Tag: laptops

Microsoft’s Arm-based Copilot+ PCs are fast and very capable with AI – but fresh doubt has been cast on the gaming prowess of these laptops

Microsoft’s line-up of Copilot+ PCs is designed to run AI tasks in a superfast manner, along with providing welcome features like all-day battery life, but what about gaming? Okay, so these are AI laptops, and not designed for gaming, that’s true – but what about dabbling in some PC games…

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Dell reveals promising new Intel XPS 13 AI PC, but can it surpass the Snapdragon model?

Dell already released its first AI-powered laptop in 2024, the Dell XPS 13 equipped with Snapdragon X Elite, and now it plans to follow up with another entry in the line, the Intel Core Ultra Series 2 AI processor. The latest XPS 13 features a dedicated NPU capable of up…

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Affordable Copilot+ PCs might be coming – but leak shows their 8-core Snapdragon CPU won’t cope with gaming

The rumor mill reckons that more affordable Copilot+ PCs are set to debut imminently, but the cheaper Snapdragon X Plus 8-core chip they are built around can’t do much on the gaming front in comparison to the beefier Arm-based silicon we’ve already had from Qualcomm, going by a fresh leak.…

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Intel Panther Lake laptop chips could get top-end CPUs to rival AMD Strix Halo – and they could change budget gaming laptops forever

Intel could have top-end laptop processor ‘Halo’ variants inbound for next year, packing highly performant integrated graphics to rival AMD’s Strix Point Halo – super-beefy APUs also due in 2025 – and both of these ranges could be used to drive the best budget gaming laptops just as effectively as…

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Apple’s M4 Macs spotted in testing – with a hint that entry-level MacBook Pro 14-inch could get the RAM upgrade everyone craves

Apple is apparently pushing harder with testing four new M4-toting Mac models ahead of their rumored release later this year – and seemingly there’s a big update for the entry-level MacBook Pro coming in terms of the base loadout of RAM (and a potential twist in the CPU stakes, too).…

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I used to hate Samsung’s bloatware on laptops and phones – but it’s Windows 11 and Android’s best bet to take on Apple

Samsung has always made some of the best smartphones, and recently it’s been putting out some of the best laptops you can currently buy as well, but one thing has always put me off its products: the amount of bloatware that comes pre-installed. The company’s attempts to get me to…

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