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There’s been a great deal of noise made about Ai PCs recently, but not all of it has been good. 

COMPANY NEWS: MSI's End of Financial Year laptop sale is into its last week.

Acer’s Swift Go 14 seeks to be an all-rounder laptop for casual users and workers who need portability plus punchy power. To what extent does this updated 2024 model succeed?

Consumer electronics firm Framework will expand its operations to three more countries in June, offering its customisable laptops in Finland, Sweden and Denmark.

GUEST REVIEW: Venom is a Melbourne-based laptop manufacturer that sells to the world. Its laptops (and even its company policies) have attracted a loyal following since being established in 2008 and the company’s latest model, the Venom BlackBook Zero 14 Phantom, seeks to be the choice of businesses, MSPs and consumers seeking a high-quality, reliable laptop that suits mission-critical, high-productivity computing tasks.

New Dell AI PCs powered by Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus bring exceptional performance, groundbreaking battery life and AI experiences

COMPANY NEWS: New Dell AI PCs powered by Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus bring exceptional performance, groundbreaking battery life and AI experiences.

Dell’s Latitude range is for its bona fide business laptops but the 9450 2-in-1 is a souped-up version for particular pack of power users, being a 2-in-1 convertible tablet with a high-concept keyboard and trackpad.

Gigabyte has a history of making impressive gaming laptops at all price points, but this, 16-inch, G6 KF variant aims to keep the price as low as possible by laser-focusing on the most important components at the expense of luxury.

After the first personal computers were built in the last quarter of the last century, it was the commoditisation of the industry that enabled Bill Gates and his Microsoft Windows operating system — terrible as it was — to get ahead. PCs built by the bigger American companies were just too expensive for the rest of the world, but the fact that one could put together a box by buying grey-market parts led to the spread of Windows.

The global market for traditional PCs has returned to growth after two years of decline, the technology analyst firm IDC says, pointing out that 59.1 million shipments had been made in the first three months of 2024, or 1.5% growth year-on-year.

Over at High Performance Laptops, Nick Ross has just posted a full, Australian review of the 2024 Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 – one of the first laptops on the local market with a new, Intel, 14^th-Gen processor. Here’s the reduced, rapid review:

BLACK FRIDAY DEALS: With discounts of more-than 60%, it's the best time of year to buy a laptop. Nick from High Performance Laptops has collated the best deals and will be adding to this as more appear...

BLACK FRIDAY DEALS: With discounts of more-than 60%, it's the best time of year to buy a laptop. Nick from High Performance Laptops has collated the best deals and will be adding to this as more appear...

GUEST INTERVIEW: iTWire talks to Stacy Wolff, Global Head of Design and Sustainability, Personal Systems at HP. We discuss industry trends, A.I. and where the industry is going.

BLACK FRIDAY DEALS: There are already some ridiculous laptop deals available ahead of the Black Friday sales and Nick from High Performance Laptops has been collating them. 

We curate several monthly, best laptop lists over at High Performance Laptops. Here's a summary of the updated October rankings for the top gaming, ultraportable, business and overall best laptops in Australia in October, 2023.

Nick Ross has put the new Acer TravelMate B5 14 through its paces over at High Performance Laptops. Here is a summary of the main points.