A laptop keyboard can make or break the user experience. For inventor Flurples, the Framework 13’s membrane keyboard felt like a compromise, a squishy afterthought in an otherwise great machine. Instead of giving up, he started on a big project to rebuild the laptop from the ground up, and created a custom version called the Campus.
Krayzor, a Hong Kong-based company, has launched a Kickstarter campaign for a laptop that looks like it was designed during a late night gaming session. With two screens, a full-size mechanical keyboard and a swappable graphics card, this laptop is a wild ride.
This $1,499 MacBook Pro’s M4 chip feels like a cheat code. How so? The 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU devour video editing, coding and graphic design like it’s nothing. Apps launch instantly and heavy workloads like 4K video rendering run smoothly where older PCs would stutter or crash. Geekbench scores are 3,925 single-core and 22,669 multi-core beating the M3 Max.
Microsoft has been quietly making laptops that look as good as the best of them and the Surface Laptop 5G for Business proves they’re not just keeping up – they’re leading the way. This 13.8-inch device is the first Surface Laptop with cellular connectivity and is for professionals who need seamless online access anywhere.
Argon Forty has done something amazing with the Argon ONE UP, a laptop powered by the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (CM5). This little board, often found in the hands of hobbyists soldering circuits in their garage, powers a full laptop that’s modular, affordable and full of creative possibilities.
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A gamer going by YusufK80 has lit up the internet with a wild setup: an ASUS TUF gaming laptop flipped upside down to play Counter-Strike. “I’ve been running it like this for ages, especially for FPS games like CS, and it’s honestly great,” they shared, explaining how the topsy-turvy position gets the screen closer to eye level and clears desk space for a proper keyboard and mouse.
Google’s Chromebook crew has always been the plucky underdog of laptops—cheap, cloud-driven, and proudly basic. But with the Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 unveiled today, Google’s changing that. From its MediaTek Kompanio Ultra processor to its OLED screen and exclusive Gemini AI tools, this Chromebook is stirring up a storm.
Computex 2025 is lighting up Taipei, and MSI’s Prestige 13 AI+ Ukiyo-e Edition is the star of the show, snagging a Best Choice Award for its jaw-dropping blend of art and tech. Imagine a laptop that’s as much a masterpiece as it is a machine, wrapped in a design inspired by Katsushika Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa.
