PC & Laptops

Chromebooks’ domination of the school laptop space has been well-documented, and Acer looks to extend that advantage with its latest model, which it also hopes can make inroads with commercial users. The Acer Chromebook 11 C771 is noteworthy for being the first 11.6-inch Chromebook that makes use of Intel’s Skylake ...

HP’s revamped Pavilion all-in-one PC. It’s been a bit quiet on the PC front of late, but expect things to heat up soon with back-to-school shopping on the horizon. HP jumps the gun a little with the launch of a pair of refreshed Pavilion all-in-one (AIO) desktops today. While it’s ...

HP’s revamped Pavilion all-in-one PC. It’s been a bit quiet on the PC front of late, but expect things to heat up soon with back-to-school shopping on the horizon. HP jumps the gun a little with the launch of a pair of refreshed Pavilion all-in-one (AIO) desktops today. While it’s ...

AMD’s launch of its Ryzen family of desktop PC processors has been hailed as a success. What a difference a year makes when it comes to the fortunes of AMD, the only real rival to Intel in PC processors, but one that was increasingly falling behind the market leader, especially ...

Alienware Area-51 gaming PC Alienware is embracing AMD’s latest attempt to compete with Intel in the gaming PC market, announcing at the E3 expo that it will be the first manufacturer to sell a pre-built system using the new Ryzen ThreadRipper processor. Dell’s gaming arm will be refreshing its Area-51 ...

HP Omen X Compact Desktop With virtual reality set to explode, HP is making sure it’s positioned to reap the benefits from the need for hardware to power the VR revolution. Its latest announcements include a backpack PC that will finally be available to consumers, along with a new headset ...

New ARM processors for mobile devices tailored to AI and VR In separate events at Computex, Qualcomm and Microsoft made a compelling case for a new class of thin, fanless laptops with broadband wireless, significantly longer battery life, and the full Windows 10 experience. And, as expected, the companies announced ...

Dell Inspiron Gaming Desktop PC gamers should be thrilled about the renewed interest that’s being given to performance desktops, as AMD’s Ryzen processors have been matched by Intel’s new Core i9 and Core-X CPUs. While the high end is always claiming the most attention, most gaming isn’t done by those ...

It’s already been a big year for AMD. By the time it arrived in Taiwan, the chipmaker had already released its first Ryzen processors, announced the Epyc server line, unveiled its first Vega graphics card and teased a 16-core desktop chip dubbed Threadripper. Even with all these new products, AMD ...

In recent years Intel has used Computex to try to shake up the laptop market. The chipmaker announced the Ultrabook and later coined the term 2-in-1 here in Taiwan, and more recently it has been pushing concepts such as true wireless computing. Not all of these initiatives have worked but ...