If you’re looking for a solid budget gaming laptop, Asus’ TUF lineup is specifically made with that purpose in mind. While you won’t get the same performance as the best laptops out there, the base $1,199 price tag of this Asus TUF F15 gets you a surprising amount of specs compared to similar laptops. Luckily, Walmart is offering a pretty steep discount that will let you grab the TUF F15 for just $999, which is a solid $200 off, so it’s pretty much a steal at that price point.
The beating heart of any gaming laptop is the GPU, and in this configuration, you get an RTX 4060, which is paired with a 15.6-inch FHD 144Hz panel for you to game on. That’s a relatively solid combination, and the RTX 4060 should be able to handle most modern games quite easily on FHD, although hitting 144Hz may require a couple of graphical compromises. Interestingly, Asus updated its budget TUF laptop range with a MUX switch, which essentially lets you switch between the integrated GPU that’s on the CPU or the dedicated GPU. By doing that, you can save a ton of battery by using the integrated GPU for day-to-day tasks and only use the dedicated GPU for gaming to get better performance.
Besides the great GPU, you also get a solid Intel Core i7-13620H that should be able to handle most games easily, even the more CPU-heavy ones like RTX and simulation games. Not only that, but you get a very respectable 1TB of storage, which is great considering how big games are these days, although you’ll probably want to add to it at some point down the line. As for the 16GB of RAM, it’s certainly more than enough for most folks, although you could always upgrade at some point later as well. As for build quality, it’s pretty solid, and the keyboard is very enjoyable to work with, as is the larger touchpad compared to previous Asus TUF laptops.
Overall, this configuration of the Asus TUF F15 will give you an excellent 1080p gaming laptop, and for the reduced $999 price from Walmart, it’s worth every penny if you can swing it. That said, if you’re looking for something a bit more powerful, you could check out these other great gaming laptop deals.
The absolutely absurd idea of putting a touchscreen display on a mouse isn't exactly new. Turtle Beach already did it with its Command Series MC7, which features a 2.25-inch control screen. But apparently, even that wasn't ridiculous enough for Arctic Fox Technologies. Its new Super Mouse looks like someone took the chunky old Atari ST mouse, slapped a touchscreen and scroll wheel on it, and called it an upgrade.
The result is a rather unusual-looking mouse that is now on Kickstarter, starting at $199. And as ridiculous as it looks, some of its features are genuinely intriguing.
Apple is less than a day away from launching its highly anticipated OLED MacBook Pro with a touch-sensitive screen. But it appears that the upgrade is going to cost a pretty penny. According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple is reportedly eyeing a starting price of $2,899 for the 14-inch MacBook Pro, while the 16-inch version could start at $3,399 in the US.
"At $2,899, the 14-inch model would mark the highest starting price for a new MacBook Pro model, surpassing the $2,799 Apple charged for a 17-inch version introduced in 2006," says the report. The report claims that Apple is targeting a minimum price hike of $400 for its upcoming redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models.
I've spent a good amount of time digging into the spec sheet of the new M6 MacBook Pro (14-inch), and for all intents and purposes, this is a classic Apple "chip and connectivity" refresh. It's not a full redesign. The chassis, Liquid Retina XDR panel, speakers, ports, and battery, all of them carry over unchanged.
However, the M6 brings more cores, stronger on-device AI, higher memory bandwidth on the larger configs, and modern wireless. Here’s the practical rundown of what actually improved, and whether those gains are worth your money.