Lenovo is prolonging Cyber Week deals by offering a huge discount on the Lenovo ThinkPad E16. Usually priced at $1,649, the laptop is down to $989 for a limited time only. Now, regular readers will know that Lenovo is a little generous with its original prices. Oftentimes, the estimated value is overly optimistic so the true discount may be less. However, whatever the original price, we do know that $989 for this specification of laptop is a good deal. If you’re looking for a new workhorse of a laptop, read on while we take you through it.
Lenovo is one of the best laptop brands, especially when it comes to designing sturdy business-focused laptops. The Lenovo ThinkPad E16 is a good example of that. It has an Intel Core Ultra 7 155U processor teamed up with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of SSD storage. For work purposes, I’d prefer to see 1TB at this price, but there’s always cloud storage if you deal with a lot of large files.
More of a highlight to the Lenovo ThinkPad E16 is its screen. It has a 16-inch WUXGA display with a 1920 x 1200 resolution. It offers anti-glare properties, 45% NTSC, and 300 nits of brightness, so it’s a good all-rounder. Its big highlight is its size, as it means plenty more screen space while on the move, which is great if you’re often commuting or traveling rather than using the Lenovo ThinkPad E16 at home where you can connect it to a monitor.
Above the screen is a 1080p full HD webcam with dual microphones and a privacy shutter. The keyboard is backlit and offers a number pad, and there’s a fingerprint reader too for added security. Each component is the kind of thing you’ll see from the best laptops. The laptop also has audio by Harman, and there’s Dolby Atmos support so it sounds good when relaxing with a movie or some music. The Lenovo ThinkPad E16 is also sturdy thanks to meeting the US Department of Defense’s military standards.
Normally $1,649, the Lenovo ThinkPad E16 is down to $989 for a limited time only as one of Lenovo’s last minute Cyber Week laptop deals. It’s perfect for business plans or a student who wants something reliable. Take a look for yourself by tapping the button below.
Acer’s Predator Atlas 8 finally has a US release date and price, several months after the company first showed off the handheld in May. The highlight is the Intel Arc G3 Extreme chip inside, which has been adopted by only a couple of other consoles besides the Atlas 8. This version will go on sale exclusively at Best Buy on November 1 for $1,299.99.
Acer originally said the Atlas 8 would arrive in North America in October, but left pricing open at the time. The launch came amid the ongoing DRAM crunch, which has made memory more expensive across the PC industry and complicated pricing for hardware makers.
Google DeepMind's AI world model Genie 4 can now build interactive worlds that you can explore and reshape as they run. It also generates ambient sounds, music, and dialogue that respond to your actions.
The new world model builds on Genie 3 with improved realism, more natural human movement, and better simulations of real-world physics. It could eventually help with everything from game development to training robots.
Apple has an incredible talent for making me admire its products while simultaneously questioning what on earth it's thinking with the pricing. This isn't even something as bizarre as a monitor stand, but the audacity for starting a new laptop lineup from $2,000 doesn't surprise me.
The newly announced 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 is just the latest to showcase this. The funny thing is, I already know that it's going to be a reliable workstation. You get a powerful new 2nm M6 processor, a gorgeous Liquid Retina XDR display, and up to 24 hours of battery life. We were impressed by the M5 MacBook Air, so the high-end M6 powered MacBook Pro definitely won't let us down.