This Acer laptop made me a Panther Lake believer
…Acer Swift 16 AI: Specs The Acer Swift 16 AI includes a high-end Intel Panther Lake processor and GPU. The Intel Core Ultra X7 358H is a 16-core CPU that…
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Watch out, MacBook Neo: Cheap Windows laptops are getting good again
…For the last nine months or so, rising memory and storage costs have elevated PC prices into the upper echelon, along with high demand for GPUs and rarified, AI-specific chips like…
Lenovo's 2-pound ThinkPad is the first real test for AMD's next laptop chip
…Lake) or AMD's Ryzen AI 400 processors. The former has earned itself an excellent reputation, though that's in part due to the terrific integrated GPU that Intel included on its…
Intel’s new gaming laptop chips won’t arrive all at once
…Acer, on the other hand, said it wouldn't announce pricing for the Predator Helios Neo 16S AI, 16 AI, and 18 AI until closer to the July ship date. Finally, an…
Best mini PC deals: Top Intel and AMD picks for performance, gaming, and more
…Geekom AI A7 Max, Ryzen 9 7940HS/Radeon 780M/16GB RAM/1TB SSD/quad 4K support—$699 (26% off on Amazon) We love the Geekom AI A7 Max here at PCWorld thanks…
Need a laptop for college? I tested dozens to find the 7 best options
…Inside, you'll find an A19 Pro chip with 6 CPU cores, a 16-core Neural Engine, 5-core GPU, 8GB of memory, and a 256GB SSD. That's plenty of…
Single-stick RAM tested: Fine for some games, a disaster for others
Modern desktop PC memory modules are supposed to come in pairs. The reasons why are complex, but basically they work better that way—kind of like how internal combustion engines often come…
I'm loving the OLED screen on this Acer laptop
…You’d want a GPU with 16GB of VRAM if local AI was a focus. Model : SFX14-61G-R1HV CPU: AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 Memory: 32GB LPDDR5X RAM (7500 MT/s…
I wanted to like this Lenovo laptop, but it's just too slow
…AMD Ryzen AI 5 430 Memory: 16GB DDR5-5600 Graphics/GPU: Integrated AMD Radeon 840M NPU: AMD XDNA NPU up to 50 TOPS Display: 15.3-inch 1920×1200 60Hz IPS touchscreen…
I tested the ThinkPad P16V Gen 3 laptop. It's hard to justify
…Intel Core Ultra 9 285H Memory: 32GB DDR5-6400 Graphics/GPU: Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 8GB Display: 16-inch 1920×1200 IPS, Matte, 60Hz Storage: 1TB PCIe 5.0 SSD – Samsung MZVLC1T0HFLU…