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,...
This is our detailed review of the Asus ROG Zephyrus M15, one of the most interesting performance and gaming ultraportable notebooks of the 2020 generation. It’s available in a couple of different configurations, and ours gets a 6Core Intel i7 processor, Nvidia RTX 2070...
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...
You may remember that I just recently reviewed the Razer Blade Stealth 13, Quartz edition. With the MX150 GPU, I thought it was adequate for most purposes, although a little pricey. It wasn’t much of a gaming laptop though, which is certainly what Razer...
We’ve already reviewed both the 13 and the 14-inch ZenBooks here on the site, and in this short article and video I’m just going to quickly summarize how they fare against each other and which is the one I’d pick. The all-metal construction, the...
This is our detailed review of the 2020 Gigabyte Aorus 17G XB. As the name suggests, the Aorus 17G is a full-size 17-inch laptop, a device meant to offer solid specs, performance, connectivity, and battery life, without primarily prioritizing on a slim form-factor. And...
This is the 15-inch Asus ProArt StudioBook Pro W500G5T. That’s a mouthful for sure, for what is otherwise a premium and compact 15-inch mobile workstation with some of the best specs money can buy right now. A lot of money, for that matter, as...
In this article, we’re comparing two of the top-tier Asus gaming ultraportables available right now in the 15-inch segment, the ROG Zephyrus M15, and the Zephyrus S15. Sure, the S15 is the higher-tier product with a few extra features and more powerful hardware specs,...
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...
If you’re looking for a portable laptop, or perhaps a budget computer with some sort of gaming prowess in 2020, you’ll most likely get the good value for your money with some of the available Nvidia GeForce MX350/MX330 configurations out there. These are Nvidia’s...
We’re reviewed a couple of AMD laptops in these last few weeks and I think it should be interesting to see how the Vega 7 and 8 graphics integrated with the Ryzen processors fare in benchmarks and games, as well as how they compare...
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...
This here is the ZenBook 14 UM433IQ from Asus. It looks and feels much like the other ZenBook 14 ultrabooks of this generation, so it’s a compact and lightweight notebook, but it’s powered by an AMD Ryzen 4000 APU and dedicated Nvidia MX350 graphics,...
Earlier this year, Lenovo and HP announced a handful of AMD 4000 Pro Mobile business laptops, and the platform is finally available. The Ryzen 4000 Pro lineup includes three APU options: Ryzen 7 4750U (8C/16T, Vega 7 graphics), Ryzen 5 4650U (6C/12T, Vega 6...
Up until the Spring of 2020, Intel-based Core i9 configurations were the only 8-Core available hardware platforms you could get on a performance laptop. However, i9 configurations were only available in premium notebooks and came with a hefty price-tag. Not anymore though. With the...
These two here are both 2020 ZenBook 14 ultrabooks from Asus. The silver one on the left is the ZenBook 14 UM433IQ based on an AMD Ryzen 4000 mobile platform, with an 8Core processor and Nvidia MX350 graphics, while the blue one of the...
It’s been a while since we’ve seen a proper small-form performance laptop on the market, back when Dell still made the Alienware 13. Razer and MSI tried recently by sticking a GTX 1650 GPU inside 13 and 14-inch chassis with the Stealth 13 and...
Hey everyone. In this article we’re comparing a few of the Asus gaming ultraportable notebooks available right now: two 15-inch models, the Zephyrus M15 and Zephyrus G15, and the more compact Zephyrus G14. Pricing and configurations vary between regions, but the lower-tier M15 models...
The ThinkPad name has long stood for excellence, and with good reason. Despite some controversial decisions over the years, the ThinkPad brand continues to represent the best in the market. The ThinkPad P5X and P7X devices are Lenovo’s modern workstation lines, and both machines...
In these past few weeks we’ve reviewed the entire range of AMD Ryzen laptops from Asus available in stores at this point, but if you’re still confused between them, this article should help make up your mind. We’re not going to talk about the...
We’ve spent time with several different AMD Ryzen 4000 laptops lately and this right here, the ROG Zephyrus G15 from Asus, is one of the more balanced products available right now with this new AMD hardware. It’s not as well made or as compact...
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....
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,...
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...
Acer and Lenovo are looking for their own share of the pie called “budget gaming-notebooks” in 2020, and are working on both Intel 10th gen and AMD Ryzen 4000 configurations of their Nitro 5 and Legion 5 lineups. We’ve already covered the Intel models...
This is our detailed review of the Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA706II, the base-tier model of the 2020 TUF Gaming A17 series based on AMD Ryzen 4000 H and Nvidia GTX hardware. The FA706 is the slightly larger 17-inch version of the more compact...
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...
We’ve spent the last two weeks reviewing a couple of AMD 4000-series powered laptops, and in this article, we’ll look at how the Asus TUF Gaming A15, currently the best value offer in this AMD lineup, compares with one of the best Intel-based models,...
This article is a quick comparison between the 15 and the 17-inch versions of the new Asus TUF Gaming notebooks based on AMD 4000 hardware and Nvidia GPUs. We’re going to look at the main differences and similarities between them, as well as explain...
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...