Madeline Ricchiuto

Madeline Ricchiuto

Staff Writer

A former lab gremlin for Tom's Guide, Laptop Mag, Tom's Hardware, and TechRadar; Madeline has escaped the labs to join Laptop Mag as a Staff Writer. With over a decade of experience writing about tech and gaming, she may actually know a thing or two. Sometimes. When she isn't writing about the latest laptops and AI software, Madeline likes to throw herself into the ocean as a PADI scuba diving instructor and underwater photography enthusiast.

Articles by: Madeline Ricchiuto

Dell 14 Plus 2-in-1 (Intel) laptop in tent mode on a wooden desk, against a black backdrop.

I see the Dell 14 Plus, and all I can think about is her: Inspiron Plus

By Madeline Ricchiuto published

Looking for a new Dell laptop? The old Inspiron seems like a better choice, but does the Dell 14 Plus offer something that its predecessor doesn’t?

Acer Predator Triton 14 AI gaming laptop on a glass table.

Acer's ultra-portable Predator Triton 14 AI gaming laptop could be the coolest thing at Computex

By Madeline Ricchiuto published

Apparently you can connect Intel's Lunar Lake to an Nvidia GPU if you try hard enough.

Dell 14 Plus 2-in-1 (Intel) laptop on a wooden desk, against a black backdrop.

This Dell 14 Plus 2-in-1 would be great, if not for two major flaws

By Madeline Ricchiuto published

The Dell 14 Plus 2-in-1 (Intel) is an affordable laptop with solid performance, great battery life, and strong hinges, but its display and audio fall flat.

MSI Claw

MSI's Claw 7 handheld may abandon Intel for AMD — along with everything that made it unique

By Madeline Ricchiuto published

MSI's Claw handhelds have been the flagship Intel-powered handhelds, but a new rumored Claw 7 could swap out an Intel Core Ultra chip for AMD's Ryzen Z2 Extreme.

An Intel Foundry engineer in clean room gear holds a silicon wafer at an Intel facility in Chandler, Arizona.

Tariffs and TSMC delays could turn Apple into an Intel Foundry customer

By Madeline Ricchiuto published

Intel's external production is currently "not significant," but that is expected to change by 2027

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang holding a chip

Computex showdown: Nvidia & MediaTek tipped to steal Windows-on-Arm spotlight

By Madeline Ricchiuto published

Nvidia and MediaTek are expected to announce laptops powered by their Arm super-chip.

Apple MacBook Air 13-inch M4 on a wooden table with the display showing the macOS Sequoia desktop.

Forget the M5, Apple is reportedly already working on the M6 and M7

By Madeline Ricchiuto published

Apple is expected to launch the first products using the M5 in the fall, with the MacBook Pro models getting the chip first this time around.

A versus image with the Apple MacBook Pro 16 (M4 Pro, 2024) on the left and the HP ZBook Ultra 14 G1a on the right.

AMD’s Ryzen AI Max Pro and Apple’s M4 Pro are strong, but which powers the better workstation?

By Madeline Ricchiuto published

Which is the better workstation chip? Apple’s high-end M4 Pro, or AMD’s Ryzen AI Max Pro? HP’s ZBook Ultra 14 G1a just may be a worthy MacBook Pro competitor.

The HP ZBook Ultra 14 G1a mobile workstation open on a black desk against a white wall.

The HP ZBook Ultra outperforms the MacBook Pro in key areas, but it comes at a price

By Madeline Ricchiuto published

Editor's Choice

From dollars to battery life, some sacrifices need to be made for x86

Intel Core Ultra 200V "Lunar Lake" vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

Are Snapdragon X Elite chips that much better on battery power than AMD and Intel? I tested them all to find out.

By Madeline Ricchiuto published

All day battery life, but it didn't even last half a day of benchmarking

Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 gaming laptop on a purple gradient background.

I've found the best new laptop for designers, and it's a Lenovo Legion 9i

By Madeline Ricchiuto published

Is the 3D gaming revolution finally here?

Nvidia's RTX 5060 GPU family on a gray and black gradient background.

Nvidia's affordable RTX 5060 is coming soon, but that's not the GPU I have my eyes on

By Madeline Ricchiuto published

Can DLSS 4 save Nvidia's budget card?

A woman at a desk wearing smart glasses

Spacetop's AR computing is a game-changer, except for one thing that may hold it back

By Madeline Ricchiuto published

I spent a whole work day in AR, ask me anything.

Microsoft Surface Pro 12-inch tablet on a blue and purple gradient background.

Microsoft's new Surface Pro could solve our biggest issue with the previous gen

By Madeline Ricchiuto published

Starting at $799, it's far more affordable than last year's model

MSI Raider 18 HX AI gaming laptop open facing on a purple mat against a gray background.

Are bigger gaming laptops really better? Here’s how an RTX 5080 beat an RTX 5090.

By Madeline Ricchiuto published

We’d naturally expect an Nvidia RTX 5090 GPU to consistently outperform an RTX 5080. That’s just how the CUDA cores crumble.

The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x running Forza Horizon 5 on a white desk next to a white game controller

Curious about AI? I found the 6 best AI laptops based on our testing and reviews

By Madeline Ricchiuto last updated

When it comes to AI PCs, you have more and more options every day, so to make buying your new AI laptop easier, here's a guide to the best of the best.

MSI Claw 8 AI+ (A2VM) handheld gaming PC

I tested Intel's new graphics drivers on the MSI Claw. Here's what happened.

By Madeline Ricchiuto published

Lunar Lake graphics are better than ever, with some caveats.

Intel chip

Intel's 14A chips might finally prove a match for Apple Silicon

By Madeline Ricchiuto published

Intel announced performance metrics for its upcoming 14A silicon process node during the Intel Foundry Direct Connect event in San Jose on Tuesday.

Alienware 34 Curved QD-OLED monitor (AW3425DW) against a gradient background.

Alienware's flagship 34-inch curved QD-OLED now features a 240Hz refresh rate

By Madeline Ricchiuto published

The Alienware 34 240Hz Curved QD-OLED (AW3425DW) features the new AW30 design, a 240Hz refresh rate, a 3440 x 1440p resolution, and a 1800R curve for complete immersion.

iPhone 17

Apple's 20th anniversary iPhone might be 'extraordinarily complex' and also extraordinarily expensive

By Madeline Ricchiuto published

Apple's 20th anniversary smartphone will feature an 'extraordinarily complex' design. While that sounds fantastic, it will come with a few major drawbacks.

Geekom AX8 Pro AI Mini PC set up with a monitor, keyboard, and mouse, on a black mat against a white background.

I replaced my laptop with this mini PC for a week, and here’s what happened.

By Madeline Ricchiuto published

Other than using my laptop as a second display, switching to a Mini PC barely changed my work habits.

Samsung Edge slim phone

New Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge rumors hint at specs and price ahead of its expected launch

By Madeline Ricchiuto published

A series of reputable leaks this morning gave us a glimpse at what could be behind the ultra-thin chassis of the Galaxy S25 Edge.

The ASUS ProArt P16 with lid open on a white table

Finding the best laptops for engineering students is crucial, here are our 3 top picks for 2025

By Madeline Ricchiuto last updated

The best laptops for engineering students are vital to success. After hundreds of hours of testing and reviews, here are our top picks for 2025.

Geekom AX8 Pro AI Mini PC on a black mat against a white background.

This Geekom Mini PC is so small, I almost forgot where I put it

By Madeline Ricchiuto published

The Geekom AX8 Pro AI mini PC offers solid AMD Ryzen 7 performance, plenty of ports, and a 16 TOPS NPU. It’s also small, light, and mounts easily to a monitor.

Image of a woman wearing AR glasses working in the Spacetop workspace.

This Spacetop and AR glasses combo turns your Windows machine into a spatial computer that you'll have to see to believe

By Madeline Ricchiuto published

Sightful's Spacetop for Windows is a software designed to ease those pain-points and make working in AR as seamless as using a laptop.

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