The MacBook Neo kickstarted an 8GB RAM trend — and seeing new Windows 11 laptops from Dell, Acer, and Microsoft following its lead has me worried

What’s good for the Neo is also good for the XPS and Surface? Price-wise, that may be true — but what about future-proofing?

I customized a MacBook Neo with colorful spare parts
I customized a MacBook Neo with colorful spare parts

The MacBook Neo is Apple’s cheapest laptop, its most colorful, and its easiest to repair in years. That means owners can buy replacement parts in all four of its available colors and swap them in on their own. So that got us thinking: What if we bought a Neo just to see how funky we […]

8GB of RAM is back on laptops — companies are lowering memory offerings to make affordable notebooks during component crisis

At Computex, Dell and Acer both introduced systems starting with 8GB of RAM to compete with the MacBook Neo, following a rush to 16GB systems in the last two years to bolster local AI.

‘Transcends traditional boundaries of PC design’ — HP and Ferrari have teamed up for a $5,600 laptop, and I got to see it

I saw HP and Ferrari’s limited-edition laptop collaboration – and it’s so much more than a marketing gimmick.

Surface Laptop Ultra targets 110W TDP for RTX Spark Superchip — Microsoft reveals power budget of its high-end 15″ system in hands-on session

The RTX Spark Superchip still holds many mysteries, but we now have a better idea of its TDP. Microsoft revealed to Tom’s Hardware that the Surface Laptop Ultra with this SoC inside will target a 110W TDP, suggesting a the…

The best laptops of Computex 2026: top machines from Dell, MSI, Acer, and even Microsoft!

I’ve been checking out all the new laptops at Computex 2026 from Asus, Acer, Dell, MSI, and many, many more. Here are my picks for the best laptops.

A first look at Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra and Surface Dev Box
A first look at Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra and Surface Dev Box

Microsoft has two new Surface devices arriving later this year, both powered by Nvidia’s RTX Spark chips. I got a chance to take a closer look at both the Surface Laptop Ultra and Surface RTX Spark Dev Box at Microsoft’s Build conference this week, and while both have the same chip inside, they’re utilizing Nvidia’s […]

Land an RTX 5060-powered OLED gaming laptop for just $1,099 — HP’s Omen Transcend features an Intel Core Ultra 7 255H 16-core CPU, 3K resolution, and WiFi 7

A solid gaming laptop for just a smidgen over $1000. HP’s Omen Transcend 14 with RTX 5060 is one of the best deals in HP’s current flash sale.

‘I think it’s a good thing’: Intel seemingly ‘welcomes the competition’ from Nvidia RTX Spark CPU — but I doubt that’s the case behind closed doors

Intel is playing it cool about Nvidia’s new CPU, but I suspect that in reality it’s worried that this could be bad news for its laptop dominance.