Here Are the Coolest Laptops Getting New Intel 8th- Gen Chips (For Now..)A couple of weeks ago, Intel announced its first batch of 8th- generation CPUs. They’re improved versions of the current Kaby Lake chips, but with double the cores. This results is that Intel says these chips offer up to 4. While these chips might not have the fancy new Intel 1. PC makers put quad- core chips in systems that previously capped out at two and that’s still damn cool. It’s that time of year when Intel, the largest maker of laptop and desktop processors in the world, .
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Now there are a bunch officially coming down the pipeline. Here are the coolest Intel 8th- gen laptops announced so far. Dell XPS 1. 3The jewel of Dell’s laptop lineup isn’t any different on the outside, but it has gotten an upgrade internally. Due out on September 1. XPS 1. 3 will be available with either Core i. Core i. 7 8th- gen chips. However, for people actually planning to buy one be careful when ordering, as Dell is still selling older XPS 1.
CPUs. If you want to make sure you are getting the latest silicon, check and see if the processor has an 8 in the product number following the class designation, e. Intel Core i. 7 8. U. Lenovo Yoga 9. Along with new 8th- gen Intel chips, Lenovo is revamping its flagship 2- in- 1, the Yoga 9. Cortana, and new stylus support that works with Windows Ink. And of course, you still get that gorgeous watchband hinge that sets Lenovo’s top- of- line convertible apart from every other 2- in- 1 on the market.
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The one sad part about all this is that Lenovo is dropping its signature orange color option. However the company is hoping to make up for that loss with new optional Gorilla Glass lids when the Yoga 9. Funny Comedian Videos Jurassic World (2015) more.
October. Acer Switch 7 Black. Starting at $1,6. December, Acer’s Switch 7 Black Edition is more than just a simple Surface clone. On top of new Intel 8th- gen CPUs, the Switch 7 Black is the world’s first fanless detachable with discrete graphics. And while the Switch 7’s Nvidia MX1. GPU isn’t going to be enough to run AAA games at 6.
Unlike the Surface Pro, the Switch 7 Black’s detachable keyboard is included for free. Asus Zenbook 3 Deluxe.
Asus’ Zenbook 3 Deluxe was already a great, and more affordable, alternative for people who prefer thin PCs. But now that Asus has refreshed it with new 8th- gen chips, it’s even more powerful. Available sometime this fall, you still get the same 1. GB of RAM and a 1. TB SSD. Acer Swift 5. Weighing in at just 2. Acer claims its new Swift 5 is the lightest 1.
Starting at $9. 99 and due out in December, it’s pretty cheap, but it doesn’t skimp on ports or specs thanks to a 1. IPS touchscreen, both types of USB- C and of course, Intel 8th- gen processors. It’s not super flashy, but if you care about treating your back and shoulders better, the Swift 5 is something you could consider.
Acer Nitro Spin 5. Is it a 2- in- 1 or is it a casual gaming machine. Actually it’s kind of both, and while that puts it in the awkward position of being a jack- of- all- trades and master- of- none, the $9. Nitro Spin 5’s Nvidia 1.
GPU should be good enough to play most AAA titles at full HD, as long as you don’t mind turning the settings down a bit. The system is due out in October, but until then, the Nitro Spin 5 prompts another question: Where are all the real gaming PCs at? Initially, Intel’s 8th- gen processors consist only of Core i. Core i. 7 U- series chips, which are found in 2- in- 1 and ultraportable laptops rather than the monster gamer ones. That’s why newly announced stuff like the 1. Razer Blade Pro and Asus ROG Strix Scar aren’t listed here.
That means people looking for more affordable Core i. CPUs found in super cheap machines, or the beefier HQ processors that you would normally find in mobile gaming machines, will have to wait until next year.
The same goes for 8th- gen desktop processors too. And then we’ll say goodbye to Kaby Lake R, and the cycle starts all over again.
ZEN PENCILS » 2. 07. STEPHEN KING: The desk. Think about this: Stephen King has been releasing one, sometimes two books a year pretty much every year since his first novel, Carrie, was published in 1.
That’s 4. 3 freakin’ years of consistent output! He’s become such a mainstay of our culture that it’s easy to take his genius for granted. King’s been writing since he was 7 years- old, when he would copy and rearrange the stories out of his favourite comic books. Impressed by her son’s talent, King’s mother urged him to write an original story. He began submitting short stories to horror and sci- fi magazines at age 1. By the time he was 1.
King had to replace it with a larger spike. By the time he was 1. King was still getting rejection letters, although at least now there were hand- written notes of encouragement from editors scribbled on them.
By his mid 2. 0s, King was selling the occasional short story to pulp and mens magazines but not nearly enough to make a living. He was working in an industrial laundry, cleaning maggot- infested restaurant and hospital sheets, while his wife Tabitha, also a writer, worked at Dunkin’ Donuts. They had two young children, were living in a trailer and although King managed to find better work as an English teacher, he was starting to despair that his writing career would never take off.“Good story ideas seem to come quite literally from nowhere, sailing at you right out of the empty sky: two previously unrelated ideas come together and make something new under the sun. Your job isn’t to find these ideas but to recognise them when they show up.”King chanced upon the idea for Carrie when he recalled working as a high school janitor.
While he was cleaning the female locker room he paid special attention to the shower curtains since he knew the boys lockers didn’t have them. He imagined an opening scene (NSFW) in which a girls locker room didn’t have the curtains and students were forced to shower in front of each other. What if a girl had her period in the shower but didn’t know what it was, and all the other girls laughed and threw tampons at her? How would that girl retaliate? Then King remembered reading an article about telekenisis and how there was evidence that it was prevalent in young girls, especially around the time of their first period. Boom, that’s when two unrelated ideas came together to create something new. King knew he had found an idea for a book and wrote three pages of a first draft while working his teaching job.
He hated it and threw it in the trash. It was King’s wife Tabitha who found the pages while emptying the bin and encouraged her husband to finish it. Carrie was published in 1. King’s breakthrough novel. King finished off the decade with a string of bestsellers including . However, he was also an alcoholic and a drug addict.
He would write all hours of the day strung out on cocaine and medicate at night with a whole case of 1. In 1. 98. 5 and at risk of losing his family, Tabitha held an intervention and gave King an ultimatum: get help or get out of the house. Thankfully, King managed to get clean and put his family life back together. And thankfully for us, through it all, he never stopped writing. I tried to find a picture of the actual massive oak desk King mentions.
The best I could do was this brief glimpse into King’s office in an interview from the mid ’8. You can see it at the 2. The newer, smaller desk I’m guessing is this one. I could be wrong about both.
RELATED COMICSBill Watterson A Cartoonist’s Advice. Stanley Kubrick answers a question. Neil Gaiman Make Good Art. Jack Kirby Hero Worship. Chuck Jones An Animator’s Advice– The quote used for the comic and all the info sourced for the post come from King’s fantastic memoir/how- to book. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft.
A must- read for anyone with the slightest interest in writing.– Further reading: Stephen King’s Family Business. A beautiful profile of the entire King family from The New York Times. Not only is King’s wife a writer, but so are his two sons and daughter- in- law.– My Top 5 Stephen King books: Misery, Different Seasons, The Stand, The Long Walk, Under the Dome. I admit I haven’t read any of The Dark Tower books (hangs head in shame). What’s your favourite?