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Our latest analysis and news pieces on ultrabooks and ultra-portable laptops here at Ultrabookreview.com.
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Early into 2022, DDR5 memory is going to quickly make its way into the mobile space, with the laptops built on Intel’s Alder Lake (12th-gen) and AMD’s Rembrandt (6000 series, Zen3+) hardware platforms. Unlike on desktop PCs where you can opt for either DDR4...
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While still one of the best Windows tablets on the market, the Microsoft Surface Pro 7 was for many years now in dire need of an overhaul, as we concluded in our review of the series. Thankfully, Microsoft have been working on an update...
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Asus are aggressively pushing their newer series of business-oriented laptops called ExpertBook. ExpertBooks have been available for a few years now, but mostly as premium options with the B9 9450 and B9 9400 models that we’ve covered here on the site in the past....
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There’s been plenty of rumors out there about a Ryzen based Razer Blade portable laptop, thanks to a reliable source that has been privy to many previous leaks. So it came as little surprise to me to see that the rumors were actually true:...
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AMD are finally bringing their Radeon RX 6000 graphics hardware to mobile products as of early June 2021 and the ASUS ROG Strix G15/G17 Advantage lineup is the launch partner for the platform. I was hoping to get my hands on a test unit...
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The CHUWI CoreBook X is a premium-looking compact laptop with a 3:2 14-inch screen and competent enough hardware to handle everyday use and activities. Unlike most of the other CHUWI laptops, this doesn’t compromise much on the specs, but is also a better-balanced product...
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Chuwi keep on launching interesting budget laptops, and their latest HeroLook Pro+ is even more affordable than most of their other lineups, starting at $269 at debut. This kind of money buys you a full Windows laptop with a 13-inch 3K 3200 x 1800...
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Acer are launching a brand new compact 14-inch Predator Triton 300 SE – Special Edition gaming laptop built on Intel Tiger Lake H35 hardware and mid-range RTX 3000 graphics as of the beginning of 2021, as well as updating their popular mainstream Predator Helios...
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The ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga could be the most interesting ThinkPad in years, and I’m glad, but also somewhat surprised, that Lenovo even have this now as part of their conservative ThinkPad series. Over the years, I’ve seen countless pleas on Reddit and various...
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Several months ago I bought the Lenovo IdeaPad 5 knowing it was one of the better-value mid-range ultrabooks of the year, and while I ended up returning it because of the rather poor screen option available over here, I still consider it the almost-perfect...
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The LarkBook is Chuwi’s latest ultraportable, scheduled for online availability on December 15th, 2020. We’ve covered Chuwi products here on the site before, most of them computers and tablets meant for those of you shopping on limited budgets, but without compromising on most features...
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Chuwi, a company specialized in offering affordable computing options, will be holding their periodical Brand Fest sale-event on Aliexpress on September 15th and 16th 2020. That means most of their products will be available at up to 40% OFF, including their most recent launches...
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The late-2020 ZenBook lineup looks like a solid leap in the right direction for Asus, and a step-up from the mid-2020 ZenBook series. This article is all about the ZenBook 14 UX435 series, a quick revamp of the ZenBook 14 UX425 line that we’re...
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While the 2020 updates of the ultraportable 15-inch ThinkPad lineups are mostly incremental improvements of the 2019 versions, Lenovo have majorly updated this 2020 generation of their full-size performance ThinkPads. The ThinkPad P17 replaces the ThinkPad P73 as the 17-inch full-size performance workstation, with...
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With the XPS 15 9500, Dell are finally going to deliver that much-awaited 2020 update of their highly popular XPS 15 notebook, which we’ve covered in multiple reviews and guides over the years here on the site. And it’s not just a hardware bump,...
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So we’ve already seen the recent refreshes of both the Razer Blade 15 and Blade 13 Stealth, and now it’s finally time for the 2020 Razer Blade Pro 17. What does it have to offer? Well, the good news is that if you’re looking...
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I was excited at first when I saw that Microsoft had announced their new round of Surface line of computers — until I saw the details. The updated Surface Go is indeed a nice bump, as the form-factor of the Surface 3 made it...
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Lenovo are updating their entire lineup of Thinkpad T notebooks for 2020, moving into the new decade with a rebranded nomenclature. This way, the ThinkPad T14 replaces the existing T490/T480 versions, with a ThinkPad T14s ultraportable variant, while the 15-inch ThinkPad T15 follows up...
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Update – January 22, 2022 The following steps are confirmed to work with the XPS 15 7590: 1. Set BIOS settings to default 2. From BIOS -> Security, disable UEFI firmware capsule updates ‘ 3. Run BIOS from Windows; the system will restart 4....
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Razer’s Blade Stealth is the most compact gaming-ultrabook money can buy right now, but the 2019 model cut a few corners. We’ve reviewed it here on the site and our main complaints were the limited CPU performance in taxing loads, the squashed keyboard layout,...
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For years now, the Dell XPS 13 has been my personal ultrabook of choice and one of the better thin-and-light notebooks on the market. However, the XPS 13 hasn’t seen a significant update for a while, and that’s changing with the early-2020 Dell XPS...
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With 10th gen Intel Core H hardware now available, everyone is updating their notebook lineups, including Lenovo. Among others, they have some brand new Legion gaming models in the works, called Legion 5 and Legion 7, scheduled as follow-ups for the popular Legion Y540...
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Lenovo makes some of the most competitive gaming laptops of the moment as part of their Legion line, with devices like the high-tier Legion Y740 and the mid-range Legion Y540. What they don’t make is a gaming ultrabook, a thin-and-light performance laptop that can...
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Intel’s 10th gen Comet Lake-H hardware update is just around the corner now and the official launch is expected for early April 2020. There is however lots of info about the platform out there, based on various leaks and product-listings. That’s why this article...
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In this article, we’re going to have a look at how the mid-tier AMD Ryzen 5 4600H APU fares against the higher-tier AMD Ryzen 7 4800H in benchmarks, games and real-life use, but also how these two compare to a couple of the other...
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MSI are refining most of their gaming notebooks lineup for 2020, with revamped editions of the ultraportable GS Stealth series, the performance GE Raider and the budget-friendly GF65 Thin lines. The MSI GS66 Stealth follows up the popular GS65 Stealth Thin from 2018/2019, which...
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As you might be aware, single-channel RAM notebook configurations experience a significant drop in gaming performance compared to a dual-channel implementation with similar specs, due to how the recent Windows installments manage memory on dual-graphics laptops that get both an iGPU and a dGPU....
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Shyly, Acer also announced some of their updated plans for 2020, with new versions of the Predator Triton 500 ultraportable and the mainstream Nitro 5 gaming notebook in the works, and scheduled in stores for around April/May. Surprisingly, no word on the highly-popular Predator...
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While the Duo GX550 is now the top-of-the-line offer in the ROG Zephyrus lineup, Asus have also updated their 15 and 17-inch Zephyrus S models for this generation. First off, they went with a slight change in naming, with the 15-inch Zephyrus S GX502...
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ASUS are not just updating their ultraportable Zephyrus lineups with Intel 10gen hardware and Nvidia Super graphics, but in fact their entire series of performance notebooks, including the mainstream ROG G and the high-performance ROG Strix Scar models. In this article, we’re taking a...
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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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