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Alienware’s new gaming monitor offers a 240Hz QD-OLED panel for just $350

2026-04-14T11:38:39-04:00

Alienware has announced a new budget-friendlier QD-OLED monitor, the AW2726DM. As some of the numbers in the convoluted product name hint, it's a 27-inch QHD panel, with 2560 x 1440 resolution, HDR support, and a high refresh rate of 240Hz. But what really makes it special is its comparatively low price of $349.99 at Dell.

High-refresh OLED monitors are great for gaming but also nice for everyday use, thanks to their strong contrast, vibrant colors, and their ability to smoothly display motion across your desktop. The AW2726DM makes the whole formula more approachable, as fancier gaming OLEDs typically run $500 to $900 or higher (and that's …

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Dell made its new Pro laptops thinner and tweaked their naming scheme, again

2026-03-25T08:51:10-04:00

Dell is announcing a new lineup of Pro laptops to go with its recent Precision line relaunch. The new models have rejiggered names: Dell Pro 3, Dell Pro 5, and Dell Pro 7. The Pro 3 and Pro 5 models come in 14- and 16-inch models, while the Pro 7 will come in 13- and 14-inch with 2-in-1 convertible variants. All of them are due out in May, each with options for Windows 11 or running Ubuntu Linux. Prices are TBD for now.

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The new Dell Pro laptops will be offered with a wide array of display and chip options, including both AMD Ryzen AI 400 series "Gorgon Point" and Intel Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake." While there are man …

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PC makers are not ready for the MacBook Neo

2026-03-13T08:31:08-04:00

This thing is poised to eat their lunch. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

The MacBook Neo is here, and it took no time at all for an executive from a major PC manufacturer to put their foot in their mouth trying to discuss this new competition from Apple's $600 laptop. On Asus' latest earnings call, CFO Nick Wu said that the Neo and its aggressive entry-level pricing were "certainly a shock to the entire market." Wu also disclosed that Asus had some knowledge of Apple developing the Neo back in 2025, much as many of us had heard rumors of a MacBook with an iPhone chip for months - and yet, Asus and other PC makers seem to have been caught flat-footed.

What's worse is these company executives don't even seem to r …

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The coolest laptops we saw at CES 2026

2026-01-08T15:20:05-05:00

Gamers, roll up!

CES is always jam-packed with new laptop announcements, acting as a barometer for the year's upcoming releases. The proofs of concept at the show display what could potentially come further in the future. 2026 will soon bring us new chip options from Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm. While I'm excited to see how the latest horse race shakes out, some of the new designs and form factors displayed at the show are easily more compelling.

There was a myriad of new models shown from Asus, Lenovo, Dell, MSI, Acer, and HP. Here's my shortlist of all the ones I'm most looking forward to testing - or hoping that there will even be an opportunity to test in …

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Dell admits consumers don’t care about AI PCs

2026-01-07T12:57:27-05:00

Dell has revealed that consumers aren't buying PCs for AI features right now. In an interview with PC Gamer ahead of CES, Dell has made it clear its 2026 products aren't all about being AI-first, and it's moving beyond being "all about" AI PCs.

"We're very focused on delivering upon the AI capabilities of a device-in fact everything that we're announcing has an NPU in it - but what we've learned over the course of this year, especially from a consumer perspective, is they're not buying based on AI," admits Kevin Terwilliger, Dell's head of product, in the PC Gamer interview. "In fact I think AI probably confuses them more than it helps them …

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Dell made a big-ass 52-inch 6K Thunderbolt display

2026-01-07T12:00:12-05:00

Stonks are going to look so good in 6K. | Image: Dell

The world's first 52-inch 6K monitor has arrived in Dell's UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor, which was announced at CES 2026. It's a 21:9 aspect ratio screen that's slightly curved (4200R) and can display up to 6,144 x 2,560 at up to 120Hz refresh rate (with VRR support). Its IPS Black panel type offers deeper blacks and better contrast than standard IPS, although I wonder if its 129 pixels per inch (PPI) is low enough to make some of its pixels noticeable up close.

This monitor is absolutely packed with ports since it doubles as a Thunderbolt dock. It has two HDMI 2.1 ports, two DisplayPort 1.4 ports, and one Thunderbolt 4 port with v …

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Dell’s new 4K QD-OLED monitor offers true 10-bit color

2026-01-05T12:13:49-05:00

Dell announced at CES 2026 that it'll launch the UltraSharp 32 4K QD-OLED Monitor on February 24th for $2,599.99. Despite having released a productivity-focused 4K QD-OLED of the same size in 2025 that regularly sold for well under $1,000, its new one costs more mainly due to having greater color accuracy for creative professionals.

The company is pitching this as a display suited for those who do color grading, broadcast work, and film editing. Dell claims "true-to-life" color accuracy with a Delta E <1 rating, and it has an integrated colorimeter that stores calibration preferences on-device. Its press release claims that it offers true 1 …

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Alienware is working on new slim and cheaper gaming laptops

2026-01-06T02:53:25-05:00

These renders of the ultra-slim (left) and entry-level (right) models are our only glimpse of Alienware’s unnamed laptops.

Dell-owned Alienware is looking to reach a wider swath of gamers, announcing at CES 2026 that it's working on two new laptops: one with a lower, entry-level price and one with an ultra-slim chassis. There aren't many details right now, as Alienware is only sharing some basic renders, and the behind-glass nonworking prototypes I saw for myself were barred from being photographed.

But the basics are that the ultra-slim model will come in 14- and 16-inch versions and be around 17mm thin, and while its performance will be limited, it'll feature discrete Nvidia graphics. Alienware is sharing even fewer details about its upcoming entry-level mode …

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Dell is eating humble pie and bringing back the XPS brand

2026-01-06T19:04:48-05:00

Forget Premium, Pro, and Pro Max — Dell backtracked so hard its new laptops don’t even say Dell on top.

Nearly one year ago to the day, Dell killed off its long-standing XPS brand name in favor of milquetoast Premium, Plus, Pro, and Pro Max monikers - but it's back for CES 2026. The new XPS 14 and XPS 16 laptops look to win back fans of the "Extreme Performance System" with Dell's thinnest designs to date, a row of proper function keys, improved battery life, and Intel's new Panther Lake Core Ultra Series 3 processors. Dell even went as far as putting the XPS brand name on the lid, and finally marking the edges of its seamless haptic trackpad with subtle glass etching lines.

The XPS 14 and 16 are launching in select configurations on January …

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Nvidia’s ‘personal AI supercomputer’ goes on sale October 15th

2025-10-15T11:45:19-04:00

Nvidia’s DGX Spark computer.

Nvidia will start selling its DGX Spark "personal AI supercomputer" this week. The machine is powerful enough to let users work on sophisticated AI models but small enough to fit on a desktop.

Nvidia said Spark can be ordered online at nvidia.com starting Wednesday, October 15th, as well as from select partners and stores in the US. It said units would cost $3,000 when it revealed Spark earlier this year, but it appears the DGX Spark will now cost $3,999, according to an infographic embedded in Nvidia's press release. Most PC makers have their own customized version, with the Acer Veriton GN100, as one example, also costing $3,999.

Spark …

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