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Maingear might be best known for its elite lineup of custom desktop configurations like the Apex Force we reviewed a couple of months ago, but don't sleep on the boutique builder's laptop lineup. That's especially true of its newest model, the fully-loaded Ultima 18. No, Lord British isn't coming out of retirement...
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Just as Samsung and Apple are duking it out with skinny phones, Huawei steps in and says, "Hold my beer" while showing off its new MateBook Fold, a foldable-screen laptop that, when unfolded, is thinner than your average phone. The party trick is an 18-inch foldable display, which makes the device either an all-screen...
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Boy, it sure seems like it's the early 2010s again, with "thin" being all the rage. Along with the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge and the iPhone 17 Air, the war for thinness has been reignited. The redesigned Razer Blade 14 laptop is the latest entrant to this proverbial fight, packing GeForce RTX 50-series GPUs and top-tier...
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Laptops are one of the most egregious product categories with regards to e-waste. Most laptops are made of almost completely proprietary components that are exclusive to that device, and the chips are generally BGA, meaning it's impractical to desolder and re-use them when a board fails. Framework was the first...
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HP OmniBook Ultra 14 (Starting at $1,349.99, currently on sale for as low as $1098) HP's latest Copilot+ laptop features the best AMD has to offer, wrapped in a sturdy and attractive aluminum chassis. Excellent build quality and sleek design Good performance with Ryzen AI 300 Will support all Copilot+...
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GDP, a China-based developer of high-quality mini laptops running Windows, UMPC, and Android handheld game consoles has bumped the current Win Max 2 handheld-laptop hybrid gaming machine from a Ryzen 7 8840U to the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 "Strix Point" APU, among other upgrades. The company claims that the newly-improved...
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Microsoft is once again delaying the release of Recall, its controversial AI feature. After an previous delay, Recall was supposed to be made available for testing with Windows Insiders last month, however the tech giant says it still needs more time to refine it.
As Microsoft kicked off the Copilot+ PC era earlier...
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Apple just wraped up its week full of announcements with its refreshed MacBook Pro lineup, featuring the new family of M4 chips. The new laptops from the Cupertino-based company will offer an advanced 12MP Center Stage camera, Thunderbolt 5 on M4 Pro and M4 Max models, an option of an all-new nano-texture display, and...
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Samsung has unveiled its Galaxy Book5 Pro 360, a Copilot+ PC, and the first in the all-new Galaxy Book5 series. Noted upgrades from last gen are a new Intel Core Ultra processor (Series 2) codenamed Lunar Lake, an Intel Arc GPU, and a 3K super resolution AMOLED display capable of a 120Hz adaptive refresh...
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HotHardware fearless leader Dave Altavilla went hands on with a few upcoming Intel Core Ultra 200 series Lunar Lake powered laptops ahead of IFA 2024, from companies such as Samsung, LG, Dell, and ASUS.
IFA is one of the largest consumer electronics and home appliances shows in the world. So, it is not a surprise...
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HP EliteBook Ultra G1q (Starts at $1699) HP's first foray into Copilot+ AI PCs mixes great portability with high-end battery life and solid performance. Great CPU Performance In Arm Apps Good CPU Performance In x86-only Apps Best-In-Class Battery Life Top-Tier NPU Performance For AI Apps Lightweight And Highly...
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It’s a great time to grab a deal on an Apple MacBook Pro from either Best Buy or Amazon, as both are offering big savings on deals up to $500 off on Apple’s most powerful and efficient laptop to date. Regardless if it is for a first year college student or the busy professional, Apple's new MacBook Pro delivers the...
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Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge Laptop: Starts At $1,099; $1499 As Tested The fastest Qualcomm-powered portable we've tested to date delivers fantastic productivity, media and content creation experiences. Fantastic Native App Performance Amazing AMOLED Display Super Thin And Stylish Surprisingly Spatial Sound Excellent...
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Who needs folding laptops when Samsung could be on the verge of rolling out a tablet/laptop with a horizontally rollable display? If this patent submission is eventually adapted into an actual product, it could drastically change how users interface with their devices in a few big ways. Let's dig in.
Based on a...
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Maingear today announced its all-new ML-16 series of gaming laptops. The 16-inch lineup will come with an Intel Core Ultra 7 (155H) processor and a choice between either an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 or GeForce RTX 4070 mobile GPU.
Maingear, a popular boutique system builder, has made a name for itself for making some...
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NVIDIA showed off an array of RTX-equipped Copilot+ PCs from ASUS and MSI that feature discrete GeForce RTX 40-series GPUs at this year’s Computex keynote. Alongside the RTX AI laptops, the company also introduced the NVIDIA RTX AI Toolkit, Project G-Assist, and more.
GeForce RTX Equipped Copilot+ PCs
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Sightful unveiled its Spacetop G1 laptop, which the company touts as being the first device that combines the "work from anywhere" world with a 100-inch virtual workspace. The latest announcement moves the Spacetop G1 out of an invite-only Early Access program, and makes the laptop available for preorder, with...
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Dell has some awesome deals available for the Memorial Day Weekend on both desktops and laptops. The deals span from a beastly Alienware Aurora R15 gaming desktop, to a more budget friendly XPS desktop.
Alienware Aurora R15 Gaming Desktop
The Alienware Aurora R15 gaming desktop comes packed to the gills. From an...
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This week has already seen a flood of new AI PCs being announced by various companies, and ASUS is right in the mix of it all with its upcoming Vivobook S 15. The new Vivobook will come packed with the Snapdragon X Elite processor, and will be ASUS’s first Copilot+ PC.
The 15.6-inch Vivobook S 15 was announced...
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HP announced its new class of next-generation AI PCs at Microsoft’s AI Vision Event. The tech company touts its latest laptops as being designed for the new AI era, and unleashing the “world’s longest battery life” in an ultra-mobile next-gen AI PC, while also being the “world’s thinnest.”
HP was not shy in...
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ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 (2024): As Tested - $1,999 - Starting @ $1599.99 - $1,349.00 On Sale The 2024 ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 is a compact, capable gaming and content creation laptop that packs AMD Ryzen 8000 series Zen 4 firepower and up to a GeForce RTX 4070 into a svelte, 3.3lb frame with very clean lines. Solid...
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Dell XPS 14 Laptop: Starts at $1499, $1599 as configured Dell has continued to refine the sleek look of the XPS family, now offering a 14-inch XPS 14 variant for what we'd call the Goldilocks size of thin and light laptops. This machine's industrial design is quite fetching too. Refined, Clean Design Solid, Balanced Performance Quality...
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