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Antonio G. Di Benedetto

Antonio G. Di Benedetto

Reviewer, Laptops

Reviewer, Laptops

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    The Framework Desktop and Linux have shown me the path to PC gaming in the living room

    Bazzite can get you so close to the dream of PC gaming everywhere.

    Antonio G. Di Benedetto
    Antonio G. Di Benedetto
    Antonio G. Di Benedetto
    3DMark has a new way for you to torture test your GPU with ray tracing.

    Want to run your video card through the ray traced ringer? 3DMark has an “Extreme” version of its Solar Bay benchmark, available as a free update for paid Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android users. It’s decked out in specular reflections, uses new ray tracing techniques, and includes a stress test.

    Antonio G. Di Benedetto
    Antonio G. Di Benedetto
    Samsung’s gigantic 115-inch Mini LED TV costs $26,999 and has the tiniest feet.

    First announced back at CES, the 115-inch QN90F Neo QLED 4K TV is finally launching for a whopping twenty-seven thousand dollars.

    I’m not usually like this, but I can’t stop staring at its feet. I suppose wall mounting is encouraged.

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    <em>Big TV. Little feet.</em>
    <em>Imagine spending $27,000 on a TV and letting children lay hands on it.</em>
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    Big TV. Little feet.
    Image: Samsung
    Antonio G. Di Benedetto
    Antonio G. Di Benedetto
    HP’s Omen 16 gaming laptop gets the RTX 5070 Ti.

    The HP Omen 16 has a new configuration with an Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti GPU, launching soon starting at $1,999.

    That’s an entry-ish-level laptop with a new top-tier config sporting an upper-mid GPU. HP offers a lot of Omen models, with this one squeezing in right below the Omen Max.

    <em>It looks identical to the current model already available with RTX 5050, 5060, and 5070 GPUs.</em>
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    It looks identical to the current model already available with RTX 5050, 5060, and 5070 GPUs.
    Image: HP
    Antonio G. Di Benedetto
    Antonio G. Di Benedetto
    I want to believe there’s a laptop RTX 4090 in this surfboard of a custom handheld.

    Look at this thing. According to Videocardz and Tom’s Hardware, it’s a custom 12.5-inch 4K handheld with Intel i9-14900HX and Nvidia RTX 4090 chips from a gaming laptop. There are pics and a video of it playing games, but none showing the build or internals.

    Obviously, I want it.

    A person’s hands holding and demoing a custom lime green gaming handheld.
    A person’s hands holding and demoing a custom lime green gaming handheld.
    1/6Image: Qingchen DIY via Bilibili
    The Framework Desktop made me fall for small form factor PCs

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    Small form factor PCs are nothing new, but this is a refreshing take.

    Antonio G. Di Benedetto
    Lenovo’s rollable laptop is the coolest computer I’ve used all year

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    ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 review: a $3,300 CES concept you can own.

    Antonio G. Di Benedetto