SHOCKING: 17 - What They Never Told You

Apple's $599 MacBook Neo is a 'shock to the entire market'—and PC makers are 'taking it very seriously'

PC companies are scrambling to respond to Apple's surprise entry into the budget laptop market, Asus CFO Nick Wu says—and rivals like Microsoft, Intel, and AMD are all "seriously discussing" how to compete.

Fortune · Mar 12

Asus thinks 'high-end brand value and high-end product mix' will help it weather the memory crisis alongside AI

AI giveth and AI taketh away.

PC Gamer · Mar 12

Microsoft confirms next-gen Xbox, codenamed Project Helix, will be powered by custom AMD SoC and feature 'FSR Diamond' — 'Xbox Mode' is also coming to Windows 11

The first official hardware details for Project Helix have been confirmed and Microsoft seems to be heavily leaning toward neural rendering, going as far as to unveil the next-gen FSR "Diamond" stack. Along with the AMD co-developed custom SoC, FSR will enable a significant bump in raytracing performance in the…

Tom’s Hardware · Mar 11

Asus routers hijacked to power dangerous cybercrime proxy network - here's what we know

KadNap is being used to create Doppelgänger, a network with 14,000+ devices targeting Asus routers.

TechRadar · Mar 11

MacBook Neo completely shocked major PC competitors, reveals major PC competitor

Apple's budget laptop appears to have PC manufacturers in a spin.

T3 · Mar 11

ASUS boss calls the MacBook Neo a "shock to the entire industry" — but still downplays it as a "content consumption" slab, like iPad

Apple’s MacBook Neo shakes up the market, but ASUS Co-CEO claims it’s basically an iPad with more computing power.

Windows Central · Mar 11

Asus chief says Macbook Neo's affordable pricing came as a shock to the entire PC market — compares $599 notebook to a tablet and content-consumption device

Asus co-CEO S.Y. Hsu said that the MacBook Neo shook the entire PC market, but also said that it's mostly designed for content consumption because of its limited specifications.

Tom’s Hardware · Mar 11

PC makers are in ‘shock’ over the MacBook Neo and are ‘seriously discussing’ how to compete — and that could benefit everyone

PC makers are shocked by Apple’s MacBook Neo laptop and are working out how to compete, Asus says.

TechRadar · Mar 11

MacBook Neo battery life tested — I can't believe the results

We just tested the MacBook Neo, and were stunned by its battery life. Here's how it stacks against rival laptops and M-series MacBook Air models.

Tom’s Guide · Mar 11

MacBook Neo may win the budget laptop war before it even starts — cheap Windows laptop prices could jump by 'hundreds of dollars'

Major PC makers are struggling to survive the RAM crisis and may move away from cheap laptops just as Apple drops the MacBook Neo.

Tom’s Guide · Mar 10