PC & Laptops

Panasonic Toughbook 55 Panasonic’s Toughbook lineup of rough-and-ready laptops is highly regarded for workers requiring mobile computing under demanding conditions. ZDNet’s Sandra Vogel reviewed the semi-rugged Toughbook 55 at the end of 2019 and found that it “has a lot going for it.” It has even more going for it ...

Gaming laptops used to require a big wallet — along with a strong back to carry them around — but they no longer have to be budget-busting behemoths. Several manufacturers have created notebooks for gamers whose price limits are set in the hundreds of dollars rather than the thousands. However, ...

Intel NUC P14E Laptop Element Intel introduced the Compute Element concept in 2019 as a replacement for its Compute Card. The idea is a modular hardware unit that combines the processor with connectivity and other components to make it easy to swap out of a PC for an upgraded version. ...

Gaming laptops have come a long way from their origins, where the very idea of a portable gaming computer was belied by 10-pound behemoths whose battery life could be measured in minutes, not hours. In 2021, you can game just fine on a notebook that’s specced out with the right ...

As AMD continues to encroach on Intel’s previously dominant position inside gaming PCs, the Santa Clara company has responded with Intel Gamer Days, a week-long celebration of giveaways and deal to help cement brand loyalty. The timing is fortuitous as we’ve just unveiled our list of the best gaming laptops ...

Asus ProArt Studiobook 16 Having become a major player in the gaming laptop world and the Chromebook market, Asus is setting its sights on what’s being called the digital creatives space — graphic designers, animators, game developers and the like. They require performance power like gamers, but don’t necessarily desire ...

Intel “Beast Canyon” NUC 11 Extreme Kit Intel’s Next Unit of Computing (NUC) platform has been around long enough that it’s probably lost its “next” status, but that doesn’t stop the company from continuing to churn out new versions as its Core processors get refreshed. With each new iteration of ...

Asus Chromebook Flip CX5 Although Chromebooks were originally designed to be inexpensive laptops that were light on resources thanks to their reliance on Google’s Chrome OS, there is definitely a segment of the market that provides higher performance systems at a higher price tag, of course. There’s a question as ...

Lenovo ThinkStation P350 Tiny Though nowhere near as visible as its laptop offerings, Lenovo’s business PCs are still an important part of the company’s computer stable, harkening back to the early days of IBM’s systems, long before the Chinese manufacturer acquired those assets. So news like this week’s launch of ...

Gateway Ultra Slim laptops Dell and Gateway used to be the two giants of the home PC market, but while Dell has continued to maintain its status as a leading computer maker, the Gateway brand has faced a different fate. Acer purchased the company in 2007 and let it languish ...