A shipping manifest leak points to Asus switching away from Intel to power a new NUC mini gaming PC using an AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 CPU.

What Intel is arguing for is more open source and standardized from the factory floor to repair shops and the home user. This would mean that anyone could find components and tools to repair or upgrade their laptop.

Since taking over the NUC line of mini PCs from Intel in 2023, Asus has continued to offer small desktops with Intel and AMD processor options. But so far the company has only used the NUC brand for models with Intel processors, while marketing AMD-powered systems as ExpertCenter systems.

Luke is checking out the new ASUS ROG Strix Scar III laptop - complete with the 8-core i9-9880H CPU. It's pretty sleek and portable considering the hardware inside, but is it worth the £2799 asking price?

Whether you’re into gaming, doing creative work, or just want a laptop that’ll handle everything you throw at it, here’s one that you should seriously consider. The Asus Vivobook 16X is down to $1,000 at B&H right now, a nice $300 off its usual price.

Intel’s proposed design integrates separate components for the new LPCAMM memory standard, plus the more common Wi-Fi and SSD upgrades that can be handled with M.2 cards. Intel says that these designs offer “seamless scaling” for laptops with screen sizes from 14 to 16 inches, with options for fanless, single-fan, and dual-fan cooling.

And PC makers are also introducing a bunch of new Chromebooks for the education market. Case in point: Asus has introduced several new budget Chromebooks with support for up to n Intel N250 “ Twin Lake ” processor, 16GB of RAM, and optional support for 4G LTE.

Both Asus Chromebook CR11 and Chromebook CR12 variants are available in CPU options of Intel N150 and Intel N250. They come with support for up to 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM, up to 128GB of eMMC onboard storage and Intel UHD graphics. They run on ChromeOS out of the box.

Intel proposed a modular laptop design for laptops and mini-PCs that focuses on the right-to-repair and sustainability.

It is so light!,” are the exact words that I thought of when I unboxed the new Asus ZenBook S 14 laptop. The product briefing for this laptop happened a couple of months back and I finally have it with me.

The FMV Note U beats the Asus Zenbook A14 by a significant margin, but I take issue with its brazen battery life claims.

ASUS's new Intel 800 and AMD 800 series motherboards and its new 'PCIe Slot Q-Release Slim' has already damaged NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5090.