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Microsoft's new Surface Pro 12-inch takes aim at the iPad Air — and I think it wins

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Par : [email protected] (Zac Bowden)
The new Surface Pro is an obvious direct competitor to Apple's iPad Air. It is roughly the same price, similar in size and design, and better emphasized as a tablet rather than a laptop.

Microsoft's Surface Pro 12-inch 1st Edition (2025) powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus processor.

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Best gaming laptops for playing The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered in 2025

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Par : [email protected] (Cale Hunt)
Oblivion Remastered is here, and your aging PC might not be able to handle the beautiful new graphics. Here are five gaming laptops that will get the job done.

Lenovo Legion Pro 7i (Gen 10) laptop displaying the cover art for The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered.

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What are haptic touchpads? Here's how they work in Windows laptops and why you should want them in other devices

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Par : [email protected] (Zachary Boddy)
Haptic touchpads are the upgrade you may not know you need in your next laptop, but they're the future. Here's everything you need to know about haptic touchpads.

Image of the HP EliteBook Ultra 14 (G1i)'s haptic touchpad.

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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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