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AMD's Hardware AI Ryzen 'Phoenix' CPUs Set to Soar in Razer's Blade 14 Laptop

The chip maker is counting the iconic gaming ultraportable among its key design wins, ringing in the first-ever x86 processors with dedicated AI-accelerating silicon. → Read More

15-Inch MacBook Air vs. 13-Inch MacBook Air: Bigger, Yes, But Better?

At WWDC, Apple has launched the first-ever 15-inch MacBook Air. How much larger and heavier is it than its 13-inch counterpart, and what to consider around its core components? Let's look at them head-to-head. → Read More

Laptop vs. Desktop GeForce RTX 4090: How Much Do Nvidia's Top GPUs Differ in Performance?

Both bear the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 name, but does the laptop version of Nvidia's flagship GPU perform anywhere close to the desktop one? We tested the two, side by side, to find out. → Read More

Hands on With Asus' ROG Ally: Can This Win 11 Gaming Handheld Top the Steam Deck?

It's for real! We spent some time with this highly anticipated Windows 11 gaming handheld, coming soon from the Asus Republic of Gamers brand. Check out our first impressions. → Read More

AMD Ryzen 7000 Mobile, Tested: 'Dragon Range' Pushes Intel for CPU Speed Crown

AMD's latest top-end mobile processors have arrived, and based on our first benchmark tests, the competition with Intel's blistering 13th Gen "Raptor Lake" laptop chips is heating up, big-time. → Read More

First Tests! Is Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4070 the New Mainstream Laptop GPU to Beat?

Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4070 just made the jump from desktops to laptops, with DLSS 3 in tow. Find out how it performs on a range of benchmarks and games inside Gigabyte's new Aero 16 gaming laptop. → Read More

Intel 'Raptor Lake' Mobile Tested: Flagship 13th Gen Core i9 CPU Devours All Its Prey

Big CPU beasts do battle! We're pitting Intel's 2023 flagship Core i9 HX CPU for laptops against its own 12th Gen vanguard chip, plus AMD's Ryzen and even Apple's M2. Here's how the ferocious Core i9-13980HX fares on our benchmark tests. (Spoiler: Run from those teeth!) → Read More

Hands On With the Samsung Galaxy Book3 Ultra: A Fresh Rival for the MacBook Pro

Samsung just revealed three new Galaxy Book laptops: the Book3 Ultra, Book3 Pro, and Book3 Pro 360. We got a hands-on preview of the devices, with a particularly close look at the pro-creator-focused Book3 Ultra. → Read More

What Is CAMM? Perhaps, the Future Look of Memory in Laptops

See ya later, SO-DIMMs? Those familiar memory modules have been in laptops for decades, but their performance ceiling looms. CAMM is ready to solve the speed issues—and more—with an all-new module design. → Read More

The 2023 and 2021 MacBook Pros, Compared: Apple's M2 Chips Muscle Up

Apple just announced new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros, powered by fresh Apple M2 Pro and M2 Max CPUs. Let's dive in to see how they compare to the M1 offerings...and to each other. → Read More

Lenovo's 30th Anniversary ThinkPad: Hands On With the X1 Carbon Special Edition

This 5,000-units-only version of the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10 represents three decades of the iconic ThinkPad line. Watch us unbox and take a closer look at this anniversary model. → Read More

Microsoft Surface Studio 2+ Hands On: The Classic All-in-One Gets New Bits

A long-awaited update, the Studio desktop now has 11th Gen "Tiger Lake" processors and GeForce RTX 3060 graphics. Serious Windows content creators will laud the changes, but are they enough after all this time? → Read More

Hands On With Microsoft's Surface Pro 9: New Components Amp Up a Familiar Design

The latest Surface detachable offers the choice of Intel 12th Gen Core or efficient Arm processors with 5G, as well as green and blue hues. Read for our first impressions. → Read More

What Is Nvidia RTX Remix? Maybe, the Biggest Breakthrough for PC Game Modding Ever

Upgrades to Portal and Morrowind demonstrate the sheer power of this new GeForce RTX-based modding tool. Could it upend the way the gaming community creates mods and ray-tracing remasters? → Read More

Hands On: Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Fold 16-Inch Is (Another!) Giant Foldable OLED PC

First Asus, now Lenovo: The second-gen ThinkPad X1 Fold looks better (and way bigger!) than the original. Check out this forward-thinking Windows tablet with a productivity, ahem, bent. → Read More

First Look: Lenovo's IdeaPad 5i Is the First 16-Inch, High-Refresh-Rate Chromebook

A bigger, smoother screen, plus more powerful parts than most Chromebooks? Yes, please. See our hands-on video for our first impressions and all the details. → Read More

We Upgraded the Framework Laptop's Motherboard to 12th Gen 'Alder Lake,' and Here's How It Went

The buzzy Framework Laptop—designed to be fully upgradable—launched to much fanfare last year. We tried its just-released 12th Gen Core upgrade kit, swapping in a whole new mainboard and leading-edge Intel CPU. Will it boot? → Read More

Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 Review

Designed for deep-pocketed enthusiasts, the Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 is an impressive, spendy display of engineering, with its elegant dual-screen setup and top-end performance. → Read More

Dell XPS 17 (9720) Review

The updated 2022 Dell XPS 17 adds Intel’s latest 12th Gen "Alder Lake" CPUs to its winning design, amping up this already impressive laptop. It remains one of our top picks among 17-inchers. → Read More

Acer Nitro 5 (2022, 12th Gen Core) Review

The latest Acer Nitro 5 doesn't top any charts, but it hits the performance and feature baseline for mainstream gaming at an appealingly low price. → Read More