Here’s how Qualcomm’s new laptop chips really stack up to Apple, Intel, and AMD
We tested every Snapdragon X chip against the Intel Core Ultra, AMD Ryzen 8000, and Apple M3.
NotebookCheck writes that the first Asus laptops with Ryzen AI 300 chips, codename Strix Point, will launch July 17th at an event originally scheduled for July 8th. Best Buy has changed its ship dates to July 28th, from July 15th originally.
Two weeks till launch, four weeks till availability.
LG used double-stacked OLED technology for in-car screens even before it popped up in Apple’s new iPad Pros. Next up are laptops like Dell’s new XPS 13 AI PC.
Here’s what LG claims tandem OLED does for laptops:
It can deliver double the lifespan and triple the brightness of a conventional single-layer OLED display, while reducing power consumption by up to 40 percent...LG Display has been able to make it around 40 percent thinner and 28 percent lighter than existing OLED laptop screens
The first wave of Copilot Plus PCs has landed, and iFixit has already posted a Surface Pro and Surface Laptop teardown.
There’s no magic AI dust to fix the Recall mess, but they are notably repairable, with icons and QR codes to ease the process if that affects your buying decision. Expect more from us soon about how these match up with Microsoft’s promises.
Refurbished models start at $929 for the base 13-inch one. That’s cheaper than most retailers’ deals on new MacBook Airs, and Apple’s refurbished models tend to feel every bit as new as an unused one, as MacRumors noted.
Read our March review for Joanna Nelius’ thoughts on its key upgrades, two external display support (versus one in older Apple silicon Airs), and faster base storage.
There’s a secret smart home radio in your new Mac
Nearly all of Apple’s newest iPads, MacBooks, and iMacs have an unannounced Thread radio on board.
Here’s the full spec rundown for GPD’s folding Duo:
• AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
• Up to 64GB of LPDDR5X RAM
• Two M.2 ports supporting PCIe 4.0 drives
• 80 Wh battery
• 2,880 x 1,800 OLED displays (60Hz primary)
• 1 x USB4, 2 x USB-C, 2 x USB-A, 1 x HDMI, 1 x Ethernet, 1 x SD 4.0, and 1 x Oculink port
This is Lunar Lake — Intel’s utterly overhauled AI laptop chip
40-plus TOPS of AI performance is just the beginning.
GPD looks like it has created one of the most interesting dual-screen laptops we’ve seen to date. The secondary display sits on top or folds over the regular one to then close flat into a tablet. It looks impressive in the GIF below, but the key will be weight and balance. We’re expecting to hear more about the GPU Duo at Computex next week.
Hands-on with the Surface Laptop on Arm
A sleek Copilot Plus PC powered by Snapdragon X Elite and loaded with AI features.
Microsoft Surface event: the 6 biggest announcements
Microsoft took the wraps off a new era of AI PCs.
We saw the video editor’s new feature demoed at Microsoft’s Surface event in Richmond, where new Copilot Plus Surface Laptops and an updated Surface Pro with Qualcomm’s AI-ready chips have been announced.
The demo suggests the CPU and GPU won’t have to break much of a sweat, if any, when offloading tasks like these.