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The Galaxy Book 4 Edge features Samsung’s own Galaxy AI and Microsoft’s Copilot smarts for double the fun. Galaxy AI learns from your usage patterns over time, boosting productivity and creating personal AI experiences. Link to Windows lets you experience Galaxy AI features on a larger screen, making it easier to work across devices. Plus, the Copilot+ PC adds extra Windows features, from searching for documents with Recall to running video calls with Live Translate.

When it comes to performance, the Galaxy Book 4 Edge is a beast. Powered by the Snapdragon X Elite processor with its 12-core Qualcomm Oryon CPU and Adreno GPU, this laptop can handle just about everything. There’s a dedicated Copilot key for you to activate AI capabilities with a single keystroke. Meanwhile, all-day battery life and super-fast charging ensure you stay productive on the go. With video playback time of up to 22 hours, you can binge-watch your favourite series without reaching for the charger.

Samsung’s Galaxy Book 4 Edge is also a creator’s dream. With Microsoft’s Paint Cocreator, you can turn sketches and text into fine art. The anti-reflective AMOLED display ensures that your visuals are stunning, whether you’re indoors or out. The touchscreen and adaptive 120Hz refresh rate provide a seamless and immersive experience. Auto Super Resolution upscales game graphics in real-time, ensuring you never compromise on visual quality.

Security is top-notch with Samsung Knox and Microsoft’s Secured-core PC integration. This multi-layer security platform safeguards your data with secure hardware, real-time threat detection, and collaborative protection. On-device AI keeps your data local, enhancing privacy while maintaining functionality. Device Privacy Settings give you control over your device and AI safeguards, ensuring you can trust your PC with sensitive information.

The Galaxy Book4 Edge is available to pre-order directly from Samsung and third-party retailers. The 14-inch model starts at $1349/£1399, while the 16-inch models start at $1449/£1499.

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The Yoga Slim 7x wants to be the go-to machine for creators on the move. Thanks to the Snapdragon X Elite processor, this laptop contains a Qualcomm Hexagon NPU that pumps out a staggering 45 TOPS. That’s a lot of horsepower for these new AI features. The onboard AI can handle everything from text-to-image creation to advanced photo and video editing. The battery can keep going for days with its 70Wh capacity. This machine is all about portability without compromising on power, weighing in at just 1.28kg and 12.9mm thin.

Lenovo’s Yoga Slim 7x sports a dazzling 14.5-inch 3K 90Hz OLED touch panel that hits a peak brightness of 1000 nits. With support for both 100% sRGB and P3 colour gamuts, this display promises vibrant, true-to-life colours. Plus, it’s TÜV Rheinland certified for low blue light, so you can work longer without straining your eyes. The audio experience is equally impressive with Lenovo Premium Suite’s four-speaker system delivering crisp, clear sound.

Now, shifting gears to the ThinkPad T14s Gen 6, Lenovo’s new powerhouse for business users. This model also packs the Snapdragon X Elite processor with its 12-core Qualcomm Oryon CPU and Adreno GPU. The integrated NPU brings high-level AI capabilities right to your fingertips. It enhances productivity with features like Recall for easy document retrieval and Copilot+ for AI-assisted tasks.

The ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 is designed with professionals in mind. It features a 14-inch display available in various configurations, including a WUXGA IPS panel and a stunning 2.8K OLED option. The communication bar houses an FHD+IR MIPI camera with a physical shutter for added privacy. Connectivity options are robust with Wi-Fi 7 and optional 5G capabilities. The 58Wh battery promises multi-day usage, making it perfect for long business trips.

Fancy a new AI machine for your creative needs? The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x will be available from June with a starting price of $1199. The Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 will also be available from June, with a starting price of $1699. Both models will be up for pre-order soon directly from Lenovo.

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AI is being used by many of these PC makers as a marketing term but there’s more than an element of truth to their AI capabilities.

As with other Copilot+ models, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite chips are at the heart of the range, with ARM-based processing similar to Apple’s M Series chips and the chips inside your smartphone.

These include massively improved AI capabilities in terms of the neural processing – capable of up to 45 trillion operations per second (TOPS).

Both laptops have up to 26 hours of battery life (up to 22 hours of streaming) and are mega speedy – HP says that large files open twice as fast.

The HP EliteBook Ultra is also available in a blue finish with a smudge-resistant Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) coating.

One side effect of HP’s new line-up is that it has simplified things for end-users in terms of what they should be buying. Of course it’s still complicated, but now consumers can choose from three different strands – OmniBook for laptops, OmniStudio for all-in-ones and OmniDesk for – you guessed it – desktops. And they have numbers, 3, 5 and 7 depending how premium they are. The top models have X and U suffixes – hence the X suffix on the HP OmniBook X AI PC.

The HP OmniBook X AI PC is available for pre-order for a starting price of $1,199.99/£1,199 with 1TB of storage. The HP EliteBook Ultra AI PC is available for pre-order for a starting price of $1,699.99/£1,200. Both will begin shipping on 18 June.

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At the core of the Swift 14 AI is the new Snapdragon X Series platform. It’s Qualcomm’s Arm-based processor that wants to rival Apple’s silicon performance on Macs. This chipset comes with an NPU that dishes out an impressive 45 TOPS. That means this laptop is geared for some serious AI muscle – handling everything from mundane tasks to complex workloads with ease.

The Swift 14 AI’s design doesn’t just talk the talk. It walks the walk with a sleek aluminium chassis that screams modern elegance. Weighing in at 1.36kg and 15.9mm thin, it’s built for both style and substance – you won’t break a sweat carrying it around all day. And speaking of all day, the battery life promises to keep you powered for a full day without hunting for an outlet. Connectivity? It’s sorted. The Swift 14 AI comes packed with ports from USB-C to USB 3.2. Plus, you get the latest Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4.

On the visual front, Acer’s new baby sports a 14.5-inch WQXGA IPS display with a 120Hz refresh rate. Add in a 1440p QHD IR webcam with a triple microphone array, and your video calls are set to be crystal clear. TÜV Rheinland Eyesafe Certification ensures your peepers are protected during those long screen sessions.

The Swift 14 AI doesn’t just look good, it’s got the smarts to back it up. You get features like Recall for easy document and app retrieval, Live Captions for real-time translations, and Cocreator for AI-generated content. Windows Studio Effects take your video calls to the next level with improved lighting and noise cancellation. Plus, Auto Super Resolution ensures your gaming visuals are always top-notch. The Swift 14 AI supports Windows Hello for quick and secure logins using facial recognition, and the AcerSense app offers a suite of AI features and device management tools.

Fancy this new lightweight, MacBook-rivalling AI laptop? The Acer Swift 14 AI will set you back $1099/£1199/€1499, and will be available from July. You can pre-order it directly from Acer or from Currys in the UKta.

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Less than 15mm thick and weighing just 1.42kg, the Vivobook S 15 sounds impressively portable for a 15.6in laptop. It should be rather potent, too, with a Snapdragon X Elite system-on-chip running the show. It’s made up of a multi-core Oryon CPU, Adreno graphics, and Hegagon neural processor good for 45 TOPS (Tera Operations per Second), which Qualcomm reckons could give a MacBook Air M3 a run for its money. Early benchmarks certainly show that to be the case, too.

AI workloads include Asus’ bespoke StoryCube app, which uses artificial intelligence to sort your digital camera’s RAW files. Expect Live Caption real-time subtitles for video calls, and a presence-detecting webcam that can dim the screen when you look away, or lock the laptop automatically when you walk away for a minute – then unlock it again once you’re back.

Asus has several models planned, with up to 1TB of SSD storage and as much as 32GB of RAM. Battery life is pegged at 18 hours, or more than enough to get through a working day without bringing the power adaptor along with you.

There’s been no skimping on connectivity, with two USB4 ports, two USB 3.2 Type-As, a full-size HDMI 2.1 out, 3.5mm combo port and a microSD card slot. Naturally there’s Wi-Fi 7 on-board, too.

The screen will surely be the star, with a 3K resolution and 120Hz refresh rate. Asus’ OLED panels are some of the best around in the laptop world, so I’m expecting wonderfully vibrant colours and ample brightness to boot. Audio comes courtesy of a Dolby Atmos-approved, Harmon Kardon-tuned speaker setup.

The Asus Vivobook S 15 is set to go on sale from June 18th onwards. There’s no official word on pricing just yet.

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Surface Laptop: Qualcommmendable AI power

Microsoft revealed the new Surface Laptop. It’s an Arm-based beauty ready to take on the big boys like Apple’s MacBook. The Surface Laptop ditches Intel for Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite or Plus chip, making it a formidable laptop contender. It comes with a minimum of 16GB of RAM and 256GB storage, with options to ramp up to 1TB storage and 32GB of RAM. You also get a Qualcomm Adreno GPU, and the choice of four colours: black, platinum, dune, and sapphire.

The display is nothing to scoff at either, with a 2304×1536 resolution on the 13.8-inch model and 2496×1664 on the 15-inch. Both sport 120Hz variable refresh rates and Dolby Vision IQ support. Ports? You get two USB-C ports, one USB-A 3.1, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Fast-charging is in, with a 65-watt power supply for the 15-inch and a 39-watt charger for the 13.8-inch.

Microsoft promises this laptop is “80% faster than the previous generation” and offers “up to 22 hours of local video playback”. Plus, it can support three 4K monitors simultaneously – take that, M3 MacBook Air. It’s also equipped with AI features thanks to a neural processing unit, making it part of the new “Copilot+ PCs” category (more on that later).

Starting at $1000 for the 13.8-inch model and $1200 for the 15-inch, this machine is available for pre-order today and ships on 18 June.

Surface Pro: a hybrid you won’t want to break up with

Next up, the Surface Pro has been revamped. This hybrid device ditches the model numbers for a fresh start. Powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X processors, it’s touted as being up to 90% faster than its predecessor. You can opt for 5G, better battery life with up to 14 hours of video playback, and an optional OLED screen.

The Surface Pro features Wi-Fi 7 support and the new Surface Pro Flex Keyboard, which costs $450 and includes a Slim Pen. This keyboard can be used attached or detached. It offers bold keys and a 14% larger touchpad for better accessibility. The Pro itself is under 900g, with improved cameras – an ultrawide, quad HD front camera for AI features, and a 10MP rear sensor.

The base model at $999 gets you an LCD display, an X Plus processor, 16GB of RAM, and 256GB of storage. For the X Elite and OLED screen, you’re looking at $1,500, and the top-tier version with 32GB of RAM, 1TB of storage, and the platinum finish will set you back $2,100. You can pre-order them directly from Microsoft.

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Copilot+ PCs: Surface isn’t your only AI option

Microsoft is going all-in on AI with its new “Copilot+ PCs”. These machines are set to have built-in AI hardware and support AI features across Windows 11. This new branding will be seen across devices from Dell, Lenovo, Samsung, HP, Acer, Asus, and Microsoft’s own Surface line.

These PCs will include a neural processor for advanced AI tasks. They’ll run over 40 AI models as part of Windows 11 and include support for OpenAI’s GPT-4o model. Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft’s Windows exec, claims these laptops will be “58% faster” than the M3 MacBook Air and offer all-day battery life. Copilot+ PCs will need to meet certain specs: at least 16GB of RAM, 256GB of SSD storage, and an integrated neural processor. Arm-based models with Qualcomm chips are said to offer up to 15 hours of web browsing.

These machines will run AI models locally, meaning you can skip connecting to the cloud. Microsoft’s new standout Copilot feature, Recall, acts like a photographic memory. It lets users intuitively find files and emails based on relationships and associations unique to them. AI-powered image creation and editing come to apps like Paint and Photos, allowing real-time generation and iteration of images. Restyle Image reimagines photos with new styles, combining image generation and editing.

Partnerships with major apps bring new AI experiences: Adobe, DaVinci Resolve Studio’s Magic Mask, CapCut’s Auto Cutout, Cephable, LiquidText, and djay Pro. Live Captions now includes real-time translations from over 40 languages, and enhanced Windows Studio Effects improve video and audio quality. Each Copilot+ PC also features easy access to AI via the new Copilot key.

The first Copilot Plus PCs will be available on 18 June with Qualcomm processors. Intel and AMD models will follow later.

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With Microsoft Copilot+ on board, Dell has debuted five new laptops powered by the ARM-based chip – XPS 13, Inspiron 14 Plus, Inspiron 14, Latitude 7455 and Latitude 5455.

The XPS 13 leads the way – as it tends to – in the range, promising a mega 27 hours of battery life thanks to its Snapdragon X Elite chip. The chip combines Qualcomm’s brand new Oryon processor, graphics and neural engine for AI. Where it’s going to find maximum use is with Microsoft’s Copilot+ tech as Microsoft takes the fight to Apple for processing and AI supremacy. Copilot+ is effectively a specification for AI PCs, much like Intel did with its Ultrabook specification in the mid-OOs.

Both Inspiron 14 Plus (available in ice blue) and Inspiron 14 (available in titan grey) have the Snapdragon X Plus inside instead, offering 15 hours of battery life. Then there’s Dell’s Latitude lineup as well offering up to 21 hours of battery from the 12 core Snapdragon X Elite and 10 core X Plus.

As CCS Insight’s Geoff Blaber says: “The Copilot+ specification established by Microsoft means all the initial hardware being launched is based on Snapdragon X Series chipsets. This is a huge coup for Qualcomm, an endorsement of the power and performance it has delivered with Snapdragon X Series and gives it a huge opportunity to finally break into an Intel and AMD dominated PC market”.

The challenge for companies like Dell will be to ensure that it can communicate to customers the differences between the Copilot+ PCs and those with traditional AMD and Intel chips.

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The new iPad Pro is the thinnest device Apple has ever made, at just 5.1mm and 5.3mm (depending on the size). It’s even thinner than the iPod Nano! You can pick between an 11-inch model and a new, larger 13-inch model. Round front, there’s a new OLED display that can crank up to 1000 nits of brightness. It can hit 1600 nits of peak brightness for HDR. In fact, it uses a new type of OLED called Tandem OLED to get even brighter. It’s called the Ultra Retina XDR. There’s also nano-textured glass for a matte finish – it’ll be less prone to reflections.

Inside, Apple is jumping straight to the M4 chipset, skipping out the M3 processor altogether. It’s built on the 3nm process, so will be super efficient. There’s a new CPU and GPU, coming a step forward from M3. The CPU has four performance cores, and 6 efficiency cores. It’s up to 50% faster than the M2 processor from the last iPad Pro, and the GPU can render 4x faster.

It’s got Apple’s most powerful neural processor inside – gearing the device up for AI processing. Apple claims its faster than any neural processor in any AI PC to date. Copper on the Apple logo is a subtle way of cooling things down, making things even faster. There’s now just one camera on the back, which is 12MP. The adaptive flash has a new feature that uses AI to help scan in documents. Plus, the 12MP front-facing camera is also on the side, like iPad (10th Gen), and now supports Face ID.

But software is just as important, and Apple has cooked some new things up here in iPadOS. Final Cut Pro 2 and Logic Pro 2 are getting big upgrades. Live Multicam lets you connect and preview up to four cameras at once in the app. You’ll need the new Final Cut Camera app on your other iPhone or iPad devices, but they include pro control options. You can also now edit from external devices.

The new Session Players feature in Logic Pro 2 has been built on AI to give you extra instrument options. If you don’t have the original stem, the app will now extract the voice, bass, drums, and other instruments to give you a starting point to remix. All this is before the reveal of the next major update (iPadOS 18) at WWDC 2024 in June.

Apple’s last iPad Pro model debuted in October 2022. That update included the M2 chipset and the Apple Pencil hover feature as new. But the design otherwise remained unchanged from the M1 iPad Pro. The iPad Pro previously offered a Liquid Retina XDR display in the 12.9-inch model, bringing a 120Hz refresh rate and mini-LED backlighting.

You can bag the new iPad Pro in silver or space black. There’s a new magic keyboard with a function row available as an accessory. It, too, is thinner and lighter, like the new iPad Pro. The trackpad is more similar to that of a MacBook, and it starts at $299. The 11-inch model starts at $999/£999, while the 13-inch option starts at $1299/£1299. It’ll be available to order today, and will ship out next week.

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Things are getting bigger with this redesign. You can now pick between an 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Air model, both with Liquid Retina displays. The larger display gives you 30% more screen real estate to play with. Inside, it’s powered by the M2 processor from some of the latest MacBooks. It promises top-tier performance and is ready for AI. Expect it to be 50% faster than the previous generation, and up to 3x faster than the A14 Bionic model. This upgraded chip also supports the Apple Pencil hover feature. Plus, it supports Wi-Fi 6E and 5G, for the latest connectivity.

You’ll also find the 12MP front-facing camera on the side now, just like iPad (10th-gen). This can be an issue if you hold the iPad in portrait, but obviously, the huge majority of us would do a video call with the iPad in landscape. It also packs Apple’s Centre Stage, so you’re kept in the frame as you move around.

One of our favourite Apple slates, the 5th-gen iPad Air was launched back in March 2022, packing the M1 chipset and 5G connectivity. Design-wise, it looked pretty similar to the previous model from 2020. But the M1 chipset was a surprise inclusion, and made this one of the most desirable iPad options in Apple’s line-up.

It’s available in a bunch of new colours: blue, purple, starlight, and space grey. Both models start at 128GB, but you can spec them up to 1TB. It still starts at $599/£599, while the 13-inch option starts at $799/£799. You can pre-order from today, and they’ll be available next week.

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The big hitter here is the availability of the OnePlus Pad Go in Europe. It’s a more wallet-friendly model of the brand’s signature Pad tablet. Retaining the core aesthetics and software of its pricier sibling, this device sports an 11.35-inch 2408 x 1720 LCD screen with a nippy 90 Hz refresh rate, a step-down from 144 Hz. It runs on Android 13 decked out with OxygenOS 13.2 and gets its kicks from a MediaTek Helio G99 chipset, 8 GB of RAM, and offers up to 256 GB of storage. An 8,000 mAh battery ensures longevity and zippy 33 W fast charging, all wrapped in a snazzy Twin Mint colour option that features a fresh two-tone look.

Europe’s also getting an exclusive new version of the Watch 2 in a lifestyle edition. The OnePlus Watch 2 is a better attempt at a smartwatch than the brand’s debut offering. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon W5 is the performance chipset that makes everything float along nicely. There’s a BES 2700 MCU chipset, too, for efficiency. The sapphire crystal glass on the 1.43in 326ppi display and stainless steel case have been designed for durability. Battery life is still the biggest problem with smartwatches, so the Watch 2 can offer 12 days of juice in Power Saver mode, or 100 hours without it. There’s dual-frequency GPS, and plenty of fitness metrics such as VO2 Max.

Fancy getting on your hands on this entry-level iPad rival? OnePlus’ new Pad Go is available to order directly from the brand. It will set you back £299/€329, which is less than the cheapest iPad. Meanwhile, the new Watch 2 edition will only be available to order later this month – we’re covering that device in a different article.

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