It’s way too early to be talking about Black Friday, but it’s at least objectively cooler to associate the phrase with Halloween than Thanksgiving. So we’ll forgive Best Buy for kicking off its sale a month early. Fortunately, it also means you’ve got extra time to score deals on a […]
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Meet Galaxy Book2, Samsung’s next wave of gorgeous OLED laptops
Samsung has announced the next generation of its lovely Galaxy Book notebook lineup: The Galaxy Book2, boasting Intel’s Evo specification and the use of Intel’s first discrete Arc GPUs, as well as the luscious OLED displays that wowed us in prior iterations. Samsung announced four notebooks at MWC 2022, including […]
Intel’s Evo spec leaves out gaming laptops and PCs
Intel representatives said Wednesday that the company currently doesn’t have any plans to release an Evo specification for gaming, even as Evo PCs containing Intel’s H-series gaming processors roll out this year. Still, the Evo specification itself will help define what features laptops shipping with Intel’s new 12th-gen Core chips […]
Intel 12th-gen Core chips power a fresh generation of affordable laptops
If history is any guide, your next notebook’s new processor launched today, as Intel unveiled a fresh lineup of 12th-gen Core CPUs for laptops—specifically the chips codenamed Alder Lake-P for mainstream notebooks, and Alder Lake-U for ultraportable PCs and tablets. Intel ships about 80 percent of all notebook PC processors […]
AMD takes aim at mainstream laptops with the Ryzen 6000 Mobile
We know AMD’s mobile Ryzen processors can deliver top-tier performance. AMD’s goal for its new Ryzen 6000 Mobile processor was slightly different: optimize it for power efficiency, extending its reach into a mainstream laptop anyone could buy. AMD formally launched its new 6nm Ryzen 6000 Mobile processors today, after first […]
Intel 12th-gen laptops are here: 5 things you need to know
Desktop machines might take home the prize in absolute raw power, but most users are still going with laptops for practicality and ease of use. So the new 12th-gen “Alder Lake” Intel processors, now freshly available in portable form, are a welcome upgrade for those who need their premium processing […]
The best CPU for laptops 2021: We compare Intel vs. AMD
What’s the best CPU for your next laptop? That was an easy answer just a few years ago, when Intel’s product line was far and away the strongest. But with multiple generations of AMD’s game-changing Ryzen chips finally giving Intel some real competition, you have more to think about. We’re […]
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 GPUs bring ray tracing and DLSS to laptops
Samsung’s loose lips whispered the truth: On Tuesday, Nvidia announced new GeForce RTX 3050 and 3050 Ti laptop GPUs designed to bring ray tracing, performance-boosting DLSS technology, and supercharged creative capabilities to the mobile masses. Nvidia timed the announcement to coincide with Intel’s reveal of its heavy-duty 11th-generation Core H-series […]
Alienware m15 and Dell G15 gaming laptops feature AMD Ryzen for the very first time
If you want proof AMD’s Ryzen 5000 laptop CPU has really made it, look no further than the new Alienware m15 Ryzen Edition R5, which, as its name tells you, will feature an AMD CPU—for the first time in history. Announced Wednesday and due to ship April 20 in the […]
Tested: How the Epic Games Store can reduce your laptop’s battery life
As laptop performance improves over time, you may be excited to discover that the PC you reserved exclusively for Excel and Zoom calls now can serve as a gaming PC, too. But beware: Leaving a game store app like the Epic Games Store open may significantly slice into your laptop’s […]