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The best gaming laptops for 2025

Engadget

While gaming laptops used to be thought of as massive bricks that could never touch the power of desktops, the story is very different today. One of the biggest advantages of a laptop is its flexibility. Weve tested a number of the latest gaming laptops to see which are worth your money. No surprise there.

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AI is coming for the laptop class

Recode by Vox

Enjoy the laptop lifestyle while it lasts, folks. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images My entire job takes place on my laptop. I write stories like this in Google Docs on my laptop. I coordinate with my editor in Slack on my laptop. I reach out to sources with Gmail and then interview them over Zoom, on my laptop.

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ASUS Zenbook A14 review: A lightweight in every sense

Engadget

It's a 14-inch laptop that weighs just 2.2 Now to be clear, the Zenbook A14 is a serviceable laptop for light productivity work. So while the Zenbook A14 may seem like a MacBook Air killer at first glance, it's more of a reminder of how well Apple has balanced that laptop. But I suppose that just makes it a true lightweight.

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Laptop RTX 5080 comes within 15% of RTX 5090 performance in benchmarks

TechSpot

Although some laptops featuring the 5080 are up to $1,000 cheaper than 5090-equipped notebooks, the former is often less than 10 percent slower. Notebookcheck recently tested a mobile Nvidia RTX 5090 and 5080 paired with the same CPU, providing a nearly like-for-like comparison. Read Entire Article

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The MacBook Air is once again the benchmark by which other laptops will be measured

The Verge

It’s Apple’s first-generation processor, designed to replace the chips in Apple’s weakest, cheapest laptops and desktops. Imagine what Apple’s laptops might do if the company can replicate that success on its high-end laptops and desktops or after a few more years of maturation for the M-series lineup.

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AMD Fire Range laptop CPUs spotted in Asus gaming system benchmark

TechSpot

An Asus ROG laptop with an unnamed AMD engineering sample processor was recently discovered on Geekbench. An established leaker believes it might be one of the earliest sightings of a CPU from the company's upcoming Fire Range lineup. Read Entire Article

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The first Nvidia RTX 5090 laptop benchmarks have emerged

TechSpot

Notebookcheck, ComputerBase, Hardwareluxx, PCMag, and other outlets recently received one of the first gaming laptops to feature Nvidia's RTX 5090. Similar to results from the desktop sector, most early benchmarks demonstrate minor performance uplifts compared to the 4090. Read Entire Article