CES 2025: New Laptops, Gaming PCs from Asus, Dell, Lenovo and HP – Video

CNET got an early look at of 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 some sneak peeks in New York of their laptops and desktops that are coming in 2025, and that includes their gaming brands. So let’s take a look at what’s next from them. Before I dive in, keep in mind we saw this all before CES kicked off, so there’s a good chance these PC makers and others will have announcements at the show that we just didn’t see. Also, none of these are in-depth looks and pricing and availability wasn’t concrete, but we wanted to give you an overview of what’s coming this year. So I’m just going to kick things off with Dell, and oddly enough, the biggest announcement from it isn’t a product but name changes. Dell is abandoning its PC line names. Like XPS Insperon, Latitude and Precision all for simple straightforward names Dell for consumer models, Dell Pro for commercial productivity, and Dell Pro Max for high performance commercial systems and workstations. And within those 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 Dell 14 Premium. You can extrapolate. From there, Dell did announce some new Pro and Pro Max business laptops and a couple of updated Insperons now simply called Dell or Dell Plus, and those will show up throughout the next few months. On the Alienware side, that’s a bit more exciting. It’s also changing its PC naming, returning to the Area 51 branding with a new full size tower with the latest Nvidia graphics and up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 285. KCPU and 16 and 18 inch laptops and again these will have the latest Nvidia graphics and up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 275 HX CPU. Look for them to launch sometime in the first quarter. Moving on to Lenovo, for the most part it’s computer announcements are straightforward refreshes. For example, Lenovo’s dual display laptop, the Yoga Book 9 I now has larger 14-inch OLED displays up from 13. 3 inches and a sturdier support stand and the latest Intel Core Ultra 7 processor. The premium Yoga 9 I 2 and 1 also gets a processor refresh and it’s an aura edition, which basically means it’s an AIPC and has some 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 finish on the lid and like the other two runs. Latest core Ultra chips. Lenovo also announced 4 new tablets starting with a general purpose 10 inch Lenovo tab. Then there’s the higher end 12.7 inch Idea Tab Pro that gets you a more premium entertainment and productivity experience, and that’s alongside the more creative leaning 12.7 inch yoga tab plus. Rounding out the tablets is 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 an Intel Core Ultra 9, NextGen Nvidia graphics, and some pretty nice lighting around the back vents in front. Next up is HP and some new AI PCs for both consumers and. Business we’re just going to focus on the consumer level PCs in this video like the HP Omni Studio X all in one desktop and new Omni desk towers. HP has made some excellent all in ones in the past and this OmniStudio X looks like it’ll continue that streak. It’s available in 27 and 31.5 inch sizes, and they have Intel Core ultraprocessors, up to 32 gigs of memory, and Intel Art graphics. The new omni desk towers feature a nice wood-like finish in front, so they look a bit more like furniture and offer loads of configuration options including discrete and video graphics. For gaming, there’s the new Oman Max 16 laptop and that’s got up to an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 or Intel Core Ultra 9275 HX processor. NextGen video graphics, 64 gigs of memory and 2 terabytes of storage. There are 3 display options including a 2.5K OLED with a 48 to 240 Hz variable refresh rate. HP also showed off a compact 16L Oman gaming tower with Intel or AMD CPUs and GPUs up to either an AMD Radeon RX 7600 or. Nvidia RTX 4060 TI. Finally, let’s take a look at what Aus brought to the table. Mostly it was a whole lot of Vivo books in a broad range of configurations with Intel, AMD and Q Qualcomm processors in 14 and 16 inch sizes and a mix of plastic or plastic and metal. Bodies. What’s available is going to vary by region, but if you’re after a mid-range AIPC from ASU, you’ll have a lot of options this year. The most interesting consumer laptop announcement from them though is the Zenbook A14, a 14-inch OLED co-pilot plus PC that weighs less than 1 kg and is running on a Qualcomm Snapdragon X processor. The body is made from the company’s aluminum aluminum that’s metal with a smooth ceramic-like finish. On the ROG side, Asus is essentially refreshing its major lines, the Zephyrus, strix and strict scar, with new processors, graphics, and cooling, as well as updated lighting. The strix and strict scar will come in 16 and 18 inch sizes, have NextGen Intel C. GPUs in Nvidia GPUs and better cooling. In fact, everything has better cooling. The Zephyrus will come in 14 and 16-inch models and be co-pilot plus PCs running on the latest AMD chips with Nvidia graphics. Then there’s the return of the company’s gaming tablet PC, the Flow Z13. It’s been completely redesigned, built around an AMD Strix Halo chip, and a 13. 4 inch 2.5k touch screen. It’s joined by a new Thunderbolt XG mobile external GPU with NextGen Nvidia 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 tour of a lot of the PCs announced at CES 2025. If you want more details on These please head to CNET.com to read all about them. Well, nothing really jumps out to me as a best in show right now, there are a lot of interesting options, and for me, Aus looks like it has the strongest hand in this game right now. I know the video is light on specifics, 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.