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Swift 3X and Spin 5 head up Acer’s refreshed notebook line

Eric Abent | Oct 21, 2020

During its Next@Acer press conference today, Acer revealed a huge lineup of products, among them multiple refreshes to its consumer notebook line. The Acer Swift 3X and Spin 5 are leading the charge here, but they're joined by a new Swift 3 and a trio of Aspire 5 notebooks. While all of these notebooks fill a different niche, one thing they've got in common is the fact that all of them use Intel's 11th-gen processors.

Porsche Design Acer Book RS made with fancy movement and materials

Chris Burns | Oct 21, 2020

The Porsche Design Acer Book RS was revealed today with an extravagant industrial design and top-tier specs. This notebook works with a code name AP714-51 so as to avoid getting mixed up with similar Acer notebooks, and comes packed with a 14-inch 16:9 aspect ratio IPS touchscreen display. This device has Full HD resolution (1920 x 1080 pixels), 340 nits max brightness, and 100% sRGB color.

Surface Laptop Go Review – Microsoft’s compromise

Chris Davies | Oct 13, 2020

The Microsoft Surface Laptop Go arrives at a time when it feels like everyone needs a computer of their own. The expectations we have of our computers - and the access we need to them - has changed immeasurably this year: a rise in home-schooling, remote-schooling, and working-from-home has in part turned the laptop market into a numbers game. A shared PC or Mac just isn't going to cut it any more, not when multiple members of the same household now each need hours of access.

Lenovo ThinkPad C13 Yoga Chromebook Enterprise arrives in striking Abyss Blue

Brittany A. Roston | Oct 12, 2020

Lenovo has introduced a new enterprise-tier Chromebook that packs a familiar ThinkPad design, but with one obvious exception: it features a striking Abyss Blue color instead of the typical black shade we've come to expect from the ThinkPad line. The new ThinkPad C13 Yoga Chromebook packs the design of a ThinkPad, the flexibility of a Yoga laptop, and the lightweight Chrome OS alongside features tailored specifically for enterprise customers.

Razer Blade Stealth 13 (late 2020) revealed with 120Hz display

Chris Burns | Oct 10, 2020

Today the Razer Blade Stealth 13 (late 2020) was revealed in two configurations. This device is the latest iteration of the "world's first gaming Ultrabook", prepared with the latest in high-end hardware components. One version of this laptop comes with a 120Hz FHD display, the other comes with an OLED FHD touchscreen display.

First MacBook with Apple silicon tipped to launch with November event

Brittany A. Roston | Oct 9, 2020

Following rumors about such plans, Apple confirmed earlier this year that it will be switching Macs over to its own silicon in a transition from Intel. In June, Apple said that it expected to release its first models featuring its own silicon by the end of this year, though precise details were absent. A new report suggests that the first MacBook powered by an Apple processor may be less than a month away.

Alienware upgrades Aurora R11 with RTX 30-series, launches 3 new monitors

Eric Abent | Oct 8, 2020

Following some teases it made last month, Alienware is back today with more details about its incoming gaming products. Today, Alienware announced some pretty substantial upgrades for the existing Aurora 11 desktop and the Area-51m gaming laptop. In addition, the company is also launching three new gaming monitors that are top-end both in terms of feature sets and pricing.

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Carbon leaked to be a unique union of two brands

JC Torres | Oct 7, 2020

As the world's largest PC maker, it's not out of the ordinary that Lenovo would have several brands under its name. There's the ThinkPad that it acquired from IBM ages ago and its own flipping Yoga family of 2-in-1 convertibles. It's not usual, however, for these lines to cross but it seems that the stars may have aligned and have given birth to an unexpected Yoga Slim 7i Carbon that seems to promise the best of both worlds.

Surface Neo might not even arrive next year

JC Torres | Oct 6, 2020

Microsoft almost seemed to be on the verge of redefining its Surface brand yet again when it revealed the Surface Neo and the Surface Duo dual-screen devices last year. 2020, however, caught everyone unawares and plans had to change drastically. The Android-based Surface Duo launched a bit earlier than the initial late 2020 schedule but the Surface Neo was delayed instead. Now it appears the Windows 10X dual-screen computer could be delayed even further than most presumed, increasing the chances it could be scrapped entirely.

HP Spectre x360 14 luxe laptop revealed with 11th-gen Intel and AI features

Brittany A. Roston | Oct 2, 2020

HP has introduced the latest in its Spectre x360 line of flexible laptops with the new HP Spectre x360 14. This 15-inch model packs the larger screen size into the form factor of a 13.3-inch laptop, according to HP, which says that it designed this model to be 'adaptive and smart,' the latter referring to intelligent features like AI-based audio. HP co-engineered the new Spectre x360 model with Intel.

Surface Pro X upgrade: Microsoft SQ 2 chip and longer battery life

Chris Davies | Oct 1, 2020

The Surface Pro X is getting an upgrade, with Microsoft's ultra-portable 2-in-1 promising more power, more battery life, and more color options. Joining the existing Microsoft SQ 1 chipset built in collaboration with Qualcomm comes a new, SQ 2 version, bringing more grunt to the top-end Surface Pro X configurations.

Surface Laptop Go gives Chromebooks some $550 competition

Chris Davies | Oct 1, 2020

Microsoft's computing family is growing, with a new affordable notebook, the Surface Laptop Go, joining the range of Windows machines. Borrowing features from its Surface Laptop sibling, and a focus on affordability from the Surface Go s 2-in-1, the Surface Laptop Go kicks off at $549.