Laptops - Page 5

Microsoft and Qualcomm have tried ever-so-hard to push their Windows on Arm and Snapdragon X series processors onto the market, but it... just hasn't worked. So much so, that Amazon is now tagging Microsoft's Surface Laptop 7 as a "frequently returned" item, and it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.

The folks over at Windows Central spotted that Microsoft's Surface Laptop 7 on Amazon says that the device is frequently returned by users, and that customers should thoroughly research the product and read reviews before purchasing it. In my review of the Snapdragon X Elite-powered ASUS Vivobook S14, I said it was a good laptop... but there are far too many shortcomings because of the Arm-based Snapdragon X series chip.

Amazon's return policy is pretty strong, with customers able to return a product for a multitude of reasons: hardware faults, software incompatibility (you're going to have a LOT of those with a Snapdragon-powered Windows laptop) or even buyer's remorse (you'll have that buying a Snapdragon-powered Windows laptop, too).

The MacBook Pro is the most popular Mac, and by some way, increasing its lead over Apple's other computers, or at least that's the story told by some fresh stats.

These statistics were compiled by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP), and they show that over the course of 2024, over half the Macs sold by Apple were MacBook Pro models.

CIRP claims that MacBook Pro laptops represented no less than 53% of total Mac sales for Apple in 2024, which was up slightly from 51% the previous year.

Razer is reportedly preparing a new wave of AMD-powered Blade 16 gaming laptops, which start at $1999 powered by NVIDIA's unreleased GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU.

In a new leak from @momomo_us on X we''re' learning that the new fleet of Razer Blade 16 gaming laptops are powered by the AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 processor (10 cores, 20 threads @ up to 5.1GHz) with the RTX 5060 Laptop GPU, RTX 5070 Laptop GPU, RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU, and RTX 5080 Laptop GPU. Razer also has the higher-end Blade 16 gaming laptop with the flagship RTX 5090 Laptop GPU, which has a higher-end Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (12 cores, 24 threads @ up to 5.1GHz).

Starting at $1999, you'll get the Ryzen AI 9 365 processor, 16GB of LPDDR5X-8000 memory, 1TB Gen4 SSD, and the GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU with 8GB of GDDR7 memory. The Razer Blade 16 gaming laptop arrives with a 16-inch 1600p (2560 x 1600) OLED panel with a super-smooth 240Hz refresh rate, with 0.2ms response time and up to 400 nits of peak brightness.

Acer has teased its upcoming Predator Helios Neo 16S AI gaming laptop, powered by the unreleased NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU.

French retailer PC21 and on Acer's Hong Kong website, we're learning that the new Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI gaming laptop will have the RTX 5060 Laptop GPU which rocks 8GB of GDDR7 memory. NVIDIA has only announced 4 of its GeForce RTX 50 Laptop GPUs so far: RTX 5090 Laptop GPU with 24GB GDDR7, RTX 5080 Laptop GPU with 16GB GDDR7, RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU with 12GB GDDR7, and finally, the RTX 5070 Laptop GPU with 8GB GDDR7.

The RTX 5060 Laptop GPU and RTX 5050 Laptop GPU haven't been announced, but we know they're coming -- and now we know Acer's new Predator Helios Neo 16S AI gaming laptop will be powered by the RTX 5060 Laptop GPU with 8GB of GDDRR7 memory. We should also expect the RTX 5050 Laptop GPU to feature the same 8GB GDDR7 memory, while the desktop RTX 5050 is said to feature the same 8GB framebuffer, but slower GDDR6 memory.

According to information provided by @tphuang, Huawei will be releasing its first in-house AI laptop in April, made entirely from in-house components, and equipped with a Kunpeng-920 processor.

A distinguishing feature of this release is that it is built entirely from products from within Huawei's own supply chain - serving to mitigate supply chain issues, and open up market opportunities. Based on what's currently known, the Kunpeng-920 CPU, based on ARMv8 architecture, is a server-grade processor that scales up to 64 cores, though lower-core variants (4, 8, and 16-core) are also available for consumer devices.

The shift to in-house will be an interesting test for Huawei - by cutting reliance on foreign suppliers, the company may further insulate themselves from the on-going sanctions and supply chain disruptions. Having control over both hardware and software also allows for tighter integration, better optimisation and security oversight.

A very interesting new hybrid laptop has hit Kickstarter, with the new project dubbed UHPILCL (Ultra High Performance Integration Liquid Cooled Laptop) as a new gaming laptop with a built-in liquid cooler.r Check it out:

The creators' Kickstarter says that the new hybrid laptop supports a standard ITX motherboard and can be upgraded: RAM, SSD, GPU, CPU, everything really. The CPU and GPU are both water-cooled with custom heatsinks and will be customized per GPU and GPU design. We have a built-in screen that comes in a decent 17.3-inch 3K 120Hz WLED display with a nice 21:10 aspect ratio.

There are two models of the new hybrid laptop to choose from: the T1000 and the T1000 SUPER, with the T1000 SUPER supporting up to a whopping 735W of heat dissipation between the CPU and GPU, and it's also thicker than the regular T1000 while weighing a hefty 5.2kg.

Apple states the new MacBook Air is 23x faster than the last Intel-based MacBook Air, which featured a quad-core Intel Core i7 processor and 16GB of RAM.

Apple's new MacBook Air features a 10-core M4 chip and 32GB of RAM, which is an astounding 23x faster than the Intel-based model. Notably, the comparison includes both models at their highest specifications. But is it really astounding? The Intel-based model was released in 2020, which means Apple is comparing the new MacBook Air to a laptop that was released five years ago.

The Apple nonsense doesn't stop there, as the purported 23x "faster performance" is a figure derived from a specific test that consisted of using the Super Resolution feature on a 4.4MB image within the image editing app Pixelmator Pro. How about other tasks? Apple writes in the fine print that the new MacBook Air beats the Intel-based model in spreadsheet calculation performance by up to 4.7x and is just 1.6x faster than the 13-inch MacBook Air with an M1 chip.

Here we go again: NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 50 Laptop GPU series are reportedly going through the missing ROPs saga as well, with new reports suggesting next-gen gaming laptops could be delayed.

In a new report from German outlet Heise who has been in contact with multiple laptop manufacturers, companies are working overtime to make sure all RTX 50 Laptop GPUs are tested before shipping out to customers. NVIDIA reportedly instructed these laptop manufacturers to inspect already-made laptops to ensure all ROPs are on those new Blackwell laptop GPUs.

Heise reports: "as we have learned from several notebook manufacturers, they are currently working overtime in the Far East to prevent the drama from escalating into the next act: NVIDIA has instructed manufacturers to inspect already-produced notebooks with the new mobile GeForce RTX 5000 graphics chips. The focus is on GPUs where fewer ROPs are active than specified in the datasheet. This can lead to potentially significant losses in 3D performance".

Apple has launched a new MacBook Air powered by its M4 SoC in what came as no surprise to anyone - but there are pleasant surprises here, make no mistake, particularly on the pricing front.

This was the launch which was expected yesterday by many - and we got a new iPad Air M3 instead - but the new MacBook Air M4 has now arrived, or rather, pre-orders are live (ahead of shipping on March 12).

As expected, there are MacBook Air 13-inch and 15-inch flavors packing the M4 chip, with a baseline level of 16GB of RAM (mirroring Apple's move with other devices), and a new 12MP Center Stage camera.

Fujitsu is celebrating a massive milestone: shipping over 50 million PCs and now the company has launched a beautiful once-off commemorative PC to celebrate the milestone of its manufacturing company Shiname Fujitsu.

The new FMV Note C laptop has been crafted with an absolutely beautiful kumiko wooden lid, with the woodcraft taken care of by Japan's Funaki Woodworks. In a new report from ITMedia in Japan, picked up by Tom's Hardware, the work to create this masterpiece took 2-3 months.

The kumiko craftsmanship is an art that started in Japan around 1500 years ago during the Asuka period, with Fujitsu making its new FMV Note C laptop with a wooden pattern that features 5800 wooden pieces using 4 select wood species. All of the work done on the laptop was far harder than usual, as the laptop lid couldn't be too thick, seeing artisan Funaki Kiyoshi had to work with pieces of wood that are just 4mm thick.

Lenovo's new ThinkBook Flip is nearly here, with the world's first laptop with a rollable OLED display debuting at CES 2025 earlier this year. Check it out:

The new Lenovo ThinkBook Flip AI PC isn't exactly new as we've heard about the new rollable OLED laptop from notorious leaker Evan Blass, and features a motorized expandable OLED display (with a purported cheaper version with a manual opening display).

The new Lenovo ThinkBook Flip has a regular OLED display when used as a regular laptop, but if you need more OLED screen real estate, then the original OLED display will roll out (as it's bent in half, hidden away until you need it). This means the Lenovo ThinkBook Flip AI PC laptop can be used as a laptop, or as a tablet, or as a huge laptop or tablet when you roll out the OLED panel.

NVIDIA's RTX 5050 graphics card has again been mentioned on the grapevine, and once again it's the laptop version that's in the rumor spotlight.

VideoCardz has got hold of a list of specs for incoming laptops from HP - the Victus 15 series - which mentions the next-gen GPUs from NVIDIA which will be used in these portables.

Both the RTX 5060 and 5050 are present here, therefore theoretically confirming that these mobile GPUs are indeed real.

NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 50 series Laptop GPUs have reportedly been delayed until March, with other RTX 50 Laptop GPU models coming in April according to the latest reports.

In a new article published by DigiTimes, we're learning that NVIDIA has reportedly been focusing a little too much on AI CPUs, and that has affected its supply of GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs. NVIDIA was reportedly working on RTX 50 series Laptop GPUs seeing a January 2025 launch, which would've launched side-by-side with the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080, but low availability has caused high-end RTX 5090 Laptop GPU and RTX 5080 Laptop GPU launches to be delayed until March 2025.

NVIDIA announced a couple of days ago that it would be launching its new GeForce RTX 50 series Laptop GPU-powered gaming laptops for pre-order on February 25, with retail availability starting in March. It looks like NVIDIA will only have its higher-end RTX 5090 Laptop GPU and RTX 5080 Laptop GPU launching at first, with RTX 5070 Ti Laptop, RTX 5070 Laptop, and the RTX 5060 Laptop GPU-powered gaming laptops in April.

NVIDIA will kick off GeForce RTX 50 series gaming laptop pre-orders on February 25, with retail availability of the RTX 50 series gaming laptops starting in March.

In a new post on X, the official NVIDIA GeForce account said: "GeForce RTX 50 Series Laptop pre-orders start Feb 25 from OEMs. Stay tuned for more details!" The company announced its fleet of Blackwell-based GeForce RTX 50 Laptop GPUs at CES 2025, which includes the RTX 5070 Laptop GPU, RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU, RTX 5080 Laptop GPU, and the flagship RTX 5090 Laptop GPU.

NVIDIA will have prices starting at $1299 for RTX 5070 gaming laptops, at $1599 for RTX 5070 Ti gaming laptops, while the higher-end side of things with the RTX 5080 gaming laptops starting at $2199, while flagship RTX 5090 gaming laptops will begin at $2899. We've seen many of these designs through official teases at CES 2025 and over the weeks since, as well as leaks and rumors at the same time.

NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU has appeared in new 3DMark TimeSpy benchmark results, tested against the current-gen RTX 4080 Laptop GPU.

The new GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU is 16.2% faster in TimeSpy versus the RTX 4080 Laptop GPU in new results shared by Top Player on Bilibili, with 21,948 points in TimeSpy's Graphics test. Compared to my own recent personal testing of the RTX 4060 Laptop GPU which scored 9316 points in the same test, and the RTX 4070 Laptop GPU which scored 12,131 points, the RTX 5080 Laptop GPU is shaping up very well indeed.

However, it falls radically short of the purported performance pushed by leakers like Moore's Law is Dead, who reported that we should expect 45-65% more performance out of the RTX 5080 Laptop GPU compared to the RTX 4080 Laptop GPU.

HP's new EliteBook X G1a laptop will feature AMD's new Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 "Strix Point" APU and a bonkers 128GB of LPDDR5X-8533 memory.

This is the first laptop featuring 128GB of LPDDR5X-8533 memory, as spotted by X user @AnhPhuH with HP offering multiple different configurations of its new EliteBook X G1a laptop. The highest-end configuration finds the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 "Strix Point" APU with 12 cores and 24 threads at up to 5.1GHz, but there's the option for the Ryzen AI 7 Pro 360 "Strix POint" APU, too.

On the GPU side of things, we've got the RDNA 3.5-based integrated Radeon 890M GPU that is found inside of the Strix Point APU, but the laptop comes with a huge 128GB of RAM no matter which APU you opt for. AnhPhuH notes on X that all three of the major DRAM manufacturers only have 128Gb x32 modules, and not 256Gb x32, and that the 128GB memory option is only available because of the 256Gb x32 modules.

Acer has just announced an expansion of its Predator Helios Neo family of gaming laptops, powered by up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX processor and NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU.

The new Acer Predator Helios Neo 18 AI gaming laptop features an 18-inch Mini-LED display with a 2560 x 1600 native resolution and super-smooth 250Hz refresh rate with a 3ms response time. Acer provides some other display configurations: an 18-inch LED with 1600p @ 240Hz, an 18-inch LED with 1600p @ 165Hz, and finally an 18-inch LED with 1200p @ 165Hz.

We have up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX processor (with the option for the Core Ultra 7 255HX), up to 64GB of DDR5-6400 memory, and up to 2TB of Gen4 SSDs. On the GPU side of things, Acer's new Predator Helios Neo 18 AI gaming laptop is configured with up to NVIDIA's new Blackwell-based GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU, with another option for the RTX 5070 Laptop GPU.

ASUS will be unleashing their next-gen ROG Strix SCAR gaming laptops in the weeks and months ahead, with pricing starting at $1899 ranging up to $4299 if you want that juicy GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU.

Best Buy is now listing the new ASUS ROG Strix SCAR gaming laptops, where you can choose from either the RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, and RTX 5070 all in Laptop GPU form. There are Intel and AMD processor options to choose from, whether it's Intel's new Arrow Lake or AMD's new Ryzen 9000HX series CPUs.

At the flagship side of things, the ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 18 gaming laptop features an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX processor, NVIDIA's flagship GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU, 32GB of RAM, 2TB of Gen4 SSD, and an 18-inch 2.5K 240Hz ROG Nebula HDR display. This is the best of the best in terms of laptop hardware, ready for 1600p 240FPS gaming with the RTX 5090 Laptop GPU and its 24GB of GDDR7 memory.

AMD's new flagship Ryzen 9 9955HX3D laptop processor has found its way into early pre-orders in Europe, packing NVIDIA's new flagship GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU with 24GB of GDDR7 memory.

Polish-based laptop retailer Dream Machines has multiple new AMD Ryzen 9000 HX series "Fire Range" processors ready inside of next-gen gaming laptops, but with no ETA on the new Fire Range CPUs, we could be waiting a few weeks... or even a few months. NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 50 Laptop GPUs are expected to ship in March, so we still have a few weeks to wait at the earliest.

AMD has a few different Fire Range CPUs up its sleeve, with the flagship Ryzen 9 9955HX3D with 16 cores, 32 threads at up to 5.4GHz, and a delicious 128MB of L3 cache. The Ryzen 9 9955HX (without X3D cache) has the same 16C/32T @ 5.4GHz but because it doesn't have X3D cache the 9955HX has only 64MB of L3 cache., while the Ryzen 9 9855HX features 12 cores and 24 threads at up to 5.2GHz with 64MB of cache.

The new Razer Blade 16 for 2025 is an impressive gaming laptop. It's the thinnest Razer gaming laptop ever designed and comes equipped with a QHD+ 240Hz OLED display and up to GeForce RTX 5090 laptop graphics - with 24GB of GDDR7 memory. It's also the first Blade 16 from Razer to feature an AMD processor with up to the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 with 12 cores, 24 threads, and 50 TOPS of AI performance.

This is in addition to the impressive up to 1824 AI TOPS (FP4) performance of the GeForce RTX 5090 laptop GPU, which also features NVIDIA's latest MaxQ advancements for efficiency and battery life. You might think that the Razer Blade 16 would be a pretty awesome little unit for running Cyberpunk 2077 with Full Ray Tracing and DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation - and it certainly is.

That is if you can find one. According to Razer's co-founder and CEO Min-Liang Tan over on X, the availability of Razer Blade laptops in 2025 with GeForce RTX 5090 GPUs will be "very limited" due to the demand from the AI sector.