CES 2025: New laptops, gaming PCs from Asus, Dell, Lenovo and HP – Video

CNET got an early look at some of the biggest PC product announcements at CES 2025 in Las Vegas.

CES is here and Dell, Lenovo, Asus and HP all made announcements at the Big Electronics Show in Las Vegas, but ahead of the show we got a sneak peek in New York of their laptops and desktops coming in 2025. and that includes their gaming brands. So let’s take a look at what’s coming from them. Before I dive in, keep in mind that we saw all of this before CES even started, so there’s a good chance that these PC makers and others have announcements at the show that we just didn’t see. Also, none of these are in-depth looks and pricing and availability weren’t specific, but we wanted to give you an overview of what’s coming this year. So I’m just going to start things off with Dell, and oddly enough, the biggest announcement from them isn’t a product, it’s a name change. Dell is abandoning the names of its PC lines. Like XPS Insperon, Latitude and Precision, all for simple and clear names Dell for consumer models, Dell Pro for commercial productivity and Dell Pro Max for high performance commercial systems and workstations. And among them there are plus and premium models. So for example, if you’re familiar with Dell’s high-end XPS line, a 14-inch laptop in that line will now be called the Dell 14 Premium. You can extrapolate. From there, Dell announced some new Pro and Pro Max business laptops and several updated Insperons, now simply called Dell or Dell Plus, and they’ll be arriving in the next few months. On Alienware’s side, it’s a bit more exciting. It’s also changing its PC name, going back to the Area 51 brand with a new full-size tower with Nvidia’s latest graphics and up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 285. KCPU and 16 and 18-inch laptops, and once again they’ll have the most the new Nvidia graphics and up to the Intel Core Ultra 9 275 HX processor. Expect them to launch sometime in the first quarter. Moving on to Lenovo, for the most part PC announcements are just refreshes. For example, Lenovo’s dual-display laptop, the Yoga Book 9 I, now has larger 14-inch OLED displays than the 13.3-inch and a sturdier kickstand and the latest Intel Core Ultra 7 processor. Premium Yoga 9 I 2 and 1 also gets a processor upgrade and is an aura edition, which effectively means it’s AIPC and has smarter software and access to premium support. Then there’s the new Yoga Slim 9 I, a 14-inch premium laptop with a dazzling new glass lid and like the other two models. The latest core Ultra chips. Lenovo also announced 4 new tablets, starting with a 10-inch Lenovo general purpose tab. Then there’s the higher-end 12.7-inch Idea Tab Pro, which gives you a more superior entertainment and productivity experience, and that’s alongside the more creative 12.7-inch Yoga Tab Plus. The tablets round out the Legion tab, an 8.8-inch tablet with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip, 12 gigs of memory, 256 gigs of storage, all built around an 8.8-inch, 2.5k display with a 165 Hz refresh rate. There’s also a new Legion gaming laptop, the Legion Pro 7i, a 16-incher with up to Intel Core Ultra 9, NextGen Nvidia graphics, and some pretty nice lighting around the rear vents up front. Next up is HP and some new AI PCs for both consumers and. Business, we’re just going to focus on consumer-level PCs in this video, like the HP Omni Studio X all-in-one desktop and new Omni desktop towers. HP has made some excellent all-in-ones in the past, and this OmniStudio X looks set to continue that streak. It is available in 27 and 31.5 inch sizes and has Intel Core ultraprocessors, up to 32 gigs of memory and Intel Art graphics. The new omni desk towers feature a nice wood-like finish on the front, so they look a little more like furniture, and offer multiple configuration options, including discrete and video graphics. For gaming, there is the new Oman Max 16 laptop and it goes up to an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 or Intel Core Ultra 9275 HX processor. NextGen video graphics, 64 gigabytes of memory and 2 terabytes of storage space. There are 3 display options, including a 2.5K OLED with a variable refresh rate of 48 to 240 Hz. HP also showed off a compact 16L Oman gaming tower with Intel or AMD CPUs and GPUs up to AMD Radeon RX 7600 or. Nvidia RTX 4060 TI. Finally, let’s look at what Aus brought to the table. Mostly it was a lot of Vivo books in a wide range of configurations with Intel, AMD and Q Qualcomm processors in 14 and 16 inch sizes and a combination of plastic or plastic and metal. Bodies. Availability will vary by region, but if you’re looking for a mid-range AIPC from ASU, you’ll have plenty of options this year. The most interesting consumer laptop announcement of these, however, is the Zenbook A14, a 14-inch OLED co-pilot plus computer that weighs less than 1 kg and is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon X processor. The body is made from the company’s aluminum alloy, which is a metal with a smooth ceramic coating. On the ROG side, Asus essentially refreshes its main lines, the Zephyrus, strix and strict scar, with new processors, graphics and cooling, as well as updated lighting. Strix and strict scar will be available in 16 and 18 inch sizes, will have NextGen Intel C. GPU in Nvidia GPU and better cooling. In fact, everything has better cooling. The Zephyrus will be available in 14- and 16-inch models and will be co-pilot plus PCs running the latest AMD chips with Nvidia graphics. Then there’s the return of the company’s gaming tablet PC, the Flow Z13. It’s completely redesigned, built around an AMD Strix Halo chip and a 13.4-inch 2.5k touchscreen. It is joined by a new Thunderbolt XG mobile external GPU with Nvidia NextGen graphics. Topping it all off is an Intel-based gaming desktop designed and built by Republic of Gamers, the G700. So that’s a whirlwind of many of the PCs announced at CES 2025. If you want more details on them, please head over to CNET.com to read all about them. Well, nothing really strikes me as the best of the show at the moment, there are a lot of interesting options and to me Aus seems to have the strongest hand in this game at the moment. I know the video is small on details, but I’d still like to know what you think, so let me know in the comments. Thanks for watching. Happy New Year and you’ll see me when you see me.