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ASUS Zenbook A16 goes up in price hours after launch
Laptops Just hours after our 5-star review dropped, ASUS and Best Buy hiked the price of the Zenbook A16.
Dell is erasing its "Premium" brand by renaming laptops as "XPS"
Laptops Dell is quietly turning its "Premium" laptops back into XPS machines to fix a naming mess, and you can save nearly $900 on the hardware formerly known as the Dell 14 Premium.
HP’s Snapdragon X2 Elite model might be the turning point for Windows laptops
Laptops HP's OmniBook Ultra 14 (G2) is thinner, lighter, and way faster than its predecessor.
Your next PC might be 60% more expensive as shipments decline
Laptops AI demand is driving RAM and storage prices up 60%, with US PC shipments forecast to fall 13% in 2026.
A teardown of the Framework Laptop and Apple’s MacBook Neo shows how far repairable design has come
Hardware One is made to reduce e-waste and cost. The other is made to trap users in an ecosystem as early as possible. Can you guess which is which?
Alienware’s 2026 lineup arrives with more power, more lights, and zero subtlety
PC gaming Can't forget the new anti-glare OLED displays and NVIDIA RTX GPU options.
Don't buy a Surface right now — The refreshes are too close
Surface Microsoft’s current Surface lineup is caught between aging 2024 internals and the disruptive $599 MacBook Neo. If you want the best value, you have to wait for the Spring refresh.
Razer chooses Intel's Panther Lake CPUs for its new Blade 16
Laptops Razer's new Blade 16 for 2026 is already available to buy, just as long as you want an RTX 5080.
