We knew Intel’s Tiger Lake laptop chips were going to be better than last year’s Ice Lake models. Now we know how much better. At a launch event Wednesday for the chips, formally called the 11th generation Core processors, Intel showed speedups that indicate it’s got some of its mojo back after years of sluggish …
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As part of Intel’s rollout of its 11th-gen Core mobile processors with Iris Xe graphics, Acer on Wednesday announced updates to its line of slim, lightweight laptops, the Swift 5 and Swift 3. At launch, the Swift 5 will also be one of the first laptops to meet the requirements of Intel’s Evo platform as part of the chipmaker’s Project …
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The 13.3-inch Samsung Galaxy Book Flex 5G will be one of the first laptops to feature Intel’s next-gen Tiger Lake mobile processors. The small two-in-one appeared at Intel’s official unveiling of its 11th-gen Core chips alongside models from Acer, Asus and others. Samsung didn’t announce pricing or availability, but did give us a look at what’ll be inside. 11th-gen Intel …
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Intel officially announced its 11th-gen Core mobile processors, Wednesday, as well as its Iris Xe integrated graphics that promises discrete-level performance. Dynabook (formerly Toshiba) didn’t waste any time getting these new CPUs into a couple of its small work laptops, the upcoming Portege X30W-J two-in-one and X30L-J notebook. Made from magnesium, both systems are incredibly lightweight, with the two-in-one coming …
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Looking for a remote-learning setup for a student? You’re probably thinking “laptop,” but there’s another option: A PC on a stick. Yep, you can run Windows from a dongle that’s barely larger than a flash drive. Simply plug it into just about any monitor, TV or even projector. You’ll need a couple accessories, but let’s start with the guts: For …
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For its fall refresh of its ZBook mobile workstation line, HP’s joining the trend of jazzing up its names: The entry-priced ZBook 15v G6 morphs into the ZBook Power G7, while the performance-focused ZBook 15 and 17 G6 become the ZBook Fury 15 and 17 G7. Despite the new names, the two lines are part of HP’s workhorse pro laptops, …
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Lenovo’s addition to its style-first, Intel-based gaming laptop laptop line, the Legion 7 series, swaps some dedicated connections and GPU power for a thinner and lighter design. The 15-inch Legion Slim 7i compromises between the ludicrous sacrifice of discrete graphics made for the Y740S launched at CES 2020 in order to achieve its ultrathin profile — discrete graphics make a …
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Lenovo announced the new premium Yoga 7i and Yoga 6 two-in-ones earlier in the month and now it’s pulled the wraps off the top-of-the-line Yoga 9i. The Yoga 9i two-in-one and Yoga 9i Slim laptop (called the IdeaPad 9i Slim in North America) replace the Yoga C940 and Yoga S940 (IdeaPad S940). Being the most premium of the premium Yoga …
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For an industry fixated on constant change, the traditional “clamshell” laptop design — from the MacBook Pro to the Dell XPS 13 to many, many others — has endured for a long time. But the past few years have seen imaginative hybrid devices that act as both tablets and laptops, become increasingly viable alternatives. This is after years of less-than-successful …
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When big technologies like mobile phones, 5G networks and e-commerce arrive, it’s important to get in on the ground floor. That’s why the US government is establishing 12 new research centers, funded with hundreds of millions of dollars, to boost artificial intelligence and quantum computing. Congress already has appropriated most of the funds for the projects. But the White House …
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