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Microsoft starts selling 100 Smurface Laptops
By Zac Bowden published
Surface Microsoft has started selling a very limited batch of Surface Laptop 13-inch devices with laser-etched Smurfs on the lid. The company says there are only 100 available.

Gaming handheld companies should learn from AYANEO's budget line
By Rebecca Spear published
Handhelds AYANEO is a brand best known for creating Windows handheld gaming PCs. During today's Strategy Sharing Session, the company revealed several new devices including a new budget line of handhelds.

Out of all the PCs we've tested, these are our favorite AI laptops
By Cale Hunt last updated
Laptops We've been busy testing the latest and greatest AI hardware from all of the major brands. I've pulled the best-tested AI PCs to help you pick a winner, with some honorable mentions in tow.

AMD's Ryzen Z2 Extreme chip fails to impress in early benchmarks
By Cale Hunt published
Hardware AMD's Ryzen Z2 Extreme will soon be found in a range of new gaming handhelds, but an early range of tests shows that the newfound performance is hardly worth an upgrade over the Z1 Extreme.

Can I play Grounded 2 on Steam Deck, ROG Ally, and other gaming handhelds?
By Zachary Boddy published
Handhelds Grounded 2 has arrived in early access with a brand-new map, a new chapter of the story, and a whole lot of (literal) bugs. But how does it play on handhelds?

This Surface Laptop 7 deal undercuts the 5G version by more than $900
By Sean Endicott last updated
Surface Get the Surface Laptop 7 for $891.18 — a top-rated productivity laptop at less than half the price of the 5G version.

Dell's newest flagship laptops just launched, and they're on sale
By Rebecca Spear published
Deal Dell XPS is now called Dell Premium, and the latest iterations just launched with an impressive discount. These flagship laptops are perfect for school, too.

Review: I'm torn over this Dell laptop's sleek design
By Rebecca Spear published
Review The Dell 16 Premium is an absolutely gorgeous laptop with an Intel Core Ultra AI CPU and up to an NVIDIA RTX-50 Series GPU. It's pretty powerful but comes in a divisive design. Our review.

NVIDIA's leaked N1x SoC has the same number of CUDA cores as the RTX 5070
By Cale Hunt published
Laptops NVIDIA's N1 and N1x SoCs, built in collaboration with MediaTek, have not yet been officially announced. That hasn't stopped several info leaks, and the latest suggests some stellar GPU performance.
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