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The 2024 Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 is an excellent laptop within the 14-inch segment of performance devices, plenty powerful for its size, and more refined than the previous Zephyrus G14 generations, as explained in my detailed review of this Zephyrus G14 GA403 series. However,...
As you’re probably aware, Asus offer a handful of power profiles for their ROG gaming laptops, with one of them being called Silent and emphasizing on keeping the fans quiet at sub 35 dBA at head-level. Thing is, this Silent profile is hit and...
As mentioned in my detailed review of the 2024 Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 GA403 series, we’ve been using a couple of different configurations and units of these laptops between myself, Derek and Doug, and that’s why I’m also going to put up together a...
Among other, Asus are updating their Zenbook 14 and Zenbook S 13 lineups of thin-and-light laptops for 2024, and we’re going to discuss the important changes in this article. I have reviewed all the previous Zenbook generations over the years, as well as already...
In this article we’re discussing the 2024 refresh of the Dell XPS series, specifically the new Dell XPS 16 9640 model that replaces the previous XPS 15 and XPS 17 lineups. For 2024, Dell introduce this XPS 16 as their new all purpose 16-inch...
In this article we’re going over the 2024 updates of the Asus ROG Strix Scar and ROG Strix G lineups of full-size performance and gaming laptops. We’ve already reviewed all these models in their 2023 generations, and since these were at the time brand...
In this article we’re discussing the latest generation of the Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 series, the 2024 GU605 lineup. This Zephyrus G16 is pretty much and oversized Zephyrus G14, as the two share an unified design this year. At the same time, Asus are...
Among the novelties for this year, Lenovo are updating their premium tiers of Yoga ultraportables for 2024, and in this article we’re discussing the new Yoga Pro 9i and Yoga 9i 2-in-1. The Yoga Pro 9i gen 9 is a creator-aimed 16-inch thin-and-light performance...
In this article we go over the 2024 updates in the Lenovo Yoga/Slim lineups of ultraportable laptops, including the Yoga/Slim Pro 7i and Pro 7, the Yoga Slim 7i and the IdeaPad Slim 5i. There’s also a Slim Pro 9i 2024 update, which we’ve...
Acer are updating their popular lineups of Swift Go and Swift X portable laptops for 2024, and down below we’ll discuss the specs and important particularities and updates of these generations. The 2024 Acer Swift Gos are available as the Swift Go 14 (SFG14-73)...
In this article we’re discussing the mid-sized 2024 Dell XPS series, the Dell XPS 14 9440. Dell decided to bring back the 14-inch XPS after many years of not offering an option in this class, and this replaces the XPS 13 Plus model and...
In this article we’re discussing the compact 2024 Dell XPS 13 9340 model, the smallest XPS laptop available as part of the early-2024 XPS lineup. Unlike the XPS 14 and XPS 16, which are brand new devices for this year, the 2024 XPS 13...
This is an early review of the Lenovo Legion Go handheld. Although I’ve only had it a couple weeks, I wanted to get something up for anyone interested in it, in time for the holidays. As far as the latest handhelds go, I’ve reviewed...
In this article we’re going to discuss the particularities and the performance of the best iGPU currently available on the market, the RDNA3-based AMD Radeon 780M. This integrated GPU is bundled with the majority of the top-tier 2023 AMD Ryzen 7000 Phoenix processors. We’re...
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It was a pleasant surprise to get the Lenovo Slim Pro 9i last month. Not only did I forget it existed (mostly because the name blends into the background with all the other Lenovo names out there), but I also discovered that this is...
In this article, we’re discussing the 2023 Lenovo Legion 9i series, now the top-of-the-line model within Lenovo’s gaming/performance lineup. The 9i is the first of its kind, as so far Lenovo only went up to the Legion 7 as their flagship. However, with the...
In this article we’re discussing the updated 2023 model of the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 GA402 series. The G14 is the most hyped ROG laptop of the last few years, and is especially interesting for us here at Ultrabookreview.com due to its excellent balance...
So last year, I wrote a small article on my experience upgrading from the AMD Ryzen 5 5600x to the AMD Ryzen 7 5800x3d. In short, it was an excellent idea, providing a significant upgrade in framerates for pretty much every game I tested. ...
In this article we’re discussing the 2023 updates of the Lenovo Legion Slim series of thin-and-light gaming/performance laptops. For this year, the Legion Slims are available as either the premium Slim 7/7i models, with a thinner and lighter premium format, or the mid-tier Slim...
If you’re like me, you like OLED as a display technology, but the potential for image retention (a.k.a. “burn-in”) concerns you in the long run. While OEMs such as MSI and Asus have their own special software to help address this issue, Dell does...
In this article we’re discussing the gaming performance you should expect at 4K resolution (3840 x 2160 px) on modern laptops built on the latest RTX 4000 Ada Lovelace graphics chips from Nvidia. While we’re currently in the process of testing a handful of...
In this article, we’re discussing the 2023 updates of the ROG Flow X13 and Flow Z13 13-inch performance/gaming ultraportable laptops. I’ve already documented the previous generations in our reviews, over here for the Flow X13 and here for the Flow Z13, so I’m familiar...
Another year, another generation of ThinkPad laptops. Lenovo are quietly launching the 2023 iterations of their premium-tier Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (11th gen) clamshell business notebook and Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga (8th gen) 2-in-1 convertible model. For the most part, the two are hardware...
In this article, we’re discussing the 2023 Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 and Ideapad Pro 5i lineups. These include some exciting all-purpose configurations, available in either 14-inch or 16-inch sizes, and with either AMD (Pro 5 models) or Intel (Pro 5i models) specs, alongside optional...