Month: July 2022

Enlarge / System76 Lemur Pro. (credit: System76)

System76 has refreshed its thin-and-light take on Linux laptops, the company announced Tuesday, as spotted by Tom's Hardware. The revamped 14-inch Lemur Pro, like its predecessors, prioritizes a longer battery life, with the latest model claiming up to 14 hours of use.

Backlit keyboard. (credit: System76)

System76 didn't detail how it tested the laptop's battery life (we've asked and will update this article if we hear back). But the Lemur Pro has a proven reputation for solid battery life. In our Lemur Pro review in 2020, when the machine was offered with an Intel Core i7-10510U, it lasted at least 1 hour longer than any other laptop we reviewed around that time when playing BBC's "10 Hours of Relaxing Oceanscapes" at 1080p resolution and max brightness.

The PC has a 180-degree hinge. (credit: System76)

It was clear that System76 had fine-tuned the machine more for longevity between charges than productivity performance.

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  Official renders of the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro. [credit: 91mobiles / Evan Blass ]

Samsung's Wear OS 3.0 launch device, the Galaxy Watch 4, is almost a year old now, so it's time for a new version. Evan Blass at 91Mobiles has scored a huge amount of imagery of Samsung's upcoming smartwatch, including official 3D rotation animations that show the two models from every angle.

Samsung is also going with a bit of a model number change. The Galaxy Watch 5 "Pro" will replace the Watch 4 "Classic" as the high-end model, while the Watch 5 replaces the Watch 4.

The big news this year is that Samsung is doing away with the unique rotating bezel that was a staple of the high-end model. The lower-end version's capacitive touch bezel is now the standard across all models, allowing you to run your finger around the watch face perimeter to scroll.

Enlarge / Don't be fooled by that Steelbook case—there's no physical disc to be found in this pricey bundle.

On Wednesday, Sony released an unboxing video highlighting all the bonuses included in the premium Collector's Edition and "Jotnar Edition" of November's God of War Ragnarok. But if you watched through that video, you might have noticed one conspicuous element missing: a physical copy of the game.

The omission of a disc is especially odd given that both special editions include the kind of Steelbook display case you would usually use to store your game disc in style. In this case, though, the PlayStation Blog specifically points out that there is "no game disc included" with the Steelbook. If you want a copy of the game to put inside that case, you have to shell out an additional $60 or $70 for the physical Standard Edition of the game. Otherwise, you're stuck with the digital download code that comes with the pricier special editions (while Sony hasn't announced pricing yet, similar Collector's Editions from Sony have run $200 and up in the past).

Players who pre-order a Ragnarok Collector's Edition won't even be able to preload their digital copy of the game to play immediately on launch day. Instead, they'll have to wait for physical receipt of their package and the "printed voucher code" included inside, then start what could be a lengthy download, depending on their connection speed.