Sure thing, let’s get messy with it:
So, Zotac just dropped this thing at Computex 2025 — not literally, thankfully — that everyone’s talking about. Picture this: a handheld gizmo with a 7-inch AMOLED screen, bright enough to burn your retinas (okay, not really, but it’s 800 nits, which is, like, super bright). They slapped AMD’s Ryzen AI HX 370 APU inside — whatever that means, right? Something about Strix Point, but I’m not techy. Anyway, they’re calling it Zone 2. I bet they spent loads of time brainstorming that one. It’s like, they had Zone 1 before, so… logical progression or something?
Zone 1 happened last September, if you remember (or, uh, care). It ran on AMD’s Ryzen 7 8840U — don’t ask me what that is. Revealed this bad boy at CES back in January, and now they’re showing up again at Computex just to remind us, “Hey, we’re still making these things!” Their rep (AKA the brave soul who deals with questions like “Why Manjaro Linux?”) says “Zone 2” might not even be the final name. Right, so this thing’s launching later this year. Probably.
Speaking of fancy tech deets: It’s got a Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 APU, which sounds intense — 12 cores or something. The AMD Radeon 890M (12 CUs, whatever those are) and a really fast NPU at 50 TOPS too… whatever that really means. And memory? 24/32GB LPDDR5x, which sounds like too much tech crammed in. There’s a 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD, ready for fans of upgrading stuff themselves.
Now, if you’re still reading (hi!), imagine gripping this 1080p AMOLED wonder, playing games at 120Hz — don’t you love when screens refresh like, a lot? — and using touchpads galore. It’s kinda like what happened when Steam Deck and the Nintendo Switch had a tech baby. Equipped with KDE Plasma 6, there’s a kickstand too, ’cause we all love a good tabletop sesh, right? Or get fancy with Proton for gaming compatibility — sounds a bit sci-fi, honestly. Oh, and if you’re not into Linux, slap Windows on it if you dare.
Oh, joy — a 48.5Wh Li-ion battery. Enough juice for all my imaginary FAQs, with ports and slots galore. Stuff like USB4, WiFi 6E, and good ol’ Bluetooth 5.2, for those who keep track of Bluetooth numerals. And, oh, some buttons and widgets at the back — toggle this, press that. There’ll be more info dumped on us eventually when Zotac feels like it.
And finally, if this hot mess wasn’t enough tech jargon, you can follow Tom’s Hardware too, because apparently, there are folks out there who love more of this stuff pouring into their feeds. Meanwhile, I’ll be here, desperately trying to make sense of 50 TOPS NPUs.
Okay, back to my cup of tea… or maybe it’s coffee. Who knows?
