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I got my hands on the redesigned successor to 2024's best gaming laptop for most people — I'm confident that I'm going to love it, but there is ONE downside

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Par : [email protected] (Zachary Boddy)
Lenovo redesigned its flagship Legion Pro 7i gaming laptop for 2025, and I have it in for review. Here are my first impressions after getting my hands on it.

Image of the Lenovo Legion Pro 7i (Gen 10) laptop.

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I would pay a LOT of money for this absolutely incredible AI laptop... But maybe not as much as it actually costs

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Par : [email protected] (Zachary Boddy)
The HP EliteBook Ultra 14 is one of the best laptops I've ever had the pleasure of reviewing, but it's ridiculously expensive, even among enterprise devices

The HP EliteBook Ultra 14 (G1i) being held up by a hand. A Windows Central Editor's Choice award is in the bottom right corner of the image.

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I don’t need 32GB of RAM, but 16GB isn’t enough anymore — 24GB is the new sweet spot, and Windows OEMs need to catch up

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Par : [email protected] (Zac Bowden)
My Surface Laptop 7 is less than a year old, and I'm already hitting the 16GB RAM ceiling. Yet, I can't justify an upgrade to 32GB RAM because I don't need it. I really need 24GB RAM, but that option is fleeting in the Windows laptop space.

Upgrading laptop RAM

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I had to cut open my ROG Ally to get this battery upgrade kit in place, but it made my handheld last up to 120% longer

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Par : [email protected] (Rebecca Spear)
I just upgraded my ROG Ally battery using a new kit from JSAUX. It's a pretty easy process that gives notable results. My review.

JSAUX ROG Ally Battery getting installed in ROG Ally. A Windows Central Recommended badge is on the bottom right corner.

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I can't pick a favorite — the award-winning Razer Blade 16 or its new big sibling — but you can preorder both now

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Par : [email protected] (Sean Endicott)
Razer just unveiled its new Blade 18 gaming laptop powered by up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX and up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090. The company also opened preorders for its award-winning Blade 16 that wowed us at CES 2025.

Razer Blade 18 (2025)

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5 reasons why I'm not buying an NVIDIA RTX 50-series GPU (and 3 ways it's worth it)

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Par : [email protected] (Cale Hunt)
NVIDIA's RTX 50-series GPUs are the latest, but that doesn't mean the greatest. I have 5 reasons to skip this generation, plus 3 reasons where they make sense.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition (front) compared to RTX 5090 Founders Edition (rear)

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"It's like a 5070 Ti with 8 missing ROPs" — Leaked RTX 5070 performance doesn't sit well with NVIDIA faithful

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Par : [email protected] (Cale Hunt)
Missing ROPs in NVIDIA's Blackwell GPUs and leaked RTX 5070 performance metrics aren't sitting well with NVIDIA faithful. Here's what you need to know.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition power connector and unlit logo

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NVIDIA's RTX 5070 Ti is another busted launch of bogus listings and a rhetorical MSRP for RTX 50 Series GPUs

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Par : [email protected] (Ben Wilson)
New GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPUs sold out in seconds and are again suffering a scalping issue with inflated prices above MSRP.

Nvidia RTX 5090 graphics card during the 2025 CES event in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025.

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The Surface you know and love (or hate) is dead — Microsoft's Windows hardware enters a new era

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Par : [email protected] (Zac Bowden)
We're in a new era of Microsoft's Surface hardware, one that's more mature and less willing to take risks. Gone are the experimental form factors and categories, with the focus now on prioritizing the status quo while pushing Windows forward in other ways.

Surface Laptop 7

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Humane closes up shop after $116M HP acquisition to bolster "an intelligent ecosystem" across its tech stack — 'Ai Pin' bites the dust, branded "The Worst Product"

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
HP is expected to acquire assets from Humane Inc., including the majority of the company's employees, software platform, and intellectual property, for $116 million.

The Humane AI Pin exhibited at the SK Telecom pavilion during the Mobile World Congress 2024 in Barcelona

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Trump's tariffs force Acer to raise laptop prices by 10% — Expect similar news from other PC makers in the coming weeks

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Par : [email protected] (Cale Hunt)
Acer CEO and Chairman, Jason Chen, announced a 10% price increase on its laptops sold in the US. This comes as an answer to US President Trump's 10% tariff on Chinese goods.

Backside of the Acer Swift 14 AI while it sits on the table and faces right.

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