Price hikes related to the memory shortage aren’t just coming for PC gamers; smartphones, laptops, and storage drives could soon get increases, too.
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A $700 laptop with a great screen and fantastic battery life? What’s the catch?
Antonio says the heat issue is fixed!
The old Ryzen 9 7940HS averaged 58 degrees Celsius and reached a piping hot 93C; the new AMD Ryzen 7 AI 350 CPU averaged an internal temperature of 50C and peaked at 64C.
Unfortunately, it seems the 2nd-gen Laptop 16 still needs work. More in his full review:
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Slapping an RTX 5070 onto your laptop is a big deal. It’s other parts of the Laptop 16 that falter.
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Turns out, only marginally more than a $3,000 one. But the MSI Titan 18 is a unique beast.
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A chip bump to an excellent laptop doesn’t make it less excellent.
Apple was prepared this time for its M5 chip launch in the new MacBook Pro and iPad Pro, as it promptly included the new devices in its polishing cloth compatibility list. We got a bit of a scare last month when it took a couple days for iPhone 17 compatibility.
Hyper first announced its HyperSpace Trackpad Pro back in January, and it’s now taking orders via crowdfunding. The haptic trackpad offers an Apple Magic Trackpad-like experience for Windows users, with native software customization. It now costs $149.99 ($20 more than its initial estimation) and deliveries are expected in March 2026 , though there are discounts for early backers.
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The Framework Desktop’s awesome $19 carry handle is just now going on sale, as is the Framework Laptop 12’s $59 stylus, and both systems are “wrapping up” preorders. You can find cheaper USI 2.0 stylii, but these aren’t just color-matched: you can remove and replace their batteries. Other Framework updates here.
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Lenovo’s 14- and 15-inch ThinkPad X9 Aura Edition laptops are getting a glacier white color treatment for IFA 2025. The X9 may be polarizing to hardcore ThinkPad fans because it lacks a TrackPoint, but I dig this clean look.
Now imagine if a ThinkPad came in, gasp, colors?
