Acer’s online spec sheet for 2025 gaming laptops lists the unannounced Nvidia RTX 5050. There are eight RTX 5050 configs, from the mid-range Acer Nitro 18 AI down to an entry-level Nitro V 15. According to the specs, the entry-level card goes up to 100W in certain laptops and as low as 60W.
RTX 5060 laptops were recently announced, and rumors are pointing to 5050 laptops and desktops coming soon.
MSI is no stranger to putting wild designs on its laptops, but the Prestige 13 AI Plus Ukiyo-e Edition is classing things up with a an eight-layer lacquered print of Hokusai’s wave on its lid. The iconic Japanese artwork is applied by hand in eight steps, and the individually numbered laptops have piano gloss keys with golden legends to complete the sophisticated look. It’s $1,599 and limited to 1,000 units.
Dell is putting Qualcomm Cloud AI 100 chips into its high-end Pro Max Plus laptops, capable of up to 350 TOPS. That’s about nine times more TOPS than a consumer-grade Copilot Plus PC, reserved for professionals who need to run hefty AI models locally.
There’s no pricing, availability, or full configuration specs yet, but they’ll have Intel Arrow Lake CPUs, up to 256GB of RAM, and likely very lofty prices.
The MateBook Fold isn’t the first foldable laptop we’ve seen — Lenovo got there first, with plenty others since — but it might just be the thinnest, at only 7.3mm thick when unfolded. A 13-inch screen opens to 18 inches, and instead of running on Windows it’s all powered by Huawei’s own HarmonyOS 5. It’s China-only for now though, where it costs around $3,300.
HP is announcing new 14- and 16-inch OmniBook 5 laptops at Computex, starting at $799 and $849, respectively. They’re expected in June and July, with 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon X and X Plus chips, Windows on Arm, and 1920 x 1200 OLED displays.
Snapdragon X processors typically offer great battery life, and HP claims the OmniBooks last 34 hours. Though, that’s based on very controlled video rundown tests while offline.
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A great GPU and an excellent screen for the money, if you can deal with the fan noise.
After playing red light, green light with Blade 16 sales, Razer is finally selling all versions of its latest gaming laptop. Those who choose to study the Blade can pick from configurations with the RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 5080, or our $4,500 review spec with an RTX 5090 GPU.
Razer never responded to The Verge about the gap in availability, but we can all take one big guess for the reason.
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It’s a return to form for Razer, but only a modest upgrade from Nvidia.
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The modular laptop keeps getting better, for new and existing owners alike.
Acer announced four new gaming laptops for its entry-level Nitro line, each configurable with Nvidia RTX 5060 or 5070 Ti GPUs, but none of them have US pricing or availability. Likely due to tariff uncertainty, Acer’s press release says, “US availability and pricing to be announced closer to local availability.”
We don’t know when that will be, but for now Acer announced EU pricing (see image gallery).
9AM PT tomorrow, April 10th, and they’ll ship in June, just like the UK/EU/Canada ones that already went on preorder today during the Trump tariff flip-flop kerfuffle.
Asus launched a new entry-level gaming laptop called the V16 as well as a grab bag of new Vivobooks. Many of them are configurable with a last-gen RTX 4050 GPU and now available in the US.
The V16 starts at $949.99 for a 16-inch 144Hz display, Intel Arrow Lake chip, and older RTX 3050. Meanwhile, the Vivobooks come in various sizes and styles with AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm processor options.
Small improvements and a price reduction go a long way for the MacBook Air and Macs as a whole.
This is the new Dynabook Portégé Z40L-N, and it’s not quite what I’m asking for — while it does unusually have its own dedicated compartment, this 56Wh battery is more user-serviceable than swappable. Some other laptops offer that too. But what if you could carry a second battery with you, charge it outside of the laptop (maybe integrated USB-C), then toollessly swap at a moment’s notice?
Or are external batteries just better for that now?
The Lenovo ThinkBook Flip concept has another fun trick up it’s sleeve besides its foldable display. Its trackpad has hidden LED icons built into it, allowing you to summon three layers of controls and handy shortcuts.
My favorite was using it as a number pad and calling up the calculator app on the laptop’s giant 18.1-inch screen, but it has other (more useful) features too — including custom user-defined ones.
