Techie. Search nerd. All around geek. Lead PC analyst and AI columnist at @PCMag. (Formerly at @tomsguide and @laptopmag.)
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Introducing 'Try AI': Clever and Inspiring Ways to Use AI in Everyday Life pcmag.com/articles/introduci… #PCMag
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Announced back in June, the Surface Laptop Ultra, which packs an RTX Spark chip loaded with 20 Grace cores and 6,144 Blackwell RTX cores, has finally arrived. We got our hands on one, and before testing, we had to give it the good ol' unboxing treatment!
#nvidia #microsoft #rtxspark #unboxing #surfacelaptopultra
Since last week's Microsoft event I've been testing and experimenting with the RTX Spark-powered Asus ProArt P16. There's still a lot to learn, but one thing is clear—Apple's not the only game in town for real AI and agents on your laptop.
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Nvidia and Microsoft are aggressively redefining mobile computing and setting the stage for the next decade of personal technology. I spent a couple of days in San Francisco with Microsoft and Nvidia to get the lowdown on Spark and Windows.
Nvidia and Microsoft, at dual events last week, unveiled lots of detail around Nvidia’s new laptop platform, the N1X chip, and the AI ecosystem around it all. Here’s a “quick” primer as these machines hit our bench (and go on sale Oct. 16). pcmag.com/news/nvidia-rtx-sp…
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A rare joint keynote with Satya Nadella and Jensen Huang? That's the starting gun for the PC's next great era: powerful new silicon and Windows 11 sandboxing designed to let AI run locally—and securely—24/7. pcmag.com/opinions/rtx-spark…
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Today Microsoft revealed the Surface Laptop Ultra.
PCMag’s Brian Westover explains the Surface Laptop Ultra runs on RTX Spark and processes local AI models and agents directly on your machine without relying on the cloud to keep your sensitive data private.
Preorders open today with shipping in about a week. Head to PCMag for full pricing and specs soon.
#SurfaceLaptopUltra #RTXSpark #Windows11 #TechNews #AllAccess
With RTX Spark and 'Builder PCs,' Microsoft and Nvidia Usher Personal Computing Into Its Agentic Era pcmag.com/opinions/rtx-spark… #PCMag
Figures. I spend a good chunk of the day sitting 10 feet from Jensen Huang and Satya Nadella, and I forget to actually tweet about it. But I did live blog it at PCMag.
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Meet the most powerful Surface Laptop yet: The Surface Laptop Ultra.
Designed for developers and creators needing serious output in a portable chassis and powered by Nvidia’s RTX Spark platform, it handles heavy AI workloads while running high-performance AAA games on Arm architecture. 🎮
Head to PCMag's Microsoft Surface and Windows Event Live Blog for more 👉️ bit.ly/4rWm2p1
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Microsoft just revealed the Surface Laptop Ultra targeting heavy AI workloads and high-performance gaming. 💻
Powered by Nvidia's RTX Spark platform, Microsoft claims it will run hundreds of AAA games on Arm architecture, which bodes well for Qualcomm Snapdragon and future Arm Windows PCs. 🎮 🚨
It starts at $2,599 and preorders are open now. Head to PCMag for more 👉️ bit.ly/4rWm2p1
#Microsoft #SurfaceLaptopUltra #RTXSpark #Windows11 #GamingLaptop
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The just announced Surface Laptop Ultra is built to give developers and creators heavy-duty power without sacrificing portability. 💻
During a heavy workload test, it ran an intensive GitHub Copilot session alongside DaVinci Resolve film mastering and Gears of War without breaking a sweat. 🎮
The Surface Laptop Ultra is available for preorder now, starting at $2,599.
Head to PCMag's Microsoft Surface and Windows Event Live Blog for more 👉️ bit.ly/4rWm2p1
#Surface #SurfaceLaptopUltra #TechReview #Developers #PCGaming
Microsoft is betting big on AI with Nvidia RTX Spark hardware and a ton of new agentic AI features coming to Windows.
We'll be there live to cover the event.
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The mission deploys the first 26 V3 Starlink satellites, beginning a major expansion of the broadband satellite constellation. pcmag.com/news/after-one-hic…
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By blending Android, ChromeOS, and new Gemini AI functionality, Google's new laptops take a direct shot at Apple's unified ecosystem—and they have a lot of potential. pcmag.com/explainers/i-got-h…
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Don't settle for outages and slowdowns. These simple settings changes and hardware tweaks help you get peak performance out of SpaceX's satellite network. pcmag.com/explainers/get-mor…
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We got an early unboxing of the 2026 Mac Studio, and Apple packed serious internal upgrades into this compact workstation. 🤖🚨
Powered by either the M5 Max or the new M5 Ultra chip with up to a 36-core CPU and 80-core GPU, it delivers up to 4.3x faster local AI performance and significantly faster graphics rendering than previous generations.
It supports up to 512GB of unified memory – with 512GB configs rolling out in late October – alongside Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Thunderbolt 5. 🔋
The Mac Studio is available tomorrow starting at $2,499 for M5 Max and $5,499 for M5 Ultra.
#MacStudio #AppleSilicon #M5Ultra #M5Max #Unboxing
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Apple's 2026 Mac Studio with the M5 Ultra pushes performance (and pricing) to the limit. The new quad-die chip is a serious powerhouse for top-tier local AI inference, heavy software compilation, and high-throughput video rendering. pcmag.com/reviews/apple-mac-…
