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Microsoft's latest Surface is a beautiful flagship device for NVIDIA’s RTX Spark.
The M6 MacBook Pro is more of the same, but that's still pretty great.
Most buyers would be better off with a Mac mini and a bigger external display.
Apple's touchscreen laptop is a notable evolution of the MacBook Pro at a much higher price.
Googlebook OS still needs a ton of work.
Despite Lenovo providing excellent hardware for Google’s new laptop platform, Googlebook OS will only impress Android die-hards.
NVIDIA's RTX Spark platform is off to a good start, but the ProArt P16 is really only meant for AI fanatics.
Framework’s Laptop 12 was conceived as a Chromebook killer, but now it has a flagship chip inside. Does it work as a grown-up machine?
8GB of RAM for a Windows 11 laptop just isn’t enough anymore.
At $899, the new Mac mini loses the fun factor of the previous models.
At $11,299, the M5 Ultra's extra performance over the M5 Max model is only worth it for select buyers.
The ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 combines classic style with an incredibly light 2.2-pound case.
The Omnibook X isn't flashy, but it still excels in almost every way.
There’s a lot to like about the XPS 13, but most people should shell out for 16GB of RAM.
There’s a lot to like about the Yoga Slim 7i, but the current price is a bit too steep.
The Framework 13 Pro is a class-leading Windows laptop that, right now, is just a little too pricey.
While its display could be nicer, Alienware’s first budget gaming laptop feels like a welcome reprieve when practically all tech is more expensive.
While fully loaded models are quite pricey, the HP OmniBook Ultra is hard to beat for those in the market for a premium Windows ultraportable.
The ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo is a gamer’s dream machine, but its price is a nightmare.
The EliteBoard sure will make some IT managers out there happy, though.
IFA hasn't really been heavy on the computers from the bigger names, but Fujitsu Siemens thought it'd take a crack with its AMILO Xi 2428 and 2528 laptops. The two are certainly decent in the looks department, if nothing stellar, and shouldn't turn many heads for good or bad reasons in a crowded room of consumer laptops. We found the new SCALEOVIEW Q22W-1 display to be a bit distractingly shiny, but it does seem to match up nicely with Vista.%Gallery-6755%
Just in case you haven't seen enough of Dell's, um, eye-catching XPS M1730 gaming laptop, the folks at LaptopSpirit have kindly let loose a slew of new pics of it in the wild, with the laptop's various color options on full display. In addition to the stylish red option above, you'll also be able to get the laptop in your choice of Sapphire Blue, Bone White or Smoke Grey, each of which should attract varying degrees of askance glances from passers-by. Thankfully, the laptop's innards are a good deal more attractive than its exterior, including your choice of top-end Core 2 Duo processors, NVIDIA GeForce Go 8700M GT graphics, up to 4GB of RAM, and an optional Blu-ray drive among other desirable options. Those still undecided about a purchase can get a better look at the laptop by hitting up the read link below.[Thanks, Matthias]
That's right Walt, kick 'em while they're down. The godfather of tech-soul has given Dell's new Vostro lineup of PCs and services for small (25 employees and less) businesses a thorough drubbing this morning. How bad was it? Well, he found the entire Vostro initiative to be, "nothing special, nothing particularly tailored for small business at all." While the lack of craplets (pre-loaded trial software) was a nicety, the fact that they ship the XP units without any "security software" but with the notoriously insecure IE6 browser (not 7 or even Firefox) was simply inexcusable for machines sold to businesses without IT departments. He even dubs the affordable yet "bulky, plain" Vostro 1500 a "branding-and-marketing ploy." Ouch. See the man throw down the criticism after the break.
Apple's new Mac mini may not have gotten quite the overhaul that the iMac got last week, but PC World thinks there's still quite a bit to get excited about, largely due to the system's new Core 2 Duo processor. In its tests, PC World found that to give the mini a significant boost across the board including, for example, a 24-percent jump in Photoshop performance over the old 1.83GHz Mac mini (the new 1.83GHz Core 2 Duo mini showed a 19-percent increase). In other tests, the new top-end Mac mini managed to pump out 13-percent more frames per second in Unreal Tournament 2004 than the old top-end model, and it proved to be about even with the new 2GHz Core 2 Duo iMac in tests like Compressor and Cinema 4D, although the mini's slower 5,400 rpm hard drive caused it to drag in tasks like importing files into iPhoto. If you're itching for even more benchmarks, you can get your fix at the link below.
Now that you've had time to watch us fool around with Apple's latest iMac and even chew on a few benchmarks, it's about time the aluminum-clad machine suffered through its own gauntlet of reviews. Overall, the response to the new 2.4GHz 24-inch iMac has been mildly positive, and while it was noted that the update is far from revolutionary, the aesthetics are undeniably sexy. Interestingly, the glossy display didn't prove to be the disaster that some folks expected, and MacWorld even stated that it was "really more of a personal preference than a design flaw." Performance wise, the hardware updates provided respectable -- albeit not life-changing -- increases, and yes, the keyboard was well regarded whilst the white Mighty Mouse now seems so "out of place." So if you've been lured into thinking that the iMac may be right as your next machine, it doesn't sound like you'll be disappointed, but do yourself the favor of peeping one up close before pulling the trigger.Read - MacWorld (4.5 out of 5)Read - AppleInsider (3.5 out of 5)Read - PCWorld ("Svelte and appealing, but wait for Leopard to come bundled in")Read - CNET (8.