The Asus ProArt StudioBook One is a notebook with a 15.6 inch, 4K display, support for up to an Intel Core i9-9980HK octa-core processor, up to 32GB of DDR4-2666 RAM, and up to 1TB of PCIe NVMe storage. But those features aren’t what truly make it stand out. That would be the NVIDIA Quadro RTX […]
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Asus unveils a 1.9 pound laptop with a 14 inch display
Asus calls the upcoming AsusPro B9 B9450FA “the world’s lightest 14-inch business laptop,” and it’s kind of hard to argue. Weighing in at just 880 grams (about 1.94 pounds), the laptop is a little lighter than the 890 gram Acer Swift 7 I reviewed this summer, and that model’s not aimed at business customers. The AsusPro […]
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The first laptops with 300Hz displays are coming
The pixel density wars are so last year. Now laptop (and smartphone) makers are pushing high screen refresh rates… particularly for gaming devices. Most laptops ship with 60 Hz displays, but there are already some 144 Hz and 240 Hz models. Now gaming laptops with 300 Hz displays are on the way. Acer’s new Predator […]
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Asus ROG Phone II gaming smartphone hits Europe for €899 and up
The Asus ROG Phone II is a smartphone aimed at gamers… and like laptops and desktops aimed at that crowd, it packs in a whole bunch of features. First launched in China earlier this summer, the Asus ROG Phone II is set to launch in Europe this month for €899 and up. The smartphone is […]
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Razer Blade Stealth 13 is a compact laptop with NVIDIA GTX 1650 graphics, Intel Ice Lake CPU
2 Comments on Razer Blade Stealth 13 is a compact laptop with NVIDIA GTX 1650 graphics, Intel Ice Lake CPURazer has been making gaming laptops for years, but the company’s thinnest and lightest notebooks have been more like gaming-adjacent. That changes with the launch of the new Razer Blade Stealth 13. It’s the first model in the company’s Stealth lineup to support high-performance discrete graphics; one of the first laptops to sport a 10th-gen Intel […]
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Acer unveils ConceptD Pro laptops with NVIDIA Quadro graphics, 9th-gen Intel processors
Comments Off on Acer unveils ConceptD Pro laptops with NVIDIA Quadro graphics, 9th-gen Intel processorsWhen Acer introduced the ConceptD line of computers earlier this year, the pitch was that these were high-end, high-performance machines aimed at content creators. But that basically meant they had the hardware you’d expect from a good gaming machine packed into a body that looked… a lot less flashy than a typical gaming laptop. Now […]
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14-inch Acer Swift 3 with Intel Ice Lake coming soon for $700 and up
The new Acer Swift 3 isn’t quite as thin, light or stylish as the new Acer Swift 5. But weighing just 2.6 pounds and measuring just 15.95mm (0.6 inches), it’s still pretty compact for a notebook with a 14 inch full HD display. And that’s not bad for a laptop with a starting price of […]
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Acer launches four new Chromebooks, with prices starting at $250
Acer is introducing a bunch of new Chromebooks with screen sizes ranging from 11.6 inches to 15.6 inches and prices starting as low as $250. Announced at the IFA show in Berlin this morning, all four should be available in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa starting in October before heading to North America in […]
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Acer Swift 5 laptop with Intel Ice Lake coming soon for $900 and up
The new Acer Swift 5 is a thin and light notebook with a 14 inch full HD touchscreen display, support for up to an Intel Core i7-1065G7 Ice Lake processor with Intel Iris Pro graphics, and optional support for NVIDIA GeForce MX250 graphics. First unveiled at the Computex show in June, Acer is officially launching […]
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Acer C250i is a portable FHD projector designed for smartphones
Acer’s new C250i portable LED wireless projector has a battery that runs for up to five hours, an LED module that the company says should be good for up to 30,000 hours of use, and some special features that make it clear that this is very much a projector designed for use with smartphones. One […]