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ONEXPLAYER X1 Air Lunar Lake Handheld Gaming PC is now available for pre-order (11 inch screen and detachable controllers)
The ONEXPLAYER X1 Air is a portable computer that’s positioned as a handheld gaming PC. But with an 11 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel, 120 Hz thanks to a set of detachable controllers that fit onto the sides.
First announced in China earlier this summer, the ONEXPLAYER X1 Air is now available for pre-order globally with prices starting at $1099. It’s expected to begin shipping September 25, […]
#handheldGamingPc #lunarLake #onexplayerX1 #onexplayerX1Air #windowsTablet
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ONEXPLAYER X1 Air is an Intel Lunar Lake handheld gaming PC with a big screen and detachable controllers and keyboard
One Netbook’s next handheld gaming PC is actually the latest in a line of 3-in-1 devices from the company. With a 10.95 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel display and detachable controllers you can use the ONEXPLAYER X1 Air as a Windows tablet or a handheld game system. There’s also a detachable keyboard that the company says lets you use the system like a laptop, although I’m not totally convinced […]
#detachableControllers #handheldGamingPc #lunarLake #oneNetbook #ONEXPLAYER #onexplayerX1 #onexplayerX1Air
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MSI Claw 7 and 8 AI+ handheld gaming PCs with Intel Lunar Lake now available for pre-order for $800 and up
The first MSI Claw handheld gaming PC wasn’t very well received when it launched earlier this year as the first (and only) model in the space to feature an Intel Meteor Lake processor and Intel Arc integrated graphics.
But MSI has promised that the company’s next-gen models would fix many of the original’s weaknesses by offering better performance and better battery life. Now the next-gen MSI Claw 8 AI+ and MSI Claw 7 AI+ are available for pre-order and they’re expected to begin shipping December 25, 2024.
MSI Claw 8 AI+MSI officially announced the launch of its new handhelds featuring Intel Core Ultra 7 (Series 2) “Lunar Lake” processors on December 3, 2024. But they actually started showing up in retail listings in late November.
They’re currently listed at several different stores, although availability varies by retailer:
- MSI Claw 7 AI+ (A2VM-001US) for $800 – Amazon, Best Buy, MSI, or ExcaliberPC
- MSI Claw 8 AI+ (A2VM-001US) for $900 – Amazon, Best Buy, MSI, or ExcaliberPC
Since both models feature Intel Lunar Lake processors, they should bring improvements to gaming performance and battery life: Intel says its new chips deliver up to 30% better graphics performance while improving energy efficiency by as much as 50% when compared with the Meteor Lake chip used in the original MSI Claw.
On paper, that could be a recipe for handhelds featuring the AMD Ryzen processors that have come to dominate this space over the past few years. But I’d probably wait for some independent reviews before drawing any conclusions about real-world performance.
MSI Claw 7 AI+The new MSI Claw 7 AI+ (A2VM-001S) looks nearly identical to the original, which suggests that the upgrades are all on the inside. The MSI Claw 8 AI+ (A2VM-001US), meanwhile, has an updated design with a “sandstone” colored body, redesigned grips, analog sticks, bumpers, and a D-pad that MSI says should make this model more comfortable to hold while ensuring better accuracy during gaming.
It also features a bigger display, a larger battery, and faster WiFi.
MSI Claw 8 AI+MSI Claw 7 AI+Display8 inches
1920 x 1200 pixels
IPS LCD
16:10 aspect ratio
120 Hz refresh rate (VRR)
500 nits7 inches
1920 x 1080 pixels
IPS LCD
16:9 aspect ratio
120 Hz (VRR)
500 nitsProcessorUp to Intel Core Ultra 7-258V
4 P-cores + 4 E-cores
3.7 GHz base / 4.8 GHz max freq
12MB smart cache
47 TOPS NPU
17 – 37W TDPGraphicsIntel Arc 140V
8 Xe cores @ 1.95 GHzRAMUp to 32GB
LPDDR5x-8533StorageUp to 1TB
PCIe Gen 4 x4
M.2 2230Up to 512GB
PCIe Gen 4 x4
M.2 2230WirelessIntel Killer BET1750
WiFi 7
Bluetooth 5.4Intel AX211
WiFi 6E
Bluetooth 5.4Battery & charging80 Wh battery53 Wh batteryCharger65W USB Type-CD PD 3.0Ports2 x Thunderbolt 4
1 x 3.5mm audio
1 x microSD card readerCoolingCooler Boost HyperFlow
Dual fans
Dual heat pipesGame controllersHall effect joysticks and triggers
M1 & M2 macro buttons (rear)
6-axis IMU
vibration motorAudio2 x 2W speakers
1 x 3.5mm audioSecurityFingerprint sensor (in power button)Dimensions299 x 126 x 24mm
11.77 x 4.96″ x 0.94″290 x 117 x 21mm
11.57″ x 4.61″ x 0.83″Weight795 grams
1.75 pounds675 grams
1.49 poundsColorSandstoneBlackFor the most part the new 7 inch model appears to be physically identical to the original MSI Claw handheld gaming PC. The only significant difference is that it has Intel’s latest processor inside.
The new 8 inch model looks like a more substantial upgrade with an updated design and a much larger battery that should, when combined with Lunar Lake efficiency improvements, lead to much longer run time.
While the $800 list prices for the new handhelds seems a little high at a time when you can buy pretty good handheld gaming computers for less than half that much, it’s possible that MSI could have some lower-cost options in the works as well.
There’s mention of models with Intel Core Ultra 7 256V processors and 16GB of memory on at least one of the product pages. Whether that’s enough to lower the price significantly remains to be seen though.
MSI Claw 8 AI+ MSI Claw 8 AI+ MSI Claw 8 AI+ MSI Claw 8 AI+ MSI Claw 8 AI+ MSI Claw 8 AI+ MSI Claw 8 AI+ MSI Claw 7 AI+ MSI Claw 7 AI+ MSI Claw 7 AI+ MSI Claw 7 AI+ MSI Claw 7 AI+ MSI Claw 7 AI+ MSI Claw 7 AI+ MSI Claw 7 AI+via MSI Press release, /r/MSIClaw and NotebookCheck
This article was first published November 29, 2024 and most recently updated December 3, 2024.
#handheldGamingPc #lunarLake #msi #msiClaw #msiClaw7AiPlus #msiClaw8AiPlus
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After a great week in Berlin for IFA–with most of my travel expenses covered by the organizers of that tech trade show as part of their usual accommodation for a group of invited U.S. journalists and analysts–I’ve got Monday at home before I fly to Chicago Tuesday to moderate a panel discussion at the robotics firm Vention’s Demo Day. Then Wednesday I fly from there to Orlando to cover the early-Thursday-morning launch of AST SpaceMobile’s first set of BlueBird phone-broadband satellites. I realize that this scheduling may look a little crazy, but I could not pass up a chance to see a Falcon 9 liftoff from six miles away.
9/3/2024: How Aurora is finding its own lane on the road to autonomous trucking, Fast Company
This story had a long editorial on-ramp–I made my day trip to Dallas to visit Aurora at the end of July, then needed another week to talk to a couple of industry analysts, then was out of town for Black Hat and some quasi-vacation time, then had to set the story aside for work on a Fast Co. project with a more defined deadline, then finally filed the piece in late August. And then we had to correct a detail in the story after publication when Aurora clarified to me that their scenario of an autonomous truck running from Long Beach to Dallas would require a refueling stop.
9/3/2024: ‘Lunar Lake’ Leaves the Launch Pad: Intel Unveils Core Ultra 2 Laptop Chips at IFA, PCMag
PCMag asked if I could fly out to Berlin a day early to cover Intel’s event unveiling this new line of laptop processors, and I was happy to oblige–even if describing the finer points of CPU architectures represented a stretch from my usual coverage.
9/3/2024: Google Drops 5 New Android Features As It Ships Android 15 Source Code, PCMag
I wrote this in advance off an embargoed copies of Google’s blog posts and filed it last weekend to a) avoid having this hanging over my head during IFA, and b) stick the work on my August invoice.
9/5/2024: Court to Internet Archive: You Can’t Turn Printed Books Into Online E-Book Loans, PCMag
Having a morning with no must-attend IFA events booked left me time to digest this court ruling shutting down the Internet Archive’s “Controlled Digital Lending” project and have an explainer filed by the time my editor in New York was logging on.
9/7/2024: Boeing’s Starliner Touches Down Unscathed But Uncrewed, PCMag
Time zones worked in my favor again when Starliner landed in New Mexico just after 6 a.m. Central European time, allowing me to have a writeup done before I headed downstairs for breakfast.
9/7/2024: Cordless Blender? ‘Ki’ Standard Aims to Unplug Small Kitchen Gadgets, PCMag
After getting an in-person pitch for this cordless-power standard, I’m more convinced that it has a future as an extra feature on future induction cooktops than as something embedded below countertops.
9/8/2024: Beyond AirTags: 3 Unique Accessories You Can Track With Apple’s ‘Find My’ Network, PCMag
I started writing this roundup late Saturday afternoon, then finished it Saturday night after dinner–which meant I missed the chance to go out for drinks with some of my fellow IFA travelers, but I did not want to have to finish this post on the flight home in addition to the other writing I had to do from a chair in the sky.
#Android15 #AndroidFeatureDrop #Aurora #autonomousTrucking #Berlin #Boeing #ControlledDigitalLending #copyright #cordlessCharging #cordlessPower #CST100 #ESR #FindMy #HachetteVInternetArchive #IFA #Intel #IntelCoreUltraSeries2 #InternetArchive #Ki #laptopProcessors #LunarLake #Qi #Satechi #Starliner #TwelveSouth
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The new Khadas Mind is a pocket-sized PC with Intel Meteor Lake or Lunar Lake and support for modular add-ons
The Khadas Mind is a tiny desktop computer that’s designed to be part of a modular ecosystem that allows you to quickly attach an external graphics card, a docking station, or other accessories that tap into the high-speed “Mind Link” connector on the bottom of the system.
When Khadas first launched the platform in 2023, the company offered a Khadas Mind mini PC with a choice of Intel Core […]
#khadas #khadasMind #lunarLake #mindLink #miniPc #modular #pocketSizedPc
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MSI Claw 8 AI+ handheld gaming PC with Intel Lunar Lake is coming in 2025
The MSI Claw was the first handheld gaming PC featuring an Intel Meteor Lake processor with Intel Arc graphics. And by most reports, the 7 inch handheld wasn’t a very good mobile gaming device due to a combination of poor performance and poor battery life when compared with recent AMD-powered models like the Steam Deck and Asus ROG Ally.
But MSI is sticking with Intel for its second […]
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MSI Claw 8 AI+ is an Intel Lunar Lake handheld gaming PC with an 8 inch display
As expected, MSI is updating its handheld gaming PC lineup with a new model featuring a bigger display and a next-gen Intel Mobile processor.
The MSI Claw 8 AI+ will be one of the first handhelds powered by an Intel Lunar Lake processor, which should bring a 1.5X boost in graphics performance, a more modest increase in single-core CPU […] -
MSI Claw 8 AI+ leak points to a next-gen handheld gaming PC with Intel Lunar Lake
MSI’s first handheld gaming PC arrived earlier this year to pretty lousy reviews. That’s largely due to the MSI Claw’s processor: Intel’s Meteor Lake processors may offer much better graphics performance than the company’s older mobile chips, but they still can’t really compete with AMD’s latest Ryzen processors when it comes […]