Laptops - Page 6

Microsoft plans to launch Surface devices with Intel's new Lunar Lake mobile chips. As seen on Reddit (thanks, Windows Central), a Surface Laptop with an Intel Core Ultra 7 268V processor went up for sale on the Chinese eBay-like website Goofish. The listing even stated that the laptop won't officially be available for purchase until 2025.

Microsoft's new Surface Laptop 7 and Surface Pro 11 launched earlier this year exclusively with Qualcomm's Snapdragon X chips, marking the arrival of Copilot+ PCs with Windows on Arm tech instead of traditional x86 hardware.

With Microsoft mandating a minimum of 40+ TOPS of AI performance to be compatible with Copilot+ AI features, Lunar Lake is Intel's first mobile architecture that meets this requirement. This new mysterious Surface Laptop could be the current Surface Laptop 7 with Intel Lunar Lake or a Surface Laptop 8 refresh on track for next year.

It was only yesterday that publications began reporting on a Russian YouTube channel that posted a video of what the YouTubers claimed to be, and it certainly appeared to be upon a watch, an unboxing of an unreleased M4 MacBook Pro.

The news was shared by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, a known and credible Apple insider. Gurman wrote the M4 MacBook Pro, which is scheduled to be announced by Apple at the end of October, appeared to be real, and while it remains unconfirmed, the model, unboxing, and displayed specifications line up with previous information. Gurman also pointed out that this could be Apple's first full retail leak, which is when a full retail device, not a prototype, is leaked from a factory line or Apple internally to the public before an announcement was even made.

To add more credibility to the legitimacy of the M4 MacBook Pro, it now appears it's being sold on a Russian classified ads site. As you can imagine, the price of the M4 MacBook Pro is incredibly inflated, and judging from the listing, it appears the laptop is the base model with a 14-inch display, 16GB of unified memory, a 512GB SSD, three Thunderbolt 4 ports, and the M4 Chip with its 10 CPU cores.

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.