Sure thing, let’s dive into this with some funky rawness. Here goes:
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Alright, so walking into Zotac’s booth at Computex 2025 felt like stepping into some sci-fi world. Not that I’m a sci-fi nerd or anything. They’ve got this handheld beauty called Zone 2—at least that’s the working title. It’s got a 7-inch AMOLED screen (super fancy, right?), and it’s powered by AMD’s Ryzen AI HX 370 APU from the Strix Point line. No Windows or SteamOS here; they went with Manjaro Linux, because why not shake things up, huh?
Quick flashback: Zone 1 came out last September, rocking an AMD Ryzen 7 8840U. Yeah, slow and steady seems to be Zotac’s game. So, they teased this at CES, and now here we are at Computex—the suspense is killing me. Apparently, the Zone 2 name isn’t final, but… it kinda sticks, doesn’t it? Launching sometime later this year, supposedly. Fingers crossed.
Techy moment—brace yourself. The AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 brings a 12-core punch (4 Zen 5 and 8 Zen 5c, if that means anything to you). You’ve got the Radeon 890M iGPU tossing in 12 CUs and a NPU that’s like 50 TOPS crazy. While many are dialing down with the Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Zotac’s like, “Nah, we’re going big.” 24/32GB LPDDR5x RAM options and a user-upgradeable 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD too. That’s some space-age stuff.
Weirdly cool feature here: a 7-inch 1080p AMOLED touchie! 120 Hz refresh rate—phew, my eyes are in love. Just like the Nintendo Switch, it’s got a kickstand for your tabletop adventures. Plus, two touchpads and hall-effect joysticks. Sounded like it might lift off any second.
Manjaro Linux with KDE Plasma 6 desktop interiors? That’s like mixing flavors at the soda machine, but it sorta works like SteamOS. Proton’s in for game handling, minus some hiccups in multiplayer anti-cheat stuff. Can we talk options? Sure, you could swap it out for Windows if you dare.
Battery chat—48.5Wh Li-ion, seemingly similar playtime to its predecessor. Ports galore: UHS-II microSD, a 3.5mm jack (yes, they still exist), and several speedy USB4 ports. There’s WiFi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2, too. Around the back? Extra buttons, trigger toggles, and a snazzy mesh style for heat. Details are still trickling in as we wait for the big Zotac reveal, whenever that happens.
Anyway—oh, right, click “Follow” on Tom’s Hardware for all the gizmos and geeky tidbits. So, where was I again? Ah, the coffee’s cold now. Time for a refill.
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And that’s the scoop!
