Month: January 2026

The latest MSI Crosshair gaming laptop announced at CES today doesn’t make any major changes, but does manage to fit improved specs into less space. According to MSI, the Crosshair 16 Max HX is 14.3 percent thinner than its predecessor, a difference of 2mm. The slightly more svelte chassis comes with slightly updated specs, including … Read more

I held this beast a year ago, and we haven’t heard a peep from Acer since. Acer made a big splash at CES 2025 with the announcement of its surfboard-sized Nitro Blaze 11 gaming handheld, but its targeted second-quarter release came and went long ago. There’s been no word of the chunky 11-inch Blaze or … Read more

Bring on the big haptics. Acer is announcing a selection of new laptops for CES 2026: small refreshes across its Swift lines and a few Nitro and Predator gaming laptops. But there’s nothing small about the haptic trackpad on the new Acer Swift 16 AI, which Acer claims is the world’s largest haptic one. Big … Read more

That lid logo is a choice. Among HP’s many announcements for CES, its biggest overall change is for its gaming division. HP’s Omen line of gaming laptops, monitors, and desktops are dropping the HP name entirely and instead will henceforth be branded as HyperX. The HP Omen 16 Max laptop becomes the HyperX Omen 16 … Read more

The MSI dragon logo has been slayed. And by that I mean it’s now small and tucked into the corner. MSI is announcing a new Stealth 16 AI Plus gaming laptop for CES 2026. Borrowing a little from its business-class brethren, the new Stealth has a thinner and lighter design, features a larger trackpad, and … Read more

OLEDs make everything better. MSI is announcing a revamped Prestige business laptop line for CES 2026 with thinner designs, OLED displays, 2-in-1 options, bigger trackpads, and Intel’s new Panther Lake chips. The Prestige 14 AI Plus and Prestige 16 AI Plus are the flagship clamshells of the line, and there are also 2-in-1 versions on … Read more

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 … Read more

Each model’s housing can be replaced with a different color if you’re not digging black. | Image: HP The next generation of HyperX’s Origins wired keyboards debuted at CES 2026, and the company has focused on adding more performance and customization. For example, its new Origins 2 and Origins 2 Pro are both 65-percent options … Read more

Get used to seeing this brand in place of HP’s on gaming products moving forward. | Image: HP HP’s branding is missing on its new gaming laptops (and gaming monitors) announced at CES 2026 – HP-owned HyperX has gotten a big promotion in its place. This swap is the biggest aesthetic change in the Omen … Read more

From laptops to monitors, HyperX is the brand you’ll see on much of HP’s new gaming-focused products launched at CES 2026. And despite the branding switch, this year’s slate of monitors might be the company’s most competitive batch yet. The cheapest of the three QD-OLEDs announced is the HyperX Omen OLED 27q, a 27-inch 1440p … Read more

Nvidia is kicking off 2026 with the early launch of its new Vera Rubin computing platform, following a record-breaking year for the Rubin GPU’s predecessor Blackwell, fueled by the AI boom (or bubble). During a press briefing ahead of today’s keynote, Dion Harris, Nvidia’s senior director of HPC and AI infrastructure solutions, described Vera Rubin … Read more