The Alienware m16 R2 is a stellar gaming laptop with an RTX 4060. Luke Larsen / Digital Trends Gaming on a PC can be quite a bit different than playing on a PlayStation, Xbox, or handheld console. In many cases, gaming desktops and laptops can deliver faster response times and less input lag. Gaming PCs … Read more
Mark Coppock / Digital Trends The MacBook Air has dominated the $1,000 price point for the past few years, and the most recent M3 upgrade (and subsequent bump to 16GB of RAM in the base model), has made it even better. But there’s an unexpected challenger for the crown of best laptops. The HP OmniBook … Read more
HP OmniBook Ultra 14 MSRP $1,680.00 “The HP OmniBook Ultra 14 is fast and efficient, but a couple of shortcomings hold it back.” Pros Excellent build quality Strong productivity performance Good battery life Very good keyboard High-resolution webcam Cons Touchpad should be haptic IPS display is just OK List prices are expensive HP continues to … Read more
Mark Coppock / Digital Trends When it came out earlier this year, the Surface Laptop 7th Edition was a breath of fresh air. So much so that our computing editor adopted it as his “new daily carry” after reviewing the device. And while we still highly recommend that laptop, there’s a new challenger in town. … Read more
Lenovo One of the best laptops for a busy computer-heavy workplace is the Lenovo ThinkPad. For years, this tried and true laptop and 2-in-1 has delivered a fast and reliable Windows experience to many a 9 to 5 go-getter. Processor speed and power evolve year over year, and new features are added to these laptops … Read more
Luke Larsen / Digital Trends Apple’s MacBook Air M3 represents the latest of the company’s very successful thin-and-light laptops built around Apple Silicon’s fast and highly efficient chipsets. It’s one of the best laptops made, and Windows machines have had a hard time keeping up. Now, Intel has introduced a new chipset, the Core Ultra … Read more
Microsoft has officially ended support for the cheapest device in the Surface lineup, the Surface Laptop Go, after just four years. It can still be upgraded to Windows 11 24H2 and the laptop will still receive security updates, but it won’t get any new firmware or driver updates. The first-generation Surface Laptop Go isn’t just … Read more
HP is in the process of redoing its product lines, with the OmniBook lineup taking over all of its consumer machines including budget, midrange, premium, and gaming laptops. The EliteBook remains as its business laptop line, and the new EliteBook X G1a is the latest machine that leverages AMD’s Ryzen AI series of chipsets in … Read more
It’s no secret that M4 Macs are coming soon. But does the upcoming launch explain the significant nosedive in Mac sales in the past quarter? Let’s hope so, as a new report by Canalys indicates that Macs have experienced a worrying 17.5% drop in worldwide annual growth in the past quarter. The drop in Mac sales … Read more
Luke Larsen / Digital Trends A new era in Windows computing is here, built around Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC initiative and a few new chipsets. While the most hype is around artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and performance thanks to faster Neural Processing Units (NPUs), the biggest changes today are in performance and battery life. And that’s … Read more
