Laptops - Page 10

Apple is rumored to be on the verge of releasing its new M4 MacBook Pro line-up, with industry insider and Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman recently teasing that Apple will announce the first Macs with M4 chips sometime in late October.

However, it appears that an M4 MacBook Pro has already made it out into the wild, and while I cannot confirm the authenticity of the supposed leak, and neither can other publications, it appears to be very real. Gurman wrote in an X post the complete unboxing of an M4 MacBook Pro by a Russian YouTube channel, Wylsacom, "looks fairly legitimate" and, if it is real, would mark the first time a full retail Apple device has leaked weeks in advance.

14-inch MacBook Pro specifications: According to the video, the M4 chip will increase performance by 25%, and according to the alleged Geekbench result, the M4 chip features 10 CPU cores, which is an increase of two compared to the M3's 8-core CPU. To further back this specification up is the release of the M4 chip within the new iPad Pro that was released in May, as that chip is confirmed to have a 10-core CPU. As for RAM, the 14-inch MacBook Pro comes with 16GB of memory.

I can safely say that no one has seen this before: a custom laptop that a modder has installed a desktop (yes, the desktop) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card into... it's a monster, it's bloody heavy, but it's so awesome to see something like this done. Check it out:

The Chinese modder used a barebones OEM design that includes an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D processor, which is a desktop CPU. The design of this laptop is so custom that you could replace the motherboard (the stock board is an ASUS ROG STRIX B650I Mini-ITX motherboard), with 32GB of DDR5-6800 memory (no SO-DIMM here, folks) and even an Intel Optane P5800 SSD.

Now, for the GPU: the modded laptop rocks a custom blower-style GeForce RTX 4090 with a 450W TDP, with the power connector placed perfectly for the modded laptop. The modder even added a custom speaker system, with 2 x 20W speakers inside. So cool. The GPU keeps within its 450W power consumption, capable of playing games for hours and hours without any stability problems.

ASUS is preparing to launch its new Adol 14 Air Fragrance Edition laptop for the Chinese market, powered by AMD's new Ryzen AI 9 395 "Strix Point" APU. Check it out:

The company released the standard Adol 14 laptop in July, with the newer Adol 14 powered by AMD's new Strix Point APU, compared to the Ryzen 8000 series "Hawk Point" APU in its predecessor. The new edition laptop will smit a nice-smelling fragrance, which... well... I don't know, make you feel better I guess.

AMD's new Ryzen AI 9 365 "Strix Point" APU features 10 cores and 20 threads of Zen 5 processing power (split between 4 x Zen 5 + 6 x Zen 5c cores) with the knocked-down Radeon 880M GPU (but still on the RDNA 3.5 GPU architecture, just less compute units).

AMD's upcoming Ryzen AI Max series "Strix Halo" APU has been teased heavily recently, but now we're hearing it'll appear in HP's new ZBook Ultra 14 mobile workstation.

HP's new ZBook Ultra 14 mobile workstation was spotted with an AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 "Strix Halo" APU in engineering sample (ES) form on Geekbench, with its 12 cores and 24 threads of Zen 5 CPU power, massive 40 Compute Units of RDNA 3.5 integrated GPU, and support for up to 96GB of RAM.

The Geekbench result page has an identifier for the CPU of "AuthenticAMD Family 26 Model 112 Stepping 0" with teh HP ZBook Ultra 14-inch G1a Mobile Workstation PC benchmarked in the AI runs with 4733 points in single precision, 4944 in half-precision, and 13944 in quantized tests.

Up to 27 hours of battery life on a thing and light ultrabook is impressive, unheard of even, but that's what ASUS is touting with the launch of its new ASUS Zenbook S 14 laptop powered by the latest Intel 'Lunar Lake' Core Ultra processors. ASUS's new Zenbook line-up for 2024, with the durable Ceraluminum shell and 1.1cm thin chassis, is certainly sleek and stylish - with this model being the Intel version of the Zenbook Copilot+ PC we first saw at Computex 2024.

As a Copilot+ PC, the ASUS Zenbook S 14 with the latest Intel Core Ultra 7 processor delivers around 47 TOPS of AI performance while supporting Intel Evo technologies like instant wake-up, enhanced Wi-Fi, and the aforementioned long-lasting battery.

According to ASUS, the shortened physical distance between the RAM and CPU has led to better cooling, better efficiency, and even faster RAM, with the ASUS Zenbook S 14 featuring 16GB or 32GB of LPDDR5X memory clocked at 8,533 MHz.

SCHENKER has just unveiled its monster new desktop replacement laptop, which features the flagship Intel Core i9-14900HX processor, and not one but two Thunderbolt 5 ports offering 80Gbps of bandwidth.

The new SCHENKER KEY 17 Pro features a 17.3-inch display, Intel Core i9-14900HX processor (24 cores, 24 threads), up to 96GB of DDR5 RAM (dual SO-DIMM) and 3 x M.2 SSD slots (1 x Gen5 and 2 x Gen4). The 17.3-inch display can come in two options: 1440p @ 240Hz or 4K @ 144Hz with both supporting NVIDIA G-SYNC, Advanced Optimus, and a manual MUX switch.

The workstation laptop packs the Intel Core i9-14900HX processor, and the choice between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 or RTX 4080 with 175W of graphics power (150W TGP + 25W Dynamic Boost). You've got the dual Thunderbolt 5 connections, but joined by HDMI 2.1 and mini DisplayPort 1.4a, which are all connected to the dedicated NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 or RTX 4080 GPU.

MSI has officially unleashed its latest next-gen AI+ laptops with gaming as well as business and productivity laptops featuring Intel's latest Core Ultra 200V series "Lunar Lake" CPU and AMD's latest Ryzen AI 300 series "Strix Point' APU.

MSI's next-gen AI+ laptops include the Prestige and Summit -- for business and productivity -- powered by Intel's new Lunar Lake CPU, offering up to 120 TOPS of combined AI performance (CPU + GPU + NPU). MSI's new Prestige laptops come in 13, 14, and 16-inch sizes with ultra-light designs, larger batteries, and longer battery life.

Additionally, MSI also unveiled its new Stealth A16 AI+, Summit A16 AI+, Prestige A16 AI+ and Creator A16 AI+ which are all powered by AMD's new Ryzen AI 300 series "Strix Point" APUs. The new Stealth A16 AI+ and Creator A16 AI+ were specifically designed for gamers and content creators, packed with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series Laptop GPUs providing "unprecedented computing power in a remarkably thin and light magnesium-aluminum Alloy chassis, enabling users to have a smooth and remarkable experience".

Acer debuted a very cool concept at the IFA conference in Germany, the Acer Project DualPlay gaming laptop. As the images showcase, the large touchpad doubles as a game controller that pops out - where, after flipping it around, you've got a traditional gamepad. Another interesting feature is that it includes 5-watt pop-out speakers on either side of the laptop to create a more immersive audio experience.

"This Predator concept embraces the latest gaming trends, unleashing a new dimension of versatile and shared PC gaming experiences that converge in one powerful device," Acer writes in the press release. As a potential Predator gaming laptop, we'd love for this to get an actual release, as the integrated controller concept is fantastic.

The controller is wireless and charges when you pop it back onto the laptop's 'electromagnetic lock.' It can also be separated Nintendo Switch style and turned into two controllers.

AMD has announced that its new Ryzen AI 300 series "Strix Point" APU-powered laptops will be getting their big Copilot+ updates in November, unleashing new AI features in Windows 11.

The company launched its new Strix Point APUs in July, with laptops powered with the new Ryzen AI 300 series processors that started shipping last month. I've walked away very, very impressed with the new ASUS Zenbook S16 OLED laptop with its Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 "Strix Point" APU doing an incredible job using just 33W of power.

But, the AI-powered Copilot+ functionality is next to useless on AI processors right now, but with the free Windows update in November, we'll get support for AMD's new Ryzen AI 300 series "Strix Point" processors and some AI functionality at last with Copilot+ support.

Apple's MacBook Pro M4 models rumored to launch later this year are entering mass production according to a new report.

This comes from DigiTimes - so add a fair pinch of seasoning, though the site does provide reliable enough supply chain-related info at times - as flagged by MacRumors.

Apparently, Apple is readying to fire up the production lines to manufacture MacBook Pro 14-inch and 16-inch laptops with M4 Pro and M4 Max processors in August, so the likelihood is that this has now begun, or is very much imminent.

Eurocom has just unveiled its new Blitz Ultra enterprise-class workstation laptops, in both 14-inch and 16-inch display size, with oodles of security and manageability , with insane amounts of connectivity and expandability.

Inside, you'll have the new Intel Core Ultra 100 series "Meteor Lake" CPU with either the Core Ultra 5 125H (14 cores, 28 threads) or the Core Ultra 7 155H (16 cores, 22 threads). You can configure the new Eurocom Blitz Ultra enterprise laptops with up to 96GB of DDR5 RAM, and up to 16TB of NVMe M.2 SSD storage.

This is a heavy-duty beast, with the new Eurocom Blitz Ultra laptops designed for the government, military, security, healthcare, and corporate professionals that are handling very, very sensitive data. This is why the Blitz Ultra laptops have built-in TPM 2.0 data encryption modules, BIOS support for SED (Self-Encrypting Drives) and a Kensington lock which make it the ultimate enterprise-class laptop for security, connectivity, and expandability.

ASUS has just launched its new ROG Zephyrus G16 gaming laptop, powered by AMD's new Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 "Strix Point" APU and can be configured with up to an RTX 4070, all starting from $1899.

The new ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 comes with AMD's new Ryzen AI 300 series "Strix Point" APUs, so we have a built-in NPU for AI workloads, and up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU if you need some serious discrete graphics performance.

ASUS is using 16-inch Nebula OLED display with a native 2560 x 1600 (1600p) resolution, with a super-smooth 240Hz refresh rate, and a super-low response time of just 0.2ms, meaning that this is a laptop for gamers who want something super-fast, but don't want to spend many thousands of dollars on a high-end gaming laptop.

ASUS has just launched its new AMD Ryzen AI 300 series "Strix Point" APU-powered laptops, for both gamers and creators, starting from $1399.

ASUS launched the new ProArt P16, ProArt PX13, and ZenBook S16 laptops, all powered by the Strix Point APUs, which feature new Zen 5 CPU cores, RDNA 3.5 GPU cores, and an upgraded XDNA 2 NPU for AI workloads with up to 50 TOPS of AI performance.

All three of the new ASUS laptops feature the highest-end Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 chip, with the ProArt P16 featuring a 16-inch 4K+ OLED panel with touchscreen capabilities, true 10-bit color, 500 nits of HDR peak brightness, and more.

MSI has just unveiled a slew of new AMD Ryzen AI 300 series "Strix Point" APU-powered laptops in high-end gaming, content creation, and workstation laptops. Check them out:

The company unveiled its entire family of AMD Ryzen AI 300 series "Strix Point" APU-powered laptops due ing the ChinaJoy 2024 event recently, with new Strix Point-powered laptop for gamers, creators, workstation users, and everyone in between.

MSI's new TITAN 18 PRO Ryzen Edition 2024 laptop features AMD's new flagship Ryzen AI 9 370 and Ryzen AI 9 365 "Strix Point" APUs with 12 cores, 24 threads and 10 cores, 20 threads, respectively. Inside, the new Strix Point APUs featured beefed-up RDNA 3.5-based GPU cores (up to 16 CUs) at up to 2900MHz.

MAINGEAR has just unveiled its all-new 17-inch ML-17 gaming laptop, packing in the flagship Intel Core i9-14900HX mobile processor, and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU.

The US company worked with CLEVO on the new ML-17 gaming laptop, which features a large 17.3-inch 16:9 display with a native 2560 x 1440 resolution and super-smooth 240Hz refresh rate. Inside, you've got an advanced cooling system with dual fans, 4 vents, and 9 heatpipes which will keep the MAINGEAR MG-17 gaming laptop cool even after lengthy gaming marathons, says MAINGEAR.

The ML-17 gaming laptop features a full-sized keyboard with a number pad and customizable per-key full-color RGB illumination, with a large touchpad for precise control, when not using a gaming mouse, that is.

ASUS has launched its fleet of AMD Ryzen AI 300 series "Strix Point" APU-powered laptops, introducing the VivoBook Pro 16, ZenBook 16 Air, ProArt 13, and ProArt 16 laptops.

The company is rolling out new designs and powerful specs inside of its new laptops, which are aimed at virtually everyone: consumers, office laptops, gaming laptops, and more... all aimed at the growing "AI PC" family of laptops on the market this year.

ASUS has its new ZenBook 16 Air with a 16-inch 2.8K resolution and smooth 120Hz refresh rate on a gorgeous OLED panel, with a 1.1cm thin design and weighing just 1.49kg. ASUS has designed a new body material called Ceraluminum, which uses an aluminum shell with a ceramic compound for a beautiful new look.

HP has just unveiled its new OmniBook Ultra, which it's calling the "world's highest-performing AI PC" which is powered by AMD's new Ryzen AI 300 series "Strix Point" APUs offering up to 55 TOPS of AI performance.

The company unveiled its new OmniBook Ultra laptop during its "Imagine AI" event held in New York City last week, integrating AI across most of its consumer products that the company says will enable creativity for everyone, the usual marketing speak, really.

We don't know which Strix Point APU is inside of HP's new OmniBook Ultra, but the company did say that it will be powered by the new AMD Ryzen AI 300 series APU with integrated Radeon 800M graphics, and the powerful XDNA2-based NPU for "unparalleled performance" and up to 21 hours of battery life. The OmniBook Ultra was co-engineered with AMD to enable up to 55 TOPS of NPU performance.

Can you believe that MSI released its first-ever laptop 20 years ago now? The company is celebrating 20 years of laptop history with a celebration video, which you can check out below:

MSI introduced its first laptop -- the M510C -- in 2004, packing an Intel Centrino processor and Radeon 9700/9600 Mobility graphics. It featured a 15-inch display, up to 2GB of DDR-3000 memory, an optical drive, and WiFi-G support, and weighed in at a hefty 2.9kg. MSI talked about its GX600 laptop design from 2007, noting that it was the first overclockable gaming laptop, packing NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics at the time.

Fast-forward to today, and MSI's flagship laptop is the TITAN 18 PRO Ryzen Edition, which packs a 16-core, 32-thread Zen 4-based CPU with up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU. It is 800g heavier than MSI's first-ever laptop, but it rocks a huge 18-inch 4K 120Hz Mini-LED display and far, far more powerful internal components, oh and no optical drive, obviously.

When it comes to productivity, the dual-screen setup actively improves your work speed and the time it takes to complete tasks. An ultrawide display also does the trick because screen real estate matters; the more you have, the bigger your digital workspace becomes. Adding a second screen is possible for those who work remotely or do most of their day-to-day tasks on a laptop, but this requires buying an additional portable display, plugging in cables, and some setup.

This is where the new ACEMAGIC X1 steps in. It is a dual-screen laptop that the company describes as the "world's first 360-degree dual-screen business laptop." Boasting a unique folding dual-screen design (the second display unfolds horizontally), it's an all-in-one solution that includes a second screen for those moments when you need an extra screen for emails, documents, spreadsheets, chat, or something else.

Spec-wise, the ACEMAGIC X1 is powered by the Intel Core i7-1255U processor, 16GB of DDR4 memory, and 1TB of PCIe 3.0 SSD storage. Each of the dual displays is 14 inches with a Full HD resolution.

Lenovo's next-generation IdeaPad laptop has been benchmarked on Geekbench, rocking AMD's upcoming Zen 5-based Ryzen AI 9 365 "Strix Point" APU, which shows it's up to 9% faster than the Zen 4-based Ryzen 9 8945HS processor.

The new Lenovo IdeaPad laptop features the AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 "Strix Point" APU with 32GB of LPDDR5X memory, listed as the "LENOVO 83HN" and based on the motherboard model, it looks like it's the IdeaPad SKU (LNVNB161216). As for the AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 "Strix Point" APU, it features 10 cores and 20 threads of Zen 5-powered CPU goodness, clocking up to 5.0GHz with 34MB of cache.

The Strix Point APU features an integrated Radeon 880M GPU with 12 compute units (768 cores), while the 10 cores and 20 threads of Zen 5 processing power are split into 4 x Zen 5 and 6 x Zen5c cores, with the upgraded XDNA2-based NPU capable of pushing 50 TOPS of AI workload performance. TDP wise, we have the Ryzen AI 300 series "Strix Point" APUs with a TDP between 15W through to 54W.