Apple's latest MacBook Pro 14, powered by the M4 chip, offers faster performance, improved battery life, and a new space black color option. However, Apple Intelligence is not a real feature yet.
The MacBook Air M2 is a best in class budget laptop, especially now at less than $700. It offers amazing build quality, battery life, and solid performance without much compromises.
Maintains full desktop wattage, performance, and cooling
WTF?! Flagship gaming laptops are expected to balance portability with high-end performance, usually with acceptable compromises compared to desktops. Throwing that idea out the window, one modder has responded to criticism of Nvidia's mobile RTX 4090 by installing the full desktop GPU into a "notebook" that, surprisingly, still fits in a backpack.
In brief: Makers of AI PCs and processors will be happy with the news that people are buying these products, which feature NPUs designed to accelerate AI tasks. The less welcome caveat is that according to a new report, many people are purchasing them simply because they want or need a new PC – not because of the AI features.
The brand new Asus Zenbook S 14 features excellent build quality and impressive battery life, however according to reviewers it falls behind Snapdragon X Elite laptops in some performance metrics.
Something to look forward to: The Radeon RX 7800M is the first new laptop GPU AMD has released in almost a year. While it remains unclear how many high-end gaming notebooks will support it, a crowdfunding campaign for an external version of the chip revealed its specs late last month. It lands much closer to the flagship 7900M than its next-nearest neighbor.