The new Lenovo Thinkpad X13 Gen 5 is a 2.7 pound notebook with a 13.3 inch display, a chassis made from magnesium and aluminum, and support for up to an Intel Core Ultra 7 165U processor. And the new ThinkPad X13 2-in-1 Gen 5 is a 2.8 pound laptop with similar features except it has a touchscreen […]
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LG Gram Pro premium ultraportable Meteor Lake laptops launch for $1400 and up
The new LG Gram Pro line of laptops are thin and light notebook computers with big, high-res displays featuring high screen refresh rates and optional support for premium features including OLED displays and discrete graphics (on select models). First unveiled in December, the new LG Gram Pro 16, Gram Pro 17, and Gram Pro 16 2-in-1 […]
Samsung Galaxy Book4 series notebooks with Intel Meteor Lake launch globally on Feb 26
The Samsung Galaxy Book4 line of laptops are premium thin and light notebooks with 120 Hz AMOLED touchscreen displays, and Intel Meteor Lake processor with Intel Arc integrated graphics. First unveiled in December, the 14 and 16 inch laptops went on sale in South Korea in January, and now Samsung says they’re set to launch in global […]
Acer Swift Go 14 and Swift Edge 16 laptops get a Ryzen 8040 update
Acer is refreshing two of its thin and light laptops with new models powered by AMD’s Ryzen 8040 processors featuring RDNA 3 integrated graphics and Ryzen AI features. The new Acer Swift Go 14 (SG140-63/T) sells for $700 and up and supports up to a 14 inch, 2.8K OLED, 90 Hz display and Ryzen 9 8945HS […]
Acer Swift Go (2024) laptop lineup with Intel Meteor Lake launches in March for $750 and up
The new Acer Swift Go 14 (SFG14-73) and Acer Swift Go 16 (SFG16-72) are thin and light laptops with support for up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Meteor Lake processor with Intel Arc integrated graphics. As the names suggest, the biggest difference between the two laptops are the screen sizes: Acer’s new Swift Go laptops […]
Acer Swift X 14 laptop with Intel Meteor Lake and NVIDIA graphics coming in February for $1400 and up
The new Acer Swift X 14 (SFX14-72G) is a laptop with a 14.5 inch, 2.8K OLED display with a 120 Hz screen refresh rate and support for up to an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H Meteor Lake processor and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 graphics. Acer says the laptop will be available worldwide in February, with prices starting […]
This “laptop” has a 64-core AMD EPYC processor
AMD may advertise its EPYC processors as being made for servers, but that wasn’t about to stop one Chinese OEM from putting them into a (somewhat) portable PC. The REV-9 series from Zhanjiang Xinjuneng Technology is portable computer that I’m reluctant to call a laptop, because it’s probably too heavy to comfortably use on your […]
Intel’s Meteor Lake (14th-gen “Core Ultra”) mobile chips bring a graphics upgrade, AI features, and a branding refresh
The first laptops powered by Intel’s 14th-gen processors based on Meteor Lake architecture arrive today. And they represent a number of firsts for Intel’s consumer chips. Meteor Lake processors are the first to feature Intel’s new “Core Ultra” branding. They’re the first to be manufactured on the new Intel 4 process. They’re also the first […]
Black Friday 2023: Laptop, tablet, and handheld PC deals
There are a lot of laptops, tablets, and even a handful of handheld gaming PCs on sale for Black Friday this year. While companies have a habit of using spectacular pricing to make unattractive PCs look a bit more appealing, some of the items on sale this year are actually pretty good deals. Others… are […]
Leaked Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G12 shows redesigned keyboard and TrackPoint
Lenovo has regularly updated the ThinkPad X1 Carbon, its flagship thin and light business-class laptop, since its debut in 2012. Usually that means a processor refresh and maybe some modest changes to the physical design. But it looks like the 12th-generation X1 Carbon may bring some small, but significant changes to the keyboard and trackpad, […]