Apple is growing the fastest in the PC market — +21% in 2024. But only fourth in sales
The computer industry is gradually recovering and returning to growth after several years of declining shipments. Apple is doing best in this market.
No one needs artificial intelligence — Copilot+ PC is bought for another reason
Microsoft and Qualcomm together with partners recently released Copilot+ PC laptops with AI features that are supposed to be a game changer. However, Bloomberg reports that most owners bought these laptops because of long battery lifeand not through AI.
Laptop Acemagic X1 with a second screen that opens sideways by 360° — the manufacturer announced the characteristics
Acemagic has revealed the specifications of its dual-screen laptop, which was previewed at Computex 2023. «The world’s first 360° dual-screen laptop» Acemagic X1 (not the Z1A, as it was called at the exhibition) has a second screen on a hinge that opens to the left of the main display at the maximum possible angle.
Acer Nitro 16/17 and Nitro V 16 gaming laptops with AMD Ryzen 8040 processors and AI go on sale in Ukraine for prices starting from UAH 40 thousand
Acer has announced the launch of new gaming laptops Acer Nitro 16/17 and Nitro V 16 in Ukraine. These new products are equipped with AMD Ryzen 8040 series processors up to Ryzen 9 8945HS. The configurations also include NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series graphics cards. The Nitro 16 has a 16-inch screen with a 16:10 aspect ratio and WQXGA or WUXGA…
PC of the Month — special issue on laptops (July 2024)
The realities of life force us to reconsider our plans to buy a new computer, so in this issue of «PC of the Month» we’ll be looking at laptops rather than classic PCs. We will take into account not only gaming machines, but also the optimal models of work or everything at once. Ideal for […]
The program allows you to enter text in Morse code by opening and closing the laptop lid
Jesse Lee’s open-source Linux program called Open and Shut, which is available on GitHuballows you to enter messages in Morse code by opening and closing the laptop lid. It was demonstrated on a Lenovo Thinkpad laptop. Of course, not every laptop can withstand prolonged input in this way.
Microsoft Surface Laptop with Snapdragon X Elite battery didn't lose a single percentage point in 10 hours of sleep — user testimonial
Windows laptop batteries have always drained even with the lid closed in standby mode. Microsoft didn’t seem to pay attention to this, but that changed in Surface Laptop with Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite processor. While the lack of software improvements can be blamed, the inefficiency of traditional system logic was also an important factor.
First tests of Copilot+ PC ASUS Vivobook S 15 with Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite — «3D performance disappoints»
Sales of Copilot+ PC notebooks started on June 18. Some specialized sites have already conducted detailed tests ASUS Vivobook S 15 laptop with Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite «processor on board». On VideoCardz have summarized the results of these tests — the result is disappointing for game lovers.
Copilot+ PC ASUS Vivobook S 15 with 18 hours of autonomy will go on sale for 68 thousand UAH
ASUS has announced the Ukrainian prices of its new Copilot+ PC laptop, the Vivobook S 15 (S5507). The novelty is based on the Snapdragon X Elite processor platform.
Apple plans to release thinner versions of iPhone, MacBook Pro and Apple Watch - Mark Gurman
According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple’s plans to reduce the thickness of its devices are not limited to the iPad Pro tablet. The company also has plans for thinner versions of the Macbook Pro, Apple Watch, and iPhone. Rumors of a thinner iPhone began circulating last month.
Copilot+ PC computers have already started to arrive at customers, and the first impressions are not the best
Reddit user cponica23 has already received his first Copilot+ PC, namely a Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge with a Snapdragon X Elite processor. It took the lucky owner some time to run tests and result turned out to be interesting.
Adreno X1 video card in Snapdragon X Elite — Qualcomm reveals details
A few days before the official launch of Qualcomm Snapdragon X laptops, the company has revealed more details about the Adreno X1 graphics architecture. This is the first generation of integrated graphics for the X series processors for Windows. The number «1» indicates the generation, the successors of which will be called Adreno X2 and so on.…
Laptops will never be the same again — how AI and Snapdragon processors will change them. Interview with Acer Vice President Massimiliano Rossi
Interviewing corporate representatives is a gamble with little chance of success. Most often, the interlocutors answer in the style of corporate press releases, where they will not forget to mention the word unique 20 times and emphasize the exclusivity of their product 50 more. However, it was different with Massimiliano Rossi, Vice President of…
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12 laptop review: why is it so expensive?
The compact flagship Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12 is almost impossible to perceive without emotions, and not just positive ones. We have tested the carbon handsome man in benchmarks, collected user experience, and are ready to share our impressions, which are very mixed. This laptop will share the opinions of the fans of the […]
When will laptops with NVIDIA RTX 50xx and new Intel and AMD processors be released — leaked plans for two years
The hackers got access to the materials of laptop manufacturer Clevo and learned about the time and details of the release of NVIDIA RTX 50xx mobile graphics cards, new generation Intel and AMD processors, and laptops with them.
Acer Aspire Go 15 AG15-31P laptop review: office champion for $450
It’s the feature-to-price ratio that makes the Acer Aspire Go 15 AG15-31P such an interesting device, because it doesn’t really offer anything interesting. It’s a boring office machine for basic tasks that has every chance of becoming a bestseller. It’s also almost perfect as a first laptop for a school or college student on…
Laptops, portable gaming consoles, robots and other MSI innovations at COMPUTEX 2024
At COMPUTEX 2024, MSI presented several new devices, including those based on artificial intelligence.
Acer in 2024: «Macbook killers» Swift 14 AI, TravelMate P4 laptops-transformers, and new Chromebooks with Google AI
This week and last week, the Taiwanese brand Acer presented updated laptops from the popular TravelMate series, new Chromebooks, and, without exaggeration, revolutionary Windows devices with Snapdragon processors based on ARM architecture. Here is a brief overview of the new products. Windows laptops on ARM: long-awaited Macbook killers or…
Qualcomm: Snapdragon is productive and efficient, coming to «PCs of all form factors», including desktops
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon spoke at Computex Taipei and detailed the company’s achievements in artificial intelligence with Snapdragon X Elite and CoPilot+. Another important announcement was that Qualcomm chips will appear on desktop computers.
ASUS showed laptops based on AMD Ryzen AI 300 CPU and NVIDIA RTX GPU. And a few more models with Intel Core Ultra 200V and Qualcomm chips
ASUS has brought several new laptops to Computex 2024. Some of them were presented ahead of schedule by NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang. He focused on models equipped with NVIDIA GeForce RTX graphics cards and hybrid AMD Strix Point APU processors, which had not yet been officially announced. In addition, ASUS has prepared several new models with Intel…
GPD announces GPD Duo laptop with two OLED displays that can be transformed into a tablet
GPD, known as a manufacturer of miniature gaming computers and laptops, is now interested in full-size laptops. The company has published images and some specifications of its upcoming GPD Duo device with two displays.
Acer announces Chromebook Plus Spin 714 with Google's artificial intelligence
In addition to Chromebook for business Acer has also announced the Chromebook Plus Spin 714, a transforming laptop designed for creativity and collaboration. This model has built-in Google artificial intelligence features.
Acer announces Chromebook devices for business: Spin and Mini CXM1 transformers for digital kiosks
Acer held a presentation and introduced several new Chromebook devices that can become an alternative to more traditional systems in the business sector. For example, transformer Chromebooks are designed for use in healthcare facilities.
Folding version of MacBook to be released in 2026 - Ming-Chi Kuo. 20- and 18.8-inch variants are being considered
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has shared a new piece of information about a foldable laptop that Apple is allegedly working on. It is noted that in 2026, the Cupertino company could sell more than 1 million folding devices with a 20-inch display. This contradicts its previous forecasts that shipments would begin in 2027.
An upgrade in 30 years: Apple Macintosh PowerBook 500 (1994) received iPad and MacBook Pro components
In the mid-1990s, the Apple Macintosh PowerBook 500 series of laptops was introduced and changed the market forever, even though it consisted of inexpensive elements and materials. YouTuber BillyTheKidCENTURION took a PowerBook 520C case and completely revamped the internals with a new iPad display and 2015 MacBook Pro components.
Lenovo has announced its own Copilot+ PCs: Yoga Slim 7x for consumers and ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 for business
Lenovo has introduced its first Copilot+ PCs based on the Snapdragon X Elite processor: Yoga Slim 7x and ThinkPad T14s Gen 6. The new chip contains a 12-core Qualcomm Oryon CPU, Qualcomm Adreno GPU, and a special Qualcomm Hexagon NPU, and processes up to 45 trillion operations per second.
Samsung unveiled three Galaxy Book4 Edge laptops with Snapdragon X starting at $1350 — TV for pre-order
Samsung has introduced one 14″ and two 16″ laptops from the Galaxy Book4 Edge line with processors. For pre-ordering them (at least in the US), Samsung is giving away a budget 50″ Crystal UHD TV for $397.
ASUS announces Vivobook S 15 (S5507) — its first Snapdragon X-powered Copilot+ PC starting at $1299
Asus says the Arm-based chip will not only enhance several of the Vivobook’s current features, but also enable new AI-powered apps and workloads «fly» with a neural processing capacity of 45 TOPS.
Dell will release five Snapdragon X laptops in 2024 in the XPS 13, Inspiron 14, and Latitude lines starting at $1099
Dell has announced five laptops with Qualcomm configuration that will be released this year: XPS 13 (9345), Inspiron 14, Inspiron 14 Plus, Latitude 7455, and Latitude 5455.
Surface Laptop - Microsoft's own Arm laptop with a 22-hour battery life and a price of $1000
Along with the presentation Copilot+ PC brand Microsoft has also announced its own laptop within this concept. The new Surface Laptop is a laptop based on the Arm architecture for consumers. It has one big difference from the Surface Laptop 6 for Businessannounced in March — it is equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip instead of Intel Core…
Microsoft announces Copilot+ PC - laptops with built-in generative artificial intelligence capabilities
Microsoft is making a significant push to introduce AI into laptops. The company has introduced a new brand of Copilot+ PCs – PCs with Copilot+. It is intended to emphasize that Windows laptops are equipped with built-in hardware resources for processing AI tasks and support AI functions in the operating system.
Mac Studio and Mac Pro will switch to the M4 chip no earlier than mid-2025, giving way to the new iPad Pro in single-core performance
Apple does not plan to update its Mac Studio and Mac Pro computers to M4 chips until at least the middle of next year. Mark Gurman of Bloomberg wrote about this in his new Power On digest. So, both computers will be offered with the M2 generation of processors this year, while most other systems will offer newer and more powerful components (except…
ASUS Vivobook S 15 with Snapdragon X processor, LPDDR5X memory and 15.6" 3K OLED will cost from €1500 — pre-release leak
Journalist Roland Kvandt shared translated into English screenshot of the Vietnamese ASUS store with the image and specifications of the Vivobook S OLED powered by the Snapdragon X Elite processor, which is to be released on Monday, May 20.
Dell XPS 13 Plus laptop with Snapdragon X processor for $1199 — detailed specifications before release
Dell will soon introduce XPS 13 Plus laptops with Qualcomm processors. VideoCardz has received information about the XPS 13 9345 Plus model with Snapdragon X Elite and Plus chips.
Germany bans the sale of Motorola smartphones and some Lenovo devices
A German district court has decided to completely ban the sale of Lenovo devices and its subsidiary Motorola in the country. Motorola is now prohibited from selling all its phones that have a WWAN (Wireless Wide Area Network) module designed to provide mobile Internet access via cellular networks. This means that virtually all Moto phones,…
Apple MacBook Air for $140 has a non-working screen detached and turned into a desktop computer
A broken Apple MacBook display is a big nuisance, and it can be expensive to repair. However, some people use laptops exclusively as desktops, with a large monitor, and don’t even open them Brady Snyder from XDA dismantled the inoperable display and made it into a MacBook Air a desktop computer with its own keyboard.
Lenovo unveils world's first notebook with LPCAMM2 memory — smaller size, better speed and power consumption
Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 Workstation is the first laptop in the world to receive new LPCAMM2 memory modules from Micron. The new memory format is 64% smaller than DDR5 SO-DIMMs and 58% more energy efficient than LPDDR5X memory.
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX instead of Ryzen 8050 — Asus «revealed» rebranding of Zen 5 processors
It seems that artificial intelligence is on the minds of AMD marketers. An Asus leak revealed new laptop models with Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 processor based on Zen 5 architecture. Probably, these are Strix Point chips, which were previously called Ryzen 8050.
ASUS Vivobook S — the first announced laptop with Snapdragon X processors will be released on May 20
ASUS has announced that it will present the first laptop with Snapdragon X Elite on May 20. The presentation will feature speakers from Qualcomm and Microsoft. The event will be held virtually, but there is no talk of a live broadcast. However, ASUS has created a special page for the event that will go live on May 7.
Acer Chromebook 314 review: a breath of fresh air, or the perfect laptop for non-IT
The Acer Chromebook 314 demonstrates that Windows OS is absolutely unnecessary for the majority of the population: a comfortable laptop that delivers a great user experience with an extremely low entry threshold is all that is needed for the consumer. The most simple and reliable software does its job and we are ready to share […]
Not a competitor to Apple and Intel: Qualcomm is cheating with Snapdragon X chip tests — insiders say manufacturers didn't achieve the results
Qualcomm accused of misleading test results of new processors for Windows laptops Snapdragon X Elite and Plus. These chips are positioned as the first potentially competitive Windows on Arm processors compared to Apple, Intel, and AMD products. However, the website SemiAccurate claims that Qualcomm and its partners did not actually achieve the test…
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus «processor» in Geekbench 6 in Microsoft Surface Pro 10 laptop
The Snapdragon X Elite processor will not be the only one in Qualcomm’s new lineup for computers. One of these chips may be the Snapdragon X Plus, a laptop with which recently appeared in Geekbench 6. As reported by Windows Latesthe will receive a laptop Microsoft Surface Pro 10which will also have a Snapdragon X Elite variant. It is also…
Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 review: eSports champion with Intel Core i7-14650HX
For a good gaming laptop, the processor has always been more important than the graphics card, and the Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 is a clear example of this. Fans of technical specifications on paper may think that this model has a clear performance skew in favor of the CPU, but real-world tests confirm that […]
MacBook Pro and iMac will be the first to switch to Apple's M4 series chips, they will appear at the end of 2024 - Mark Gurman
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported that the first Apple Macs with M4 series chips will be released later this year, with additional models to follow next year. In his Power On newsletter, Gurman shared a specific roadmap that describes the sequence of these new Macs.
HP 255 G10 review: a balanced laptop for a student, or a new office standard
Maximum features for minimum money — this is the motto that guided the engineers who created the HP 255 G10. This laptop won’t appeal to demanding image enthusiasts or modern gamers, but it fully meets the needs of the vast majority of the population. In addition to its balanced characteristics, the hero of the review […]
Apple to release iMac, MacBook Pro and Mac mini with M4 processors and AI features this year — Mark Gurman
Mark Gurman of Bloomberg reports that Apple, in an effort to boost low computer sales, is preparing to update its entire line of Mac computers and laptops with a new generation of its own processors designed with an emphasis on artificial intelligence.
The global PC and laptop market has returned to growth after a two-year decline. The leader is still Lenovo
PC market, as expectedlast quarter returned to growth after a two-year decline, as evidenced by reports from leading analytical agencies IDC and Canalys: in the first quarter of 2024, about 60 million computers were sold worldwide (1.5% more than a year ago).
Gigabyte Aorus 16X and G6X — 16-inch gaming laptops with AI starting at UAH 53 thousand launched in Ukraine
Gigabyte Ukraine has announced the launch of G6X and Aorus 16X gaming laptops — these are 16-inch modifications of the 2024 model year that boast not only modern «hardware» but also AI Nexus and AI Boost software optimizations based on artificial intelligence.
Razer Blade 18 gaming monster for $4799 — the laptop received Intel Core 9-14900HX, NVIDIA RTX 4090 and Thunderbolt 5
Razer has released the Blade 18 gaming laptop equipped with the most powerful mobile processor and graphics card: Intel Core 9-14900HX and NVIDIA RTX 4090. Their work in games can be evaluated on an 18″ UHD+ display with a refresh rate of 200 Hz. The company claims that the Razer Blade 18 is the first laptop in the world to receive the…
The SSD in M2 MacBook Pro was so full that it would not allow deleting data - only a complete wipe helped
Apple Mac expert and journalist Glenn Fleischman wrote about an incomprehensible problem one of his children encountered after trying to download a game from Steam on a MacBook Pro with an M2 chip and an almost full SSD. The drive would not delete unnecessary data. At the same time, various attempts to free up space on the drive failed. Eventually,…
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