HP's latest offer turns gaming laptops into a monthly subscription
Annual upgrades promise to keep pace with GPUs and newer games
Intel Panther Lake review roundup: Graphics and battery life take center stage
Panther Lake couldn't have come at a better time for Intel
Panther Lake-powered Asus Zenbook Duo lands to strong reviews
The new 2026 Asus Zenbook Duo is widely praised for polishing its dual OLED design with stronger battery life. Intel's Panther Lake hardware brings performance gains and impressive integrated graphics. While still expensive, reviewers agree it's a class-leading option for users who need serious screen space on the go.
Nvidia's long-rumored N1X Arm chip pairs a 20-core CPU with RTX graphics
N1-powered laptops could arrive very soon, next-gen N2 SoC planned for 2027
New chips, new designs, and bold prototypes defined PCs at CES 2026
The takeaway: If you've ever been to a CES in Las Vegas, you know how easy it is to get lost – not only amongst the convention halls, hotels, and meeting rooms, but also in the noise of all the announcements made at the event. Breaking through the nearly overwhelming tsunami of show news is no easy task, but with the benefit of a week to reflect on it all, it's clear that the PC category was unquestionably a big and successful part of the news story from the event.
Laptop makers have about a year of memory stock to ride out the RAM crunch, Intel says
OEM inventory buffers are buying the PC industry time
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus trades blows with Intel and AMD, but underperforms Apple M4
Big gains over last-gen Snapdragon chips, though
Lenovo's rollable laptop concept turns a gaming notebook into an ultrawide
A dual-motor OLED screen expands from 16 inches to 24 inches
Dell's new XPS laptops pair Panther Lake CPUs with OLED displays and up to 64GB RAM
Dell is undoing its naming experiment and bringing XPS back
Intel claims Panther Lake's new Arc B390 iGPU crushes AMD's best mobile graphics
Intel wants its GPUs inside the next wave of handheld PCs – if the benchmarks hold
Big quote: According to Intel's benchmarks, the new Core Ultra X9 388H equipped with the Arc B390 iGPU is ~73% faster than the Ryzen AI HX 370 on average. AMD's Strix Point SoC is powered by Radeon 890M integrated graphics. Intel also claims its new chips surpass AMD in ray tracing, frame generation, and other graphics workloads.
Qualcomm claims Snapdragon X2 Plus beats AMD and Intel in new benchmarks
The 10-core and 6-core X2 Plus processors claim big gains in multi-core throughput, AI workloads, and efficiency
HP plans EliteBook X laptops with AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm chips in one lineup
New NPUs target Windows 11's AI workloads
Dell could bring back XPS laptops powered by Intel Panther Lake at CES 2026
Will Inspiron, Latitude, Precision, and OptiPlex also make a comeback?
Laptop RAM adapters could help PC builders survive the memory crunch
Performance is virtually identical to desktop RAM
Hobbyist 3D prints the Commodore 64 laptop we never got in the '80s
Floppy drive and tape deck support included
The Best SSDs and Storage - Late 2025 Update
The storage market is in flux: PCIe 4.0 prices are climbing, PCIe 5.0 and USB4 are getting cheaper, and Crucial is gone. Here are the best picks for speed, capacity, and value.
Dell Pro Precision leak reveals early Panther Lake CPU and Xe3 iGPU performance
Panther Lake laptop iGPU outperforms Radeon 840M
Google is working on Android-based "Aluminium OS" to replace ChromeOS on laptops
An AI-first Android platform for PCs
Dell and HP turned off HEVC decoding on recent laptops without telling anyone
Rising HEVC licensing costs pushed PC makers to turn off H.265 support
The Best Gaming Laptops: Gaming on the Go
Gaming laptops keep leveling up, with new CPUs and GPUs boosting power and efficiency. With so many configs and form factors, let us help in choosing the right one for your needs.
Intel and BOE want your next laptop screen to drop to 1Hz – and save a ton of battery
The next big laptop upgrade isn't the chip, it's the screen
Early tests show the M5 MacBook Pro's SSD is about 2.5x faster than the M4
The biggest upgrade in the latest MacBook Pro might not be the CPU at all
Fujitsu is still putting Blu-ray drives in laptops – and people in Japan still want them
You thought internal disc drives were dead? Fujitsu disagrees
Asus Vivobook 14 is a great budget laptop for everyday tasks at just $480
Normally $799, the Asus Vivobook 14 has dropped to a record-low $479. It features a 10-core i5-1334U CPU, 24 GB of RAM, and a 1 TB NVMe SSD. At 14-inch and just 3 pounds, it's a lightweight option for daily productivity. Other highlights include a privacy shutter, USB-C, HDMI, and two USB-A ports.
Which of these features were part of the 1982 Epson HX-20 notebook PC?
The world's first handheld computer had a feature you'd never expect – can you guess it?