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Acer went all-in on the Swift Edge 16's gorgeous OLED display and forgot to balance the rest of the laptop

The Swift Edge 16 for 2024 is competitively priced despite a stellar OLED display and a lightweight design, but its drawbacks outweigh the benefits. Poor battery life and thermals, iffy touchpad, and below-average speakers are some of the issues I get into in this review.

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AMD Strix Halo APU makes a splash with 5.36GHz clock speed in benchmark leak: Does it beat the MacBook?

If any AMD APU was going to take on Apple's MacBooks, it could be the Strix Halo. Let's jump into how it did with its whopping 5.36GHz clock speed.

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Tom's Guide Awards 2024: The best computing and networking products of the year

Here are the Tom's Guide Awards 2023 winners in our computing and networking categories, including our favorite laptops, tablets and more.

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JEDEC's new standards will double DDR5 bandwidth, enable faster memory for laptops — DDR5 MRDIMM and LPDDR6 standards for next-generation servers and laptops being ratified

JEDEC plans to introduce multiplexed memory to double the bandwidth of current DDR5 RDIMMs on servers and data centers. It's also working on adding LPDDR6 to CAMM2 for laptops.

Tom’s Hardware

Alienware M16 R2 review: "a design boost but a power drop"

The Alienware M16 R2 doubles down on the machine's mid-range ancestors, tapping out at an RTX 4070 configuration.

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We spent over 115 hours testing the battery life on this laptop... we couldn't believe how long it lasted

The new XPS 13 locked in the top spot. It dethroned the king. Let’s jump into our numerous battery life tests to see how it happened and where Qualcomm goes from here.

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Intel Addresses Desktop Raptor Lake Instability Issues: Faults Excessive Voltage from Microcode, Fix Coming in August

In what started last year as a handful of reports about instability with Intel's Raptor Lake desktop chips has, over the last several months, grown into a much larger saga. Facing their biggest client chip instability impediment in decades, Intel has been under increasing pressure to figure out the root…

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What is Galaxy AI, and why is it important for Galaxy phone and PC users?

Samsung's Galaxy AI has been on our radar since it was announced at the start of 2024, but it really piqued our interest when the Galaxy Book4 Edge Copilot+ PCs were revealed to also support the suite of AI tools. Here's what you need to know.

Windows Central

What is Snapdragon X Elite? How Qualcomm laptop chip compares to rivals

A new processor for Windows laptops brings big potential

HP Envy x360 2-in-1 vs Lenovo Slim 7i Gen 9: Similar on the surface, with a major difference under the hood

The HP Envy x360 2-in-1 and Lenovo Slim 7i might look similar at first glance, but there are some crucial differences in specs, price, and performance you need to know about before choosing one.

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Samsung Galaxy Book 4 Edge review: livin' on the edge

With a Qualcomm processor, Samsung's latest Galaxy Book runs for longer

I took the Lenovo Legion Pro 7i on a plane to work on my review... I regret everything

This one is my own fault. Thanks to a confluence of work obligations, I decided to take the Lenovo Legion Pro 7i (Gen 9) with me on a trip to Los Angeles, and I have so many regrets.

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Intel says 13th and 14th Gen mobile CPUs are crashing, but not due to the same bug as desktop chips — chipmaker blames common software and hardware issues

Intel's official statement highlights the reported instability issues on mobile 13th and 14th Generation processors.

Tom’s Hardware

Benchmark dev says Snapdragon X CPU is off to a good start — 6.5% of Geekbench 6 benchmarks in the past month run on Snapdragon X devices

Geekbench reports that out of the over 80,000 tests performed by Geekbench 6 on Windows devices, over 5,300 were on a Snapdragon X-powered device.

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Dell XPS 13 9345 (Snapdragon X Elite) review: Lighter than air — the MacBook Air

The Dell XPS 13 offers strong performance and a stellar battery life packed into an ultralight design, but that great chassis comes with sacrifices.

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HP Envy x360 2-in-1: It has performance that will make you… envy other laptops

The HP Envy x360 2-in-1 has a few winning features, like good audio and a nice keyboard, but they’re overshadowed by underwhelming performance compared to similarly priced competitors.

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Lenovo Legion Pro 7i (Gen 9) review: It’s a large and in-charge gaming machine

With powerful performance, smooth graphics, a stunning display, and loud speakers, the Legion Pro 7i has plenty to like, with a few shortcomings.

Tom’s Hardware

Dev reports Intel's laptop CPUs are also suffering from crashing issues — several laptops have suffered similar failures in testing

Raptor Lake instability has reached the laptop segment. A new report has confirmed that Raptor Lake instability on the mobile side is nearly as bad as the desktop side, making this issue even more problematic than it already is.

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Lenovo Legion Pro 5i 16 Gen 9 review

Excellent gaming performance doesn't make up for a lacklustre spec for the money.

Tom’s Hardware

AMD Radeon 880M iGPU 15% faster than last-gen 780M — Asus reveals Strix Point performance increase in 3DMark Time Spy

Asus product listings for new laptops containing the Ryzen AI 9 365 APU reveal the expected performance gains of the Radeon 880M integrated graphics over last-gen's 780M in 3DMark Time Spy.

Tom’s Hardware

Intel reportedly prepping three Panther Lake configurations, for laptops after Lunar Lake

Intel preps a variety of Panther Lake flavors for different notebooks.

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Western Digital Adds 8TB Model to Popular High-End SN850X SSD Drive Family

Western Digital has quietly introduced an 8 TB version of its high-end SN850X SSD, doubling the top capacity of the well-regarded drive family. The new drive offers performance on par with other members of the range, but with twice as much capacity as the previous top-end model – and with…

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Dynabook unleashes its first 16-inch laptop, infused with Intel's latest AI CPU and an antimicrobial coating — shame about the smallish battery

Move over Lenovo and Acer, Dynabook has two new laptops to compete for the best business laptop crown

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Your laptop is useless and the completely revamped Football Manager 25 is released soon - Amazon Prime Day will help you sort your life out

Looking for the best laptops for Football Manager? These Amazon Prime Day deals on new devices are worth checking out

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Intel looks set to supercharge thin-and-light laptops to fight back at Apple, as leak shows off powerful 16-core Panther Lake chip

Intel keeps insisting Panther Lake – which will follow Lunar Lake – is on track, and the CPUs are looking promising.

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