Intel published a paper by company researchers promoting modular laptop and mini PC designs to reduce e-waste.

Since taking over the NUC line of mini PCs from Intel in 2023, Asus has continued to offer small desktops with Intel and AMD processor options. But so far the company has only used the NUC brand for models with Intel processors, while marketing AMD-powered systems as ExpertCenter systems.

Whether you’re into gaming, doing creative work, or just want a laptop that’ll handle everything you throw at it, here’s one that you should seriously consider. The Asus Vivobook 16X is down to $1,000 at B&H right now, a nice $300 off its usual price.

The ROG NUC 970 is a compact, portable and powerful desktop mini-PC. It’s a competent gaming rig that can play all the latest AAA games but not quite at 4K levels. It comes at a bit of a premium, but well worth it if it’s the type of device you’re in the market for.

Intel’s proposed design integrates separate components for the new LPCAMM memory standard, plus the more common Wi-Fi and SSD upgrades that can be handled with M.2 cards. Intel says that these designs offer “seamless scaling” for laptops with screen sizes from 14 to 16 inches, with options for fanless, single-fan, and dual-fan cooling.

And PC makers are also introducing a bunch of new Chromebooks for the education market. Case in point: Asus has introduced several new budget Chromebooks with support for up to n Intel N250 “ Twin Lake ” processor, 16GB of RAM, and optional support for 4G LTE.

Intel proposed a modular laptop design for laptops and mini-PCs that focuses on the right-to-repair and sustainability.

Both Asus Chromebook CR11 and Chromebook CR12 variants are available in CPU options of Intel N150 and Intel N250. They come with support for up to 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM, up to 128GB of eMMC onboard storage and Intel UHD graphics. They run on ChromeOS out of the box.

It is so light!,” are the exact words that I thought of when I unboxed the new Asus ZenBook S 14 laptop. The product briefing for this laptop happened a couple of months back and I finally have it with me.

A shipping manifest leak points to Asus switching away from Intel to power a new NUC mini gaming PC using an AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 CPU.

Luke is checking out the new ASUS ROG Strix Scar III laptop - complete with the 8-core i9-9880H CPU. It's pretty sleek and portable considering the hardware inside, but is it worth the £2799 asking price?

ASUS's new Intel 800 and AMD 800 series motherboards and its new 'PCIe Slot Q-Release Slim' has already damaged NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5090.