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The Asus Zenbook Pro is a series of thin-and-light 15-inch laptops with premium builds and aesthetics, but also powerful hardware and good screen options. We’ve covered the UX550 lines in depth here on the site in previous articles (UX550VD, UX550VE, and the updated UX550GD/GE), but...
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The Core i7-8750H is the new mainstream processor for gaming and other types of performance laptops released on April 3rd 2018, as part of the Intel Coffee Lake platform. It’s one of the first 6-core mobile processors from Intel and it’s meant to replace...
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If you’re shopping for a mid-range everyday computer in the $600 to $700 price-range, you’ve surely come across a few Asus VivoBooks options. As of the second half of 2018 Asus offers an updated model in this niche, the VivoBook S15 S530, also known...
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I used to play a lot of games in a previous life, and back then I was much into titles like World of Warcraft, Age of Empires, Starcraft, Red Alert, Diablo and many others. These days I rarely launch a Civ 6 session and...
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This article is about the Asus Zenbook S UX391 series, Asus’s new flagship clamshell thin-and-light ultraportable for 2018. It’s meant to compete with the top contenders out there, like the Dell XPS 13 9370 or the Huawei MateBook X Pro, with whom it shares...
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The ROG Strix is Asus’s line of mid-range gaming laptops with solid specs and features, but also fairly aggressive prices. As of June 2018 Asus launched an update of the Strix family and the new Strix II GL504 laptops don’t just get the newer hardware, but...
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It’s been a while since the release of the Nvidia Pascal architecture that’s used in the vast majority of notebooks and desktop builds available in stores today, but a new generation based on the Turing architecture is scheduled for release this summer. We’ve seen rumors...
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For years the $1000 mark has been a psychological bar for laptop buyers and in this article we’re going to talk about what you can expect in 2018 from a gaming laptop at this price. First of all though we’ll have to talk about...
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This article is very long due, but we finally get to talk about the updated models in the Asus ZenBook UX430 series of ultra-portables, the UX430UN model with Intel 8th gen hardware and Nvidia MX150 graphics. Keep in mind this article is published in August...
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This article briefly explains how a modern MacBook Air compares to the multiple Windows ultrabooks and portable laptops competing in the thin-and-light ultraportable space. A while ago Intel decided to revolutionize the market and set some high standards for a new breed of laptops:...
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The 15-inch Asus Zenbook Pros have been some of the most popular thin-and-light premium laptops of 2017, alongside the Dell XPS 15, the Lenovo Yoga 720 and Yoga 730, and perhaps the HP Omen 15. With the launch of the Intel Coffee Lake hardware platform in early April...
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In this article we’ve gathered our impressions on the updated 2018 model of the Asus ROG Strix SCAR Edition GL703GS. That’s a mouthful, in Asus’s “good” tradition, but this laptop is definitely interesting as a powerful 17-inch gaming machine with the latest hardware features...
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This article is about an all-round laptop that combines solid everyday performance, gaming abilities, a 15-inch screen, a compact form-factor and a great price: the Asus VivoBook 15 X560UD (or K560UD in some regions). It’s built on Intel Core U hardware and an Nvidia...
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A few years ago gaming laptops were bulky, heavy, expensive and couldn’t even get close to the performance of a regular PC, but a lot has changed in the meantime. These days the market offers not only powerful desktop replacements, but also a very...
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The niche for full-size laptops under $1000 able to handle 1080P gaming with ease is highly competitive as of 2018, with most OEMs offering at least one unit in this segment. The competition drives down prices and at the same time, drives up the overall quality...
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The Lenovo Yoga 920 is one of the better convertible ultraportables available in stores as of the Spring of 2018, and we’ve talked about it in a previous article. It’s very well built, it packs an excellent display with Pen support, a nice keyboard,...
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If you’re after a portable all-round laptop and you’ve got around $1000 / 1000 EUR to spend, the Lenovo IdeaPad 720s should be on your list. We’ve spent some time with it in the last weeks and gathered all our impressions below, with the...
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This article explains what to expect from laptops with Nvidia MX150 graphics chips, as well as provide a complete list of portable devices equipped with these chips. The Nvidia GeForce MX150 is a discrete graphics chip based on the Nvidia Pascal architecture, primarily meant for ultrabooks...
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As of April 3rd 2018 Intel unveiled the revised Coffee Lake hardware platform and in this article we’ll talk about what this means for the world on notebooks for the rest of 2018 and the first part of 2019. You should know that this launch...
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As of April 3rd 2018 there’s a new series of Performance Mobile Processors meant for multimedia, gaming and workstation laptops, part of the Intel Coffee Lake line. This includes a multitude of SKUs, with the most important ones being the Core i5-8300H (quad-core), Core...
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There are a lot of good gaming laptops out there, but this article is about one of those than stand out of the crowd: the Asus ROG GL503VS, also known as the ROG Strix Scar Edition. The GL503 is Asus’s latest series of mid-range...
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Back at IFA 2017 Asus announced an update for the mid-range ROG Strix gaming line: the GL503 and GL703 series. Given the previous GL502s and GL702s were some of the most popular laptops in their niche, the new generation attracts a lot of interest from...
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If you’re in the market for a mid-range all-in-one laptop capable of handling everyday chores, multimedia content and occasional games, you surely came along the Acer Swift 3 series by now. This article is about a newer addition to this line built on AMD’s...
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For the last years Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms have been an important part of most high-end smartphones and tablets out there, but as of late 2017 Qualcomm and Microsoft unveiled the first Windows 10 commercial products built on Snapdragon hardware. I’m not going to get...
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For the last two years, the Dell Inspiron Gaming line has been one of the best series of mid-range gaming laptops you could get, with solid traits and an excellent price (especially for those of you living in the US). The latest iteration in the...
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The Swift 5 is Acer’s classic “ultrabook”: a compact clamshell laptop with a compact and light construction, modern hardware, an IPS touchscreen, a backlit keyboard and overall no major compromises. As of late 2017 Acer updated the series with the SF514-52T model, a follow-up...
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A few years ago netbooks were highly popular, as light, compact and inexpensive laptops you could easily lug around to school or work. They weren’t very well crafted though and didn’t perform that well either, so eventually faded away. These days there are still a...
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If you’re interested in the Microsoft Surface Pro, you should also check out the product covered in this article, the Acer Switch 5 SW512-52. Much like the Surface Pro, this one is a Windows tablet with a similar form factor, a kick-stand on the...
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Let’s say you’re in the market for a compact all-round laptop able to handle daily activities and tackle a few casual games as well. You don’t want a full-size computer, but rather something smaller and lighter, yet at the same time your budget is...
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A few weeks ago I published an article about the Asus Zenbook UX550VD, a much awaited addition to the premium 15-inch laptop segment and alternative to the Dell XPS 15, the Lenovo Yoga 720 15 and the newer Yoga 730 and ThinkPad X1 Extreme. However, the UX550VE variant...
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Fanless laptops (completely silent) in 2024 – the best options
In this article, we’re discussing fanless laptops and silent Windows ultrabooks and Chromebooks, or in other words, laptops with passive cooling solutions, without a fan that spins and makes...
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