The new Area-51 laptop feels like Alienware in a way that its most recent gaming PCs like its mammoth Area-51 desktop have not. The gaming laptop is extra: extra glowy, extra clicky, and all too over the top. The bottom panel sports a massive window where you can peer directly at the fan components. The […]
This Monstrosity Gives Your Laptop Three Massive Monitors, but You’ll Hate Looking at It
I’m sitting in a coffee shop in front of four monitors. One of those screens is just my laptop, a very normal thing to have a cuppa joe next to. The other three are the portable displays of the Aura Triple Aero 15.6-inch Pro Max, a monumental contraption of aluminum and matte glass that’s looming […]
All Gaming Laptops Should Copy the HP Omen Max 16’s All-Too Obvious Feature
We’re scraping the bottom of the barrel for innovations in gaming laptop design. Every big black rectangle can start to look the same, where shopping online for your next mobile gaming rig is like trying to meander through a hall of mirrors. The HP Omen Max 16 would be like every other laptop—even miss out […]
Now That Intel Is Cooked, Apple Doesn’t Need to Release New MacBooks Every Year
Covering tech news, you sometimes feel like the million-mile-per-hour footrace of Silicon Valley will inevitably result in a Wile E. Coyote-style calamity. There’s a part of me that craves a little more sincerity and willingness for self-reflection. When we actually receive it, the result is a little more cringe-worthy. Intel’s new boss, Lip-Bu Tan, reportedly […]
Acer’s New Triton 14 Lets You Draw Directly on the Touchpad
Many light gaming laptops also try to bill themselves as creative laptops as well. Few provide any features beyond a pretty screen that actually support artistic types. Acer’s 14-inch Predator Triton 14 AI has a glassy, haptic touchpad that also works with a stylus. This means the touchpad can act as a digital drawing pad […]
HP EliteBook X G1a Review: An AI Laptop That’s All Business
On the surface, the HP EliteBook X G1a ($2,199 testing, $1,999 starting) looks like any other business laptop. It’s got a safe, elegant design that screams “work laptop.” But dig a little deeper, and you’ll find the EliteBook X G1a, one of the most intriguing business laptops of the year to date. It’s one of […]