Laptops
While we've been expecting the availability of the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite processor to be around the middle of this year, Lenovo has announced two new 'AI-powered' notebooks for the Windows on Arm platform. Announced is the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x Gen 14 and the Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 both feature Qualcomm's latest 12-core Snapdragon X Elite processor, ushering in a new era for Microsoft's Windows on Arm platform. Lenovo aims to target content creators and business professionals with these new models. Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X Elite processor looks set to try to change the adoption of the Windows-on-Arm devices, with a critical focus on providing AI capability on device, which promises up to 45 TOPs of performance solely from the Hexagon NPU. Powered...
AMD Confirms That SmartShift Tech Only Shipping in One Laptop For 2020
Launched earlier this year, AMD’s Ryzen 4000 “Renoir” APUs brought several new features and technologies to the table for AMD. Along with numerous changes to improve the APU’s power...
55 by Ryan Smith on 6/5/2020The Microsoft Surface Book 3 (15-Inch) Review: A Refreshing Dip Into Ice Lake
The PC industry has introduced some remarkably exciting designs over the last five years or so. Some of those designs, such as the thin-bezel laptop, have been adopted by...
125 by Brett Howse on 6/3/2020Samsung Unveils Intel-based Galaxy Book S: Intel’s Lakefield Inbound
Samsung this morning is taking the wraps off of the long-awaited Intel (x86) version of the company’s popular ultraportable, always-connected laptop, the Galaxy Book S. First teased by Samsung...
50 by Ryan Smith on 5/29/2020Huawei Matebook X Pro and Matebook 13 2020 Models Available For Pre-Order
Back in February this year, we published an announcement that Huawei was planning on refreshing its Matebook X Pro for 2020. Following on from this, Huawei has announced that...
39 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/18/2020Honor Magicbook 14 Notebook Review: Where Style Paints a Picasso
There are three major selling factors when it comes to laptops: Specifications, Price, and Style. It is exceedingly rare to have a laptop hit all three, and if often...
89 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 5/15/2020Dell Revamps XPS 15 And Brings Back XPS 17
The XPS lineup from Dell has been a resounding success and was the first laptop to feature the ultra-thin bezels that have defined the modern laptop. For 2020, Dell...
83 by Brett Howse on 5/13/2020Dell Gaming Updates: Alienware Goes Super And Dell Adds Ryzen
Today Dell is refreshing the better portion of their gaming lineup, moving to the latest Comet Lake processors on both their Dell-branded Gaming laptops, as well as their Alienware...
18 by Brett Howse on 5/13/2020New Lenovo ThinkPad Range with Ryzen 4000 & 4000 PRO Mobile
Small to medium business owners generally want a something in a compact design, to lug it around to a business meeting to take essential notes, but ultimately can be...
33 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/7/2020Microsoft Springs A Surface Refresh: Surface Book 3 And Surface Go 2 Plus Accessories
This morning Microsoft is announcing a refresh on a couple more of their Surface products that did not get updated back in October. The Surface Book 3 and Surface...
43 by Brett Howse on 5/6/2020The Acer Swift 3 SF314 Notebook Review: Swift Gets Swifter With Ryzen 4000
Almost two years ago to the day, we had a chance to check out Acer’s Swift 3 laptop featuring AMD's first Ryzen Mobile platform, Raven Ridge. Acer has been...
192 by Brett Howse & Andrei Frumusanu on 5/5/2020Apple Launches New 13" MacBook Pro: 10th Gen Ice Lake and New Scissor Keyboard
Today Apple is releasing new revamped versions of its 13” MacBook Pro line-up, most notably updating the series with the new scissor-switch style Magic Keyboard, as well as giving...
85 by Andrei Frumusanu on 5/4/2020XPG Enters the Gaming Notebook Market with the 15.6-inch XENIA
XPG, the gaming arm of prolific storage vendor ADATA, has just announced its first-ever gaming notebook, the XENIA. Designed in collaboration with Intel, the 15.6-inch XENIA is based on...
25 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/22/2020Two New Razer Blade Steath 13 Notebooks: With Intel 10th Gen Ice Lake & GTX 1650 Ti
Off the back of the release of two new Blade 15 series (NVIDIA GeForce RTX and Intel 10th Gen models), Razer has also unveiled two new variations of its...
37 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/21/2020HP Updates Pavilion x360 14 Series, A 10th Gen Ice Lake Convertible
In what has become a busy month for HP, the company has continued to update its array of laptops and other portable PCs with new Intel processors. The latest...
27 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/20/2020HP ENVY Laptop Refresh Adds OLED And RTX For 2020
While HP’s Spectre lineup is what HP would probably consider their top-tier brand, the ENVY series has quietly become a very potent competitor, with premium-grade materials, and even discrete...
21 by Brett Howse on 4/16/2020HP Announces ZBook Studio And ZBook Create Notebooks: Targeting The Top
HP has announced the new ZBook Studio and ZBook Create notebooks today, along with their ENVY refresh. The HP Envy 15 announced today targets creators and prosumers, but the...
29 by Brett Howse on 4/16/2020ASUS Updates Chromebook Flip Series With Intel 10th Gen Comet Lake
With the vast majority of vendors updating its notebook portfolios with Intel 10th generation processors, ASUS has added a new model its Chromebook lineup, the Chromebook Flip C436. Two...
11 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/7/2020Origin PC Announces EON15-X AMD Gaming Laptop: Putting AMD's Ryzen 9 3900 In a Laptop
Even though AMD has already released its Ryzen Mobile 4000 Series of processors, Origin PC has gone one step further for their new AMD gaming laptop, assuming a machine...
19 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/7/2020HP Envy 17 Refreshed With Intel 10th Gen Ice Lake Processors
While this past week's wave of new laptop announcements was focused squarely around the launch of Intel's 10th gen Comet Lake-H mobile processors, a couple of vendors have also...
24 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/6/2020Razer Refreshes Blade 15 Series With Intel 10th Gen Comet Lake
Along with many other OEMs in the notebook segment at the moment, Razer has joined in the fray with the launch of two new models of its Blade 15...
17 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/3/2020