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Omnix launches groundbreaking HOT Systems laptops
Omnix launches groundbreaking HOT Systems laptops

Tahawul Tech

time14 hours ago

  • Business
  • Tahawul Tech

Omnix launches groundbreaking HOT Systems laptops

Omnix International, a regional leader in digital transformation and advanced technology solutions, recently announced the official launch of its revolutionary HOT Systems professional laptops — the first 18 x 16-inch ultra-high performance models purpose-built for creative and technical professionals in the Middle East. Engineered for power, precision, and performance, the new HOT Systems laptops are equipped with cutting-edge Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 200HX and AMD Ryzen™ 9000 HX processors, and feature NVIDIA RTX™ 5080 and 5090 GPUs powered by Blackwell architecture. To ensure optimal thermal management under heavy workloads, the laptops incorporate advanced cooling innovations, including heat-pipe systems, redesigned high-efficiency fans, and optional liquid cooling technology — enabling users to push the boundaries of performance without compromise. Designed to meet the rigorous demands of AEC professionals, digital content creators, data scientists, and other high-performance users, the laptops deliver exceptional speed, multithreaded processing power, and unparalleled graphics capabilities. 'With the continued rise of digital transformation and the demand for mobile yet powerful computing, HOT Systems represents a new class of professional workstations', said Walid Gomaa, CEO of Omnix. 'These laptops are not only precision-engineered for desktop-level performance on the go but also reflect our commitment to enabling professionals to achieve more, faster, and smarter'. Key Features Include: Up to 128GB DDR5 6400 MHz RAM and PCIe Gen 5 SSDs for lightning-fast data processing Wi-Fi 7, Thunderbolt™ 5, and Killer™ LAN for ultra-fast connectivity Native support for 6K resolution displays, ideal for high-end visualisation NVIDIA GPUs optimised for AI, AR/VR, complex computations, and intensive AEC workflows High refresh rates, visual fidelity designed, and true-to-life colour accuracy At the heart of the platform lies Omnix intellectual property Hardware Optimisation Technology (HOT), ensuring tight hardware-software integration and enhanced stability for industry-standard applications such as Autodesk, Adobe, Rhino, Lumion, Unity3D, Enscape, Dassault Systèmes, ArcGIS, Ansys, and more. Joseph John, Regional Sales Manager for HOT Systems at Omnix, added: 'With a keen focus on our customers' evolving demands and our commitment to staying ahead of the curve, we've engineered these laptops to address the evolving needs of professionals in the region. By prioritising compatibility, high performance, and reliability, we empower users to stay productive and innovation-driven—without being constrained by technical limitations'. Each HOT Systems laptop is backed by Omnix's renowned technical support team and includes a comprehensive 3-year warranty, reflecting the company's continued dedication to service excellence and customer satisfaction. Image Credit: Omnix International

Early July 4th Laptop Deals: Up to $500 in Savings on Apple, Microsoft and More
Early July 4th Laptop Deals: Up to $500 in Savings on Apple, Microsoft and More

CNET

timea day ago

  • Business
  • CNET

Early July 4th Laptop Deals: Up to $500 in Savings on Apple, Microsoft and More

Laptops can get pretty pricey, so it's a good idea to scope out deals when it's time to upgrade. Savings can be found pretty much year-round, but the real bargains are typically reserved for major shopping events. And with two just around the corner, right now is a great time to buy. The Fourth of July is approaching fast, with Amazon's massive Prime Day sale kicking off shortly after, and the early deals are already in full swing. There are serious savings to be had for both Windows and Mac users, and we've rounded up some top picks of the bunch below. We'll continue to update this page throughout both events, so be sure to check back often. Best early July 4th laptop deals Apple MacBook Air M4 (13-inch): $849 The M4 MacBook Air is the latest model in Apple's lightweight lineup and our overall favorite laptop on the market right now. The basic model comes with 16GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, but you can save up to $150 on more advanced configurations. If you prefer a larger screen, the 15-inch model is also available at Amazon. Details Save $150 $849 at Amazon Close Microsoft Surface Laptop 7: $1,150 For Windows users, this is the overall best laptop on the market right now. The device impressed our reviewer with its sleek, lightweight design and staggering 20-hour battery life. And it has Copilot Plus, so it supports tons of helpful AI features. There are a few configurations on sale, but this $1,150 offer gets you a 13.8-inch display, 16GB of RAM, 1TB of storage and a Snapdragon X Elite processor. Details Save $300 $1,150 at B&H Photo Close HP OmniBook X Flip: $800 Why choose between a laptop and a tablet when you can get the best of both worlds? This two-in-one HP OmniBook features a 16-inch 2K touchscreen display and a 360-degree hinge, so you can easily use it with or without the keyboard. It has an advanced Intel Core Ultra 7 processor to help support tons of helpful onboard AI features, as well as 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. Details Save $350 $800 at Best Buy Close More laptop deals: Should you shop July 4th laptop deals or wait until Prime Day? Unfortunately, there's no guarantee of which event will offer better prices. In reality, it's most likely that both the Fourth of July and Prime Day will blur into one massive shopping event that spans multiple days and retailers. With that in mind, we'd lean toward getting your order in sooner rather than later. While there's a slight chance we'll see prices dip a little lower later in the sale, there's a much greater chance that the best bargains will sell out fairly early. If you see a laptop that fits your needs and budget for several hundred dollars off, we'd recommend grabbing it before it goes out of stock. Which retailers offer the best July 4th laptop deals? As you might expect, major retailers like Best Buy and Amazon will be offering some excellent deals for both the Fourth of July and Prime Day. You'll also want to check out smaller online-only retailers like B&H Photo and Adorama, as they may be offering some under-the-radar bargains that aren't being matched elsewhere. Plus, brands like HP and Acer are offering some direct deals of their own. What else will be on sale for July 4th? There will be a huge variety of deals that you can shop across retailers for the Fourth of July. These include tons of top tech like TVs and laptops, as well as tons of home goods and big-ticket items like mattresses and major appliances. There will also be plenty of seasonal deals on things like grills, outdoor gear and other summer essentials. To give you a good idea of what's already out there, you can check out our full roundup of all the best early Fourth of July deals already available. How we choose the best July 4th laptop deals Many of us at CNET have covered shopping events for over five years, including Black Friday, Prime Day, Memorial Day and countless others. We've become good at weeding out scams and superficial deals, so you'll see only the best offers on our lists. When choosing laptop deals, we look for real discounts, quality reviews and remaining sale time. Our team of experts has tested hundreds of laptops to ensure we're bringing you the best options at the best prices. Real discounts mean exactly that. We look at the price history for that product to make sure no brands are inflating prices to make the discount seem more substantial than it is. Quality reviews and testing are important for any product, including laptops. If you're unhappy the first time you turn it on, the discount wasn't worthwhile. Remaining sale time is a huge part of our vetting process. If a deal seems like it will only be around for a short while or will only be available for the remaining stock, we'll let you know up-front so you don't come back to the deal later only to be disappointed.

No, You Probably Don't Need a MacBook Pro
No, You Probably Don't Need a MacBook Pro

WIRED

time2 days ago

  • WIRED

No, You Probably Don't Need a MacBook Pro

Jun 30, 2025 10:00 AM Whether you're buying for yourself or someone you know, here's my advice on buying an Apple MacBook. All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. We all have that one friend who's tech-savvy that everyone turns to for advice, especially ahead of big sale events like Amazon Prime Day. Well, that's me. I'm that guy. When people find out what I do for a living, everything gets turned up to 11. I review laptops for my job, and almost everyone needs one. If people don't know where to begin, here's how I guide them through the process of picking the right Apple MacBook—where I recommend you start. Start With the MacBook Air You might think narrowing your choice of laptop down to a MacBook would help, but these days, choosing an Apple laptop isn't as simple as it ought to be. You've got two sizes of MacBook Airs, two sizes of MacBook Pros, and all the chip configurations, ranging from the M4 to the M4 Max. That doesn't even include the plethora of older models that flood the search results of online retailers. That's why I like to keep it simple. When someone comes to me, asking which MacBook to buy, I start them with the 13-inch MacBook Air M4. It's the laptop most people should buy, which is why it's at the top of our Best Laptops and Best MacBooks guides. The retail price is $999, but it's almost always on sale for at least $899, and at the time of writing, it's down to $849. While it doesn't come with much storage (only 256 GB), it does start with 16 GB of RAM (or unified memory, as Apple calls it). From there, I make them give me reasons they should get something bigger or more powerful. I don't want my actual friends and family spending a dime more than they should, and I know some will think they need to upgrade to the MacBook Pro, even if it's just the M4 model. Let's be real. You likely don't need the extra performance of the M4 Pro or M4 Max chips. Unless you edit video, produce music, or shoot photos for a living , it's not worth spending hundreds (or thousands) more to speed up video renders. The M4 MacBook Air is capable of far more than people realize. Upgrading to the M4 Pro and M4 Max is primarily about improving graphics and multicore CPU performance, but it's only something creative professionals will get much out of. Reasons to Upgrade A part of the problem is that we're still operating as if it's 2015. A decade ago, it wasn't just that certain tasks were faster on a 16-inch MacBook Pro; it was that the old MacBook Airs couldn't perform these at all. If you were an amateur musician, artist, or programmer, you were forced into saving up for a MacBook Pro or forgoing those hobbies for the time being. Apple Silicon changed that equation entirely, and generation after generation, its M-series chips get more capable. Now, we're at the point where the M4 is quite capable, even in the fanless body of the MacBook Air. Photograph: Brenda Stolyar That's not to say there aren't reasons to upgrade to other MacBooks. For example, if you're a heavy multitasker and never plan to use an external monitor, there's a case to be made for the extra screen real estate of the 15-inch MacBook Air. Also, there's a reason Apple sells a 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M4 for hundreds of dollars more than the Air, despite performance being nearly equivalent. If you don't own a television and plan to have your MacBook be your primary entertainment device for watching shows, the brighter, more vibrant display and richer speakers of the Pro will offer a better experience. Or maybe you hate the idea of occasionally using a USB hub or dongle to get photos from your camera to your computer. I don't think that's worth $300, but if it's something you'll be doing daily, I can understand that. What About Older Models? I wouldn't worry too much about older MacBook models, such as the M3 or M2 MacBook Air. I haven't seen them be discounted enough to be worth the drop in performance and reduced external display support. The one older MacBook I recommend is the M1 MacBook Air, which came out back in 2020. You can still buy it new for $649, or find refurbished models for under $500. While I still recommend most people save up for the M4, the M1 MacBook Air remains one of the best laptops you can buy at that price, despite being almost 5 years old. There's not much more to it than that. The M4 MacBook Air is a well-rounded little laptop, and it's the one most people should buy. At $849, it's never been cheaper.

Dell unveils new Premium 14 and 16 laptops, its first XPS replacements
Dell unveils new Premium 14 and 16 laptops, its first XPS replacements

Yahoo

time6 days ago

  • Business
  • Yahoo

Dell unveils new Premium 14 and 16 laptops, its first XPS replacements

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. Dell kicked off 2025 by rebranding all of its long-running laptop lines (and promptly getting roasted for it). Today, the company announced the first wave of successors to its popular XPS laptop series: the Dell Premium 14 and 16. The two PCs feature Intel Core Ultra Series 2 processors, slightly larger 120Hz displays, and a tweaked Dell logo on their lids. (The brand name no longer has a circle around it.) Otherwise, they look almost identical to their forebears, the XPS 14 and 16, retaining their polarizing minimalist designs with gapless keyboards, seamless touchpads, and Platinum and Graphite finishes. The Premium 14 and 16 are available now at Dell starting at $1,649.99 and $2,699.99, respectively, with delivery dates listed for mid- to late July. Shop the new Dell Premium line: Dell Premium 14 Starting at $1,649.99 Shop Now Dell Premium 16 Starting at $2,699.99 Shop Now The more portable Premium 14 features a 14.5-inch 2K LCD display, an Intel Core Ultra 7 CPU, integrated Intel Arc Graphics, 16GB to 64GB of RAM, up 512GB to 4TB of SSD storage, and newly added WiFi 7 support. Optional upgrades include an OLED touchscreen display and a dedicated Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 GPU. It's rated at up to 20 hours of battery life; you'll get the most usage out of a non-OLED model. At launch, this laptop maxes out at 32GB of RAM and 4TB of storage, but Dell said an option with 64GB of RAM will be available eventually. The Dell Premium 14 in Platinum. Credit: Dell The more powerful Premium 16 offers a 16.3-inch 2K display, up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 processor, an RTX 5060 graphics card, 16GB to 64GB of RAM, and 512GB to 4TB of storage. It's supposed to last up to 27 hours on a single charge, but its optional 4K OLED touchscreen display upgrade will bump that down a bit. The Dell Premium 16 in Graphite. Credit: Dell Like the Premium 14, some of the more advanced specs aren't available yet. Dell said the Premium 16 will be "available soon" in other GPU configurations, including models with Intel Arc 140T, RTX 5050, and RTX 5070 graphics. The latter comes with three Thunderbolt 5 ports and will be capable of supporting up to four 8K external displays. Notably, both new Premium laptops have a neural processing unit (or NPU), but it caps out at 13 TOPS (trillions of operations per second, an AI performance metric). That's well below the 40 TOPS threshold that would make them Copilot+ PCs. In other words, they won't come with certain AI features that are available in other popular Windows laptops, like Recall, Studio Effects, and a Cocreator image generator in Microsoft Paint. For some shoppers, that might be a huge plus: In a fall 2024 survey conducted by Intel, 44% of respondents said they considered AI PCs to be "a gimmick or futuristic technology." The new Premium laptops aren't to be confused with Dell's Pro Premium laptops, which are business-oriented models that are, indeed, Copilot+ PCs. SEE ALSO: Best Windows laptops for 2025: Our top pick lasts longer than the M4 MacBook Pros

Dell's new Premium laptops are here, for the XPS rebrand nobody asked for
Dell's new Premium laptops are here, for the XPS rebrand nobody asked for

The Verge

time6 days ago

  • Business
  • The Verge

Dell's new Premium laptops are here, for the XPS rebrand nobody asked for

After scrapping its XPS branding earlier this year, Dell has now launched two of the new 'Premium' laptop models that are replacing it. Aside from being refreshed with Intel's Core Ultra Series 2 Arrow Lake processors, a slightly revised Dell lid logo, and a few other spec changes, the Dell 16 Premium and Dell 14 Premium are nearly identical to the popular XPS 16 and XPS 14 that preceded them. 'The new name signals a fresh chapter — one that makes it easier than ever to find the right PC while providing the same exceptional quality, design, and performance,' Dell's product management lead, Kevin Terwilliger, said in the announcement blog. Both laptops are available now in the US and Canada, with prices starting at $1,649.99 ($2,649.99 Canadian) for the Dell 14 Premium and $2,699.99 ($3,749.99 Canadian) for the Dell 16 Premium. There are still two color options available — a silver 'Platinum' shade and a darker gray 'Graphite' — which carry on the XPS legacy of being bland enough to blend into the school, college, and office environments that these laptops are marketed for. The Dell 16 Premium has been bumped to the latest generation of Nvidia RTX laptop GPUs, with the RTX 5060 available at launch. Additional models sporting the RTX 5050, RTX 5070, and integrated Intel Arc graphics will also be launching 'soon,' with pricing yet to be revealed. The RTX 5070-equipped model specifically will also benefit from an upgrade to Thunderbolt 5. The Dell 14 Premium retains integrated Intel graphics and the option to configure it with an RTX 4050 GPU, just as the 2024 Dell XPS 14, but it can now be configured with up to 64GB of LPDDR5 RAM compared to the previous 32GB maximum. It also now comes with Wi-Fi 7 support, bringing it in line with the XPS 16 and new Dell 16 Premium. Not much else seems to have changed. Specs for the display, ports, and storage mirror those offered on last year's XPS 14 and 16 lineup, as does the overall design — including the gapless 'zero-lattice' keyboard with capacitive touch function row that we found to be lacklustre compared to keyboards on other laptops like the older XPS 15 or current MacBook Pros.

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