➀ Acer CEO Jason Chen announced a 10% price increase for laptops in the U.S. starting from March 2025, attributing it to incoming tariffs from the Trump administration.
➁ The price hike is expected to affect the assembly of laptops that left China after February 2025.
➂ The move could set U.S. customers back by $143 billion, according to the Consumer Technology Association.
➀ Preliminary benchmarks at PassMark show Intel's new Arrow Lake-based Core Ultra 9 275HX is 7% ahead of AMD's Ryzen 9 7945HX3D processor in CPU Mark.
➁ Despite a 400 MHz clock deficit, the 275HX is 34% faster than the i9-14900HX from last generation.
➂ The 275HX achieves a solid 9% lead in single-threaded performance over the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D.
➀ Intel's Arrow Lake 140T iGPU maintains an edge over AMD's 880M in gaming performance, despite being based on older architecture.
➁ AMD still has the upper hand in gaming drivers and software.
➂ Battery life and CPU performance are also examined, with Intel's laptop offering longer runtime.
➀ Lenovo has unveiled a new hybrid 2D/3D curved monitor and nine new laptops for MWC 2025;
➁ The hybrid monitor is a 34-inch version of the ThinkVision 27 3D, with a focus on professionals and gamers;
➂ New laptop models include the IdeaPad Slim 3x, ThinkPad T14s 2-in-1, and various ThinkBook and ThinkPad iterations.
➀ Asus US web store and Best Buy US have announced the pricing for their Blackwell laptops, starting from $1,899;
➁ The ROG Strix Scar 16 with an RTX 5080 GPU and an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX CPU is priced at $3,199.99;
➂ The ROG Strix Scar 18 with an RTX 5090 GPU and the same processor is priced at $4,299.99.
➀ The Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (2024) OLED gaming laptop with RTX 4060 is now $500 off, priced at $1,099.99 at Best Buy.
➁ It features a 120 Hz OLED screen, Ryzen 9 8945HS, 16 GB of LPDDR5X RAM, and 1 TB NVMe Gen 4 SSD.
➂ The laptop is recommended for its vivid OLED display, decent speakers, and good port selection, although it lacks RGB lighting and upgradable RAM.
