When you buy one of the top laptops, you can usually rest assured that they’ll work fine for the next few years. Except sometimes, they don’t. I’ve had my fair share of laptops, and one of the main things that has always stressed me out was the fact that they were running a little hot. … Read more
Jacob Roach / Digital Trends I’ve never used a laptop quite like the Lenovo Legion 9i. It’s the only laptop I’ve given a perfect score, which you can read about in my Lenovo Legion 9i review, and it puts many of the best gaming laptops to shame. It’s out of reach for most people — … Read more
Fionna Agomuoh / DigitalTrends We were able to check out some demoes and see a dummy unit running the company’s new Snapdragon X Elite PC chip, and Qualcomm is making some big performance claims against Apple’s latest silicon. The Snapdragon’s Qualcomm Oyron CPU, which was announced in October, was being compared to the Apple M2 … Read more
Asus Back a few years ago, there was no such thing as a small and light gaming laptop, with them often being large and bulky things that used so much electricity we measured battery life in minutes rather than hours. Luckily, there have been a lot of advances since then, and we’re seeing some excellent … Read more
Intel just launched its Core Ultra CPUs, and we’re already hearing about a handheld gaming PC packing one of the latest chips. OneXPlayer teased its X1 handheld, which it says is powered by one of Intel’s new Meteor Lake CPUs. We saw this coming. Meteor Lake is a new generation for Intel, and our hands-on … Read more
Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 Gen 2 MSRP $2,680.00 “The Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 Gen 2 has become less modern than it first appeared.” Pros Solid build quality Good productivity performance Relatively thin and light Good keyboard Attractive aesthetic Beautiful OLED display Lots of ports Cons Slippery palm rest Quirky touchpad Slow creativity performance Below-average battery life Display … Read more
Building a PC is not just about picking the best graphics card and processor — you often want it to look good, too. After all, this box of entertainment is going to sit in your space for the next few years, so it’s only natural that you might want it to fit well. Some people … Read more
Intel Intel’s Meteor Lake processors represent more than just a new generation. It’s a fresh start for Intel — a cycle it seems to find itself in every few years — and the birth of the AI PC. Most importantly, it’s a sign that Intel can deliver on its road map with a fresh generation … Read more
Jacob Roach / Digital Trends Premiere Pro is one of the most taxing applications you can run on your PC. The humble video editing suite is something of an ecosystem, giving you the power not only to splice a few video clips together but also to edit full, feature-length films with Hollywood levels of quality. … Read more
Intel’s 14th-gen Meteor Lake processors are here, and they’re ready to compete against some of the best processors for laptops. While they don’t currently — and may never — have desktop counterparts, Meteor Lake chips bring improved graphics performance, AI capabilities, and high core counts to thin and light laptops. What’s new in Meteor Lake, … Read more
