Acer has introduced new Nitro and Predator Helios-branded gaming laptops set to hit the streets this spring and summer including two reasonably compact models that pack premium specs into small spaces. The new Acer Predator Helios Neo 14Â is a 4.2 pound gaming laptop with up to a 3,072 x 1920 pixel, 165 Hz display, an […]
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Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (2024) gaming laptop with Ryzen 8040HS and OLED display is now available
The Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 is a gaming laptop for folks looking for a reasonably thin, light, and portable machine with enough horsepower to handle most modern games. Asus has released a number of variations over the past few years, but the 2024 model of the Zephyrus G14 brings some of the biggest (and smallest) […]
Slimbook Manjaro is a gaming laptop built for gaming
Linux hasn’t always been a great platform for PC gaming, but over the past few years it’s become a pretty viable alternative to Windows thanks to Valve’s Proton software, among other things. Not only does Proton allow Windows games to run on Linux handhelds like the Steam Deck, but the open source software can run […]
The 2024 Razer Blade 14 gaming laptop is a lot like 2023 model… but with more AI
Razer is upgrading its gaming laptop lineup, with new processors for all models and improved displays for models with larger screens. The Razer Blade 16, for example, is the first laptop with a 16 inch, 240 Hz OLED display. Meanwhile the company’s smallest gaming laptop is getting a much smaller spec bump. The new Razer […]
ROG Zephyrus G14 and G16 gaming laptops get new designs, OLED display options, CPU upgrades,
The Asus ROG Zephyrus G line of gaming laptops have a well-earned reputation for offering strong performance in compact, eye-catching designs. And this year’s models are thinner and lighter than ever… while also bringing processor, display, and audio upgrades, among other things. The new Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 is a 3.3 pound gaming laptop with a […]
MSI Cyborg 14 is a 3.5 pound Raptor Lake-H laptop with up to NVIDIA RTX 4060 graphics
MSI is introducing a lot of new gaming laptops this week, and most are big and powerful beasts with 14th-gen Intel Meteor Lake-H or Raptor Lake-HX processors and NVIDIA graphics. But a few are smaller, lighter systems designed to balance performance and portability. Case in point: the new MSI Cyborg 14 is a 3.5 pound gaming laptop […]
HP Omen Transcend 14 is a 3.6 pound gaming laptop with Intel Meteor Lake and NVIDIA RTX 40 series graphics
Gaming laptops used to be big and heavy machines with large displays and high-performance internals. But over the past few years we’ve seen a growing number of companies including Acer, Asus, and Razer show that it’s possible to make a decent gaming laptop that weighs around 4 pounds or less. Now HP is getting in […]
Lilbits: Microsoft kills of WordPad, Lenovo unveils a liquid-cooled gaming laptop, and AMD Ryzen 8050 mobile chip details leaked
Microsoft is pulling the plug on WordPad, the basic word processor that’s been included in Windows for more than two decades. The company has added the app to its list of deprecated features, saying it is “no longer being updated and will be removed in a future release of Windows.” In other recent tech news […]
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D is the first mobile chip with 3D V-Cach
The AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D is a 55+ watt laptop processor with 16 Zen 4 CPU cores, 32 threads and support for speeds up to 5.4 GHz. It’s also the first mobile chip to feature AMD’s 3D V-cache technology, which stacks cache in a way that lets AMD fit more L3 cache on a single […]
Razer Blade 14 gaming laptop now available with Ryzen 9 7940HS and up to RTX 4070
The Razer Blade 14 is a compact gaming laptop with an AMD Ryzen processor, NVIDIA GeForce RTX graphics. Last year Razer introduced a model with a Ryzen 9 6900HX processor and support for up to an RTX 3080 Ti GPU. Now the company has launched an updated version with a Ryzen 9 7940HS processor and […]