Lenovo is launching its first ThinkBook series laptop with a 16 inch display, as well as a new 14 inch model. Both the Lenovo ThinkBook 16p and Lenovo ThinkBook 14p are powered by AMD’s new Ryzen 5000H series processors, and the two new laptops will be available in the first quarter of 2021, with starting prices of $1299 and […]
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Razer’s CES 2021 concepts: a smart mask and a gaming chair with a retractable display
Gaming hardware maker Razer is showing off two concept products this week. Project Brooklyn is the most advanced gaming chair you’ve ever seen — it has a retractable 60-inch panoramic OLED display that floats in front of you when you want it and hides away when you don’t. The other concept is Project Hazel, a […]
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Lenovo ThinkBook 13X i is a 2.6 pound Tiger Lake laptop
The Lenovo ThinkBook 13x i is an thin and light laptop that measures just 0.51 inches thick and weighs just 2.65 pounds. It’s an Intel Evo certified laptop which means you can expect long battery life, quick resume, and fast charging, among other things. It also has a 13.3 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel WQXA IPS […]
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Lenovo unveils ThinkBook Plus Gen 2 i dual-screen Tiger Lake laptop ( LCD and E Ink)
When Lenovo launched a dual-screen laptop last year with an LCD front-facing screen and a secondary E Ink display on the lid, I figured it was an experiment that was likely to be a one-off design. But I was wrong because Lenovo just introduced the Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 2 i. This year’s model features a […]
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AMD launches Ryzen 5000 Mobile chips for ultralight and gaming laptops
Just a few months after launching the first Ryzen 5000 desktop processors based on Zen 3 architecture, AMD is bringing Zen 3 to laptops with the launch of two new lines of Ryzen 5000 Mobile processors. As usual, the new chips are divided into 15 watt U-series processors for thin and light laptops and higher-power […]
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Acer’s 2021 gaming laptops include the 3.75 pound Predator Triton 300 SE with Tiger Lake-H
Acer is introducing a compact gaming laptop that measures 0.7 inches thick and weighs 3.75 pounds, but which packs a lot of horsepower into a fairly small package. The Acer Predator Triton 300 SE supports up to an 11th-gen Intel Core i7 H35-series processor, up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 mobile graphics, and up to a […]
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Next-gen Razer Blade 15 gaming laptops coming this month
Razer is refreshing its Blade 15 line of gaming notebooks with new Base and Advanced models sporting the latest NVIDIA graphics. The company is also introducing new display options, and Razer says it’s shrunk the overall size of the notebook by 4 percent, while also making a few other design changes – for example, there […]
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Alienware M15 and M17 R4 gaming laptops coming Jan 26 with next-gen NVIDIA graphics
Dell is refreshing its gaming laptop lineup with new Alienware M15 and M17 R4 models. Both will be available with up to an Intel Core i9-10980HK octa-core processor, NVIDIA RTX 3000 graphics, and support for up to 32GB of RAM and up to 4.5GB of solid state storage. While the Alienware M17 R4 is a […]
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Acer Aspire laptops with Ryzen 5000 coming in March for $550 and up
Acer is refreshing its mainstream laptop lineup with two new notebooks packing AMD 5000 series processors. The new Acer Aspire 5 (A515-45) is a 15.6 inch laptop features Radeon RX 640 graphics and ships in March for $550 and up, while the new Acer Aspire 7 (A715-42G) pairs AMD’s new Ryzen 5000 mobile processor with NVIDIA GeForce GTX […]
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Live updates from NVIDIA’s CES 2021 press event
NVIDIA is introducing new technologies that the company says will bring more graphics horsepower to gaming laptops, while also extending battery life and enabling thinner and lighter designs thanks to next-gen Max-Q technology. According to NVIDIA half of the new laptops set to ship with its new GeForce RTX 3000 series graphics will be available […]
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Live updates from AMD’s CES 2021 keynote (Ryzen 5000 Mobile & RDNA 2 mobile graphics)
AMD CEO Lisa Su is introducing its Ryzen 5000 Mobile series of laptop processors based on the company’s Zen 3 architecture during a keynote at this week’s virtual Consumer Electronics Show, as well as teasing upcoming laptop graphics technology based on RDNA 2 architecture and 3rd-gen AMD Epyc server processors. Here are some live updates […]
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D-Link’s dongle can add WiFi 6 to your laptop
Many new laptops, smartphones, and other devices ship with WiFi 6 (also known as 802.11ax) capabilities built in. But if you aren’t ready to buy a new PC just to improve wireless performance, maybe you can just buy a USB stick that’ll do the trick. D-Link has one coming later this year for about $100. […]