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Source: The Verge Two years ago, the last time Framework had an event in San Francisco, California, the highlight was the Framework Laptop 16 — a laptop promising the “holy grail” of upgradable graphics cards, and easily one of the most ambitious laptops ever made. But today, the Framework Laptop 16 got little mention at…
Source: The Verge Razer is adding a fresh gaming laptop to the pile of new models up for preorder today: the Blade 18. Like its smaller (but far from small) Blade 16 cousin, the new Razer Blade 18 will come with Nvidia’s RTX 50-series GPUs and Intel Arrow Lake CPUs. But one major way it…
Source: The Verge Framework, the modular repairable computer company, says budget laptops generally suck — and it plans to fix that this year. Today, it’s previewing a computer called the Framework Laptop 12 that’ll be its smallest laptop yet, its first with a touchscreen, its first with a 2-in-1 convertible hinge, and its first with…
Source: The Verge Apple is readying its MacBook Air line for an update to M4 chips in March, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in today’s Power On newsletter. With the slim laptops’ spec bump, the MacBook line’s M4 transition will be complete. Gurman didn’t provide timing beyond that the laptops are coming next month, but…
Source: The Verge Acer CEO and chairman Jason Chen says your laptop will cost an extra 10 percent in the United States next month — and that his rivals might attempt price gouging if they think you’ll pay even more. It sounds like the price hike may not affect desktops, as Chen told The Telegraph…
Source: The Verge The Dell XPS 13 was once the best thin-and-light Windows laptop you could get, with amazing build quality, good battery life, and decent port selection (and eventually, a serviceable webcam). But it peaked in 2020 and it’s been slipping since. It got OLED screen options that tanked the battery life. Then there…
Source: The Verge What could that mean? Well, the modular repairable gadget company did raise $18 million last April to expand beyond the laptop, but it’s not at all clear that’s what we’ll see, and a spokesperson wouldn’t comment when I asked. Instead, the company’s choosing to tease us with some pictograms! Look: So we’re…
Source: The Verge The (deep breath) Predator Helios Neo 16 AI and Predator Helios Neo 18 AI can be configured with up to Intel’s Core Ultra 9 275HX CPU and RTX 5070 Ti GPUs. They each feature a boatload of ports and will start at $1,899.99 for the 16-inch and $2,199.99 for the 18-inch. The…
Source: The Verge The goal, Patel says, is to continuously cycle through all of Framework’s actively supported laptops, updating each of them one at a time before looping back around and starting the process over again. Functionality-breaking problems and security fixes will take precedence, while additional features and user requests will be lower-priority. Read Full…
Source: Live Mint With the advent of the festive season, Amazon and Flipkart have kicked off their largest sales of the year, offering steep discounts on a variety of products. From smartphones and laptops to gadgets and home entertainment systems, there are plenty of irresistible deals. We’ve compiled a list of 10 standout deals recommended…
