchmark, it scored 1,321 and 4,261 in the single and multi-core tests. Its RDNA2 iGPU pushed its OpenCL benchmark score to 13,755.

Huawei has revealed the latest version of the MateBook X Pro in China, which starts at CNY 8,999 (~US$1,330) with an Intel Core i5-1240P processor. Also available with a Core i7-1260P and a unique skin-soothing metallic body option, the MateBook Pro X 2022 can cost up to CNY 12,999 (~US$1,922) for the fully configured option.

For years, the premier class of ThinkPad laptops was exclusively equipped with Intel CPUs. With our newest review device, this is over: The Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 is the first high-end ThinkPad with AMD CPUs.

Frugal 1080p gamers who are still looking for a suitable 15-inch gaming laptop in the sub-US$800 price range might want to consider a current deal on the quite popular and budget-friendly RTX 3050 Ti configuration of the Dell G15.

A new type of Best Buy store has launched in North Carolina to offer consumers a "new" and possibly much more 2022 way to shop. The space, while nearly a tenth of the size of the average store associated with the chain, is rated to offer in-person consultations as well as a range of the latest or most popular products, in a way that might better adapt to the trend of consumers to shop and order online instead.

ORICO is a USB hub and storage accessory OEM that has just launched a new line of portable SSDs. Its MTQ-40G flagships have Thunderbolt 4/USB 4 ports with an up to 40 gigabit per second (Gbps) data-transmission rate, and are up to 2TB in capacity. However, they also stand out due to "durable" multi-colored exteriors styled after one of Piet Mondrian's most famous paintings.

ASUS has started selling the ROG Flow X16 in Europe, where it starts at €2,499. Paired with AMD Ryzen 6000 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 series GPUs, the ROG Flow X16 also has a Mini LED display that peaks at 1,000 nits in a convertible design. The ROG Flow X16 nearly hits €4,000 in some configurations, though.

The AMD Ryzen 5 6600H processor has finally made its way onto PassMark where it has produced synthetic benchmark results that put it into close-quarter confrontation with the Intel Core i5-12600H. However, while the Alder Lake part has to make do with Iris XE Graphics (80 EUs), the Rembrandt chip can boast of having an RDNA2-powered Radeon 660M iGPU.

The Ryzen 6000-powered Legion 5 Pro has landed on Lenovo's US website for the first time. As if to mark this event, the OEM has announced an inaugural Legion Tower 5i giveaway for its Community website. It has a Tiger Lake processor with 12GB of RTX 3060 graphics.

The new Dell XPS 13 Plus is equipped with a fast CPU, but our review revealed some problems and questionable design decisions. This means the laptop is not as good as it could be and Dell might be losing touch with its competitors.

Mounting two external displays onto your laptop sounds pretty cool on paper, but it can be a huge hassle in practice. The FOPO monitor extender is bogged down by its own awkward build and extensive cable requirements.

Dell and Canonical continue to collaborate on bringing Ubuntu to the XPS series. The XPS 13 Plus Developer Edition is now the first laptop certified for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, which builds on the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS that Dell already ships with the XPS 13 Plus Developer Edition. Ubuntu 22.04 LTS will begin shipping with the XPS 13 Plus Developer Edition from next month onwards.

Honor has refreshed the MagicBook 14 2022 with AMD Ryzen 6000 APUs. While Honor already offers the MagicBook 14 2022 with Intel Alder Lake and NVIDIA GeForce GPUs, AMD-powered models have RDNA 2-based graphics up their sleeves. The MagicBook 14 2022 starts at a lower price with AMD Ryzen APUs too.

Acer's Swift X 16: The 1.8 kg light, 16-inch laptop reveals good performance benchmarks for gaming and occasional content creation in our review thanks to RTX 3050. The display (95% sRGB) is also suitable, but the competition is strong.

Xiaomi has introduced the Redmi G 2022, a more compact take on the Redmi G 2021. Equipped with a choice of Intel Alder Lake-H series and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 series GPUs, the Redmi G 2022 is considerably smaller than the Redmi G 2021, thanks to its 16:10 display. All configurations feature a 16-inch display with a 2.5K resolution, a 165 Hz refresh rate and 500 nits of peak brightness.

Although the brand-new MacBook Air with the lightning-quick Apple M2 chip has only been on the market for a few days, first customers and reviewers are already noticing that one of the new colors seems to be particularly susceptible to scuffs and scratches.

The Apple M2 SoC has scored another benchmark victory by topping PassMark’s current laptop CPU chart for single-thread performance. The M2 actually removed none other than the impressively powerful Intel Core i9-12950HX from the top; however, the Apple silicon couldn’t outscore chips like the i7-1260P and i7-1280P in multithread testing.

Xiaomi has teased the Redmi G 2022, another 16-inch gaming laptop. It seems that Xiaomi has a few changes to the Redmi G this time around, such as updating its design and including a 2.5K display with a 165 Hz refresh rate.

It turns out that the latest MacBook Air can match or even outperform the M2-powered MacBook Pro 13. With a simple modification, the MacBook Air can maintain peak performance for longer, which should be useful for short bursts of intense activity.

The availability of the new Lenovo workstation flagship, the ThinkPad P16, is getting closer. Now, Lenovo has published detailed specifications and manuals, which reveal additional information about the powerful work-laptop.

Until now, the MateBook D 16 from Huawei has been a 16-inch multimedia laptop with a good price-performance ratio. However, this isn't the case anymore with the new 2022 model, since the change to an Intel-i7 processor increases the price significantly and is also accompanied by some additional problems.

MSI's latest 14-inch convertible is strong on all fronts from its bright 500-nit DCI-P3 touchscreen and Core i7-1260P CPU that actually performs how it should be. At 1.6 kg, however, this isn't a very light convertible at all.

After testing laptops for well over a decade, we've seen our fair share of configurations and traits that have thankfully died or are on their way to being six feet under. Here are some of our old favorites.

The HP ProBook 445 G8 is a budget office laptop with many strengths, such as the performance it delivers thanks to AMD's Zen 3. The battery life and emissions also benefit enormously from this.

After the more affordable configurations of the Dell G15 gaming laptop have recently been on sale, the Texas-based manufacturer now offers the better-performing RTX 3060 model with the powerful Ryzen 7 5800H CPU for a very reasonable sale price of under US$1,000.

Microsoft had announced its intention to release one new Feature Update for its main PC OS per year, which could have meant Windows 12 could arrive as soon as 2023. However, according to the latest reports, the Redmond giant has been obliged to scrap these plans, thereby pushing the major upgrade back to 2024 with new features arriving via a new, update-independent initiative instead.

With a Core i9-12900HX and a GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, the MSI laptop offers enough performance for 4K gaming, video editing, and rendering. In fact, it often reaches the best benchmark results we have seen from this GPU so far.

With great power comes great responsibility and a substantial AC adapter. The GE67 sports a powerful 12th gen Core i7-12800HX CPU that's so demanding that it necessitated a ridiculously large 330 W AC adapter compared to the smaller 280 W one that shipped with the older GE66.

The product design relationship between Apple and Jony Ive has finally come to an end. The former executive at Cupertino was responsible for the distinctive looks of the MacBook line, but has only been a consultant to the OEM since 2019. Ive's contract for this role has now expired, and his former employer has declined to renew it.

Another Zen 3+ part has hit the PassMark benchmark website in the form of the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H, which is basically the professional/business equivalent of the Ryzen 7 6800H. The Rembrandt-class Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H held up well against the Intel Core i7-12800H rival, with single-thread and multi-test scores resulting in shared spoils.

The AMD Ryzen 7 6800U has finally turned up on the PassMark CPU testing site, and it has made a very promising first showing. The Zen 3+ “Rembrandt” APU with the handy RDNA2-based Radeon 680M iGPU managed to outscore fellow low-power rivals such as the Intel Core i7-1260P and Apple M2 in the site’s average CPU Mark results.