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I got my hands on the redesigned successor to 2024's best gaming laptop for most people — I'm confident that I'm going to love it, but there is ONE downside

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Par : [email protected] (Zachary Boddy)
Lenovo redesigned its flagship Legion Pro 7i gaming laptop for 2025, and I have it in for review. Here are my first impressions after getting my hands on it.

Image of the Lenovo Legion Pro 7i (Gen 10) laptop.

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I would pay a LOT of money for this absolutely incredible AI laptop... But maybe not as much as it actually costs

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Par : [email protected] (Zachary Boddy)
The HP EliteBook Ultra 14 is one of the best laptops I've ever had the pleasure of reviewing, but it's ridiculously expensive, even among enterprise devices

The HP EliteBook Ultra 14 (G1i) being held up by a hand. A Windows Central Editor's Choice award is in the bottom right corner of the image.

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I don’t need 32GB of RAM, but 16GB isn’t enough anymore — 24GB is the new sweet spot, and Windows OEMs need to catch up

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Par : [email protected] (Zac Bowden)
My Surface Laptop 7 is less than a year old, and I'm already hitting the 16GB RAM ceiling. Yet, I can't justify an upgrade to 32GB RAM because I don't need it. I really need 24GB RAM, but that option is fleeting in the Windows laptop space.

Upgrading laptop RAM

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I can't pick a favorite — the award-winning Razer Blade 16 or its new big sibling — but you can preorder both now

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Par : [email protected] (Sean Endicott)
Razer just unveiled its new Blade 18 gaming laptop powered by up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX and up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090. The company also opened preorders for its award-winning Blade 16 that wowed us at CES 2025.

Razer Blade 18 (2025)

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The Surface you know and love (or hate) is dead — Microsoft's Windows hardware enters a new era

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Par : [email protected] (Zac Bowden)
We're in a new era of Microsoft's Surface hardware, one that's more mature and less willing to take risks. Gone are the experimental form factors and categories, with the focus now on prioritizing the status quo while pushing Windows forward in other ways.

Surface Laptop 7

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Trump's tariffs force Acer to raise laptop prices by 10% — Expect similar news from other PC makers in the coming weeks

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Par : [email protected] (Cale Hunt)
Acer CEO and Chairman, Jason Chen, announced a 10% price increase on its laptops sold in the US. This comes as an answer to US President Trump's 10% tariff on Chinese goods.

Backside of the Acer Swift 14 AI while it sits on the table and faces right.

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You can now preorder ASUS' ridiculously powerful 2-in-1 detachable gaming laptop

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Par : [email protected] (Zachary Boddy)
You can now preorder the ASUS ROG Flow Z13, which pairs a versatile 2-in-1 design with AMD's most powerful mobile hardware ever. It could be the best gaming tablet.

The ASUS ROG Flow Z13 (2025) in four positions, including upright with its keyboard attached, upright with its keyboard detached, laying down with its screen up, and laying down with its back up.

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Kuromi got Razer's best collaboration yet, but these aren't the PC gaming accessories I'd use

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Par : [email protected] (Zachary Boddy)
The new Razer Kuromi collection brings special editions for six of Razer's PC gaming accessories. They're awesome, but this isn't the gear I'd choose to use.

The Razer Kuromi Edition Enki X, Leviathan V2 X, and Kraken Kitty V2 BT.

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RTX 5070 Ti with an OLED display? Acer’s new gaming laptops might be a solution to NVIDIA’s GPU scarcity.

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Par : [email protected] (Cale Hunt)
Acer has joined ASUS in revealing RTX 5070/Ti gaming laptop prices. The new Predator Helios Neo 16/18 AI gaming laptops are headed our way soon, and they might be the best way to get one of the new Blackwell GPUs.

Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 AI

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Copilot+ PCs will soon get their first must-have exclusive feature

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Par : [email protected] (Sean Endicott)
Copilot+ PCs will soon support an improved Windows Search that uses AI to locate files. That new Windows Search could be the first must-have feature for Copilot+ PCs.

A pre-production sample of the HP EliteBook Ultra 14 (G1i), open and sitting on a desk.

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Lenovo's ThinkPad tablet would've been a great Surface Pro competitor... A few years ago

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Par : [email protected] (Zachary Boddy)
The Lenovo ThinkPad X12 Detachable (Gen 2) is a durable enterprise tablet that offers a good user experience, but it feels a few years behind the competition.

The Lenovo ThinkPad X12 Detachable (Gen 2) on a desk, with its keyboard and stylus detached.

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HP's most premium 2-in-1 Copilot+ PC is a phenomenal laptop — if only HP would dial back on the bloatware

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Par : [email protected] (Zachary Boddy)
The HP OmniBook Ultra Flip 14 takes over for the iconic Spectre x360 convertible laptop, except now it's thinner, lighter, lasts longer, and boasts more AI features.

The HP OmniBook Ultra Flip 14 (2024) held in the hand in tablet mode.

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