We won’t sugarcoat it: PC gaming is the most expensive way to play the latest games, period. Shopping holidays like Amazon Prime Day starting July 16 at least help soften the blow to your wallet. While we here at PCMag are trusted experts in reviewing gaming desktops and gaming laptops, we also have deep expertise … Read more
Ever since Apple’s MacBooks switched to the company’s own M-series chips, Windows users have been wondering when a similar revolution would happen to their machines. Microsoft has to say, it wasn’t for lack of trying. In 2012, the company released the , which featured an Arm-based processor, the same architecture used in Apple’s silicon. Unfortunately, … Read more
I was very excited when my Surface Laptop pre-order arrived two days ago, as I’ve been eager to try out these Arm-based, Snapdragon X-powered, Copilot Plus PCs (or whatever you want to call them) since the chipset was first announced in late 2023. It sounds too good to be true to combine the battery-friendly, AI-ready … Read more
Today marks the launch of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X CPUs, marking the beginning of the Microsoft Copilot+ AI PC era. The first Microsoft Copilot+ AI PCs are here! And Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X CPUs are driving the new era Ever since Qualcomm announced its Snapdragon X Elite CPUs for Windows AI PCs, they have taken the market … Read more
The Prime Minister has been accused of being out of touch after claiming in an election interview that he missed ‘a lot of things’ as a child, including Sky TV Rishi Sunak’s Treasury blocked plans to roll out laptops for poorer children during the Covid lockdown(POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Rishi Sunak’s Treasury blocked plans to … Read more
ASUS has unveiled a new range of ProArt laptops at Computex 2024. Aimed at photographers, videographers and digital artists, the ProArt range features high-quality components designed to make light work of even the most demanding workloads. The newly launched ProArt models feature Copilot – Microsoft’s AI conversational assistant that helps you search, perform tasks, generate … Read more
What you need to know ASUS announced new AI PCs from its Zenbook, Vivobook, ROG Zephyrus and TUF Gaming lineups at Computex 2024. The laptops are powered by AMD’s “Zen 5” Ryzen AI 300 processors, also announced at Computex. With strong NPU performance, ASUS laptops pave the way for advanced Copilot+ AI features in Windows … Read more
Microsoft’s Copilot+ initiative for super-powerful AI PCs is becoming a reality at Computex 2024. Today, AMD announced its next major chip platforms, Ryzen AI 300 for notebooks and Ryzen 9000 for desktops, which respectively target more powerful laptop AI performance and fast gaming on desktops. Notably, the Ryzen AI 300 chips feature a revamped neural … Read more
May 22, 2024 AI PCs are here and they’re cheaper than you might have expected – the Microsoft Surface Laptop starts at $1,000 and comes in two sizes (13.8″ and 15″) and it’s a thin, light, portable yet powerful device that offers all the capabilities of Windows 11 AI smarts (as well as third-party AI … Read more
May 22, 2024 Microsoft has announced a new category of personal computers called “Copilot+ PCs.” These are AI-focused machines that can handle more than 40 TOPS, so they handle many tasks locally, but cloud services are also part of that. We’re telling you all this because Samsung introduced one of the first Copilot+ PCs: the … Read more