We list some of the best laptops we saw at this year’s Computex expo in Taiwan.
It is common to see a slew of new laptops launching at Computex, but this year was different. While Intel officially announced its latest Lunar Lake mobile platform, we won’t be seeing any products before the third quarter of 2024. On the other hand, Qualcomm’s new Arm-based Snapdragon X laptops already enjoyed their time in the spotlight in May at Microsoft Build as part of the Copilot+ PC announcement. This left AMD to carry most of the burden on its shoulders as it launched the new Ryzen “Strix Point” AI 300 series CPUs.
This also meant that laptop manufacturers had very limited products to showcase. Nonetheless, we managed to get our hands on some exciting upcoming laptops that will be available in various markets in the coming months. Here’s a look at some of the best laptops I saw on the show from at Computex 2024.Asus ProArt P16
A special treat for creators, Asus unveiled ProArt 16 laptop powered by next-gen AMD Ryzen AI processors. The laptop features a similar design and chassis as the Zephyrus G16, but with a focus on content creators. The laptop features an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 GPU (105W) and, when paired with the 50 TOPS NPU, it can offer enhanced AI workflows across creativity, productivity, as well as gaming.
According to Asus, the ProArt P16 can offer 2.5x faster performance in DaVinci Resolve for video editing tasks and 4.5x faster performance for Adobe Premiere Pro’s AI Speech Enhance. Instead of having a physical dial like the previous ProArt series laptops, the new P16 now comes with a digital dial built into the trackpad. While having a physical dial offered more tactile feedback, it forced the company to move the keyboard farther away from the touchpad. Hence, this time it is swapping to a digital DialPad for a more minimalistic yet functional design.
As for the specifications, the laptop will be available with the AMD Ryzen AI 9 370 with 12 cores, up to 64GB of LPDDR5X memory, and support for up to two 2TB SSD storage. The display on the ProArt 16 is a 16-inch 16:10 Lumina OLED 4K touchscreen with 100% DCI-P3 color gamut coverage and 500 nits brightness.
In terms of connectivity, you get similar options as the new Zephyrus G16 including a USB 4.0 Type-C port, a USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C port, two USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A ports, an HDMI 2.1 port, a 3.5mm audio jack, and an SD card reader. You also get support for Bluetooth 5.4 and Wi-Fi. The laptop is available for preorder with a free three-month Adobe Creative Suite subscription and a six-month CapCut Pro license.MSI Stealth A16 AI+
MSI also showcased some new laptops at Computex this year powered by the new AMD Ryzen AI 300 chips, and the Stealth A16 AI+ seems quite promising.
