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Microsoft’s Surface Pro lineup of tablets has been around for many years now, and received fairly well by customers across the world for primarily its ultra-portable form factor. However, the Surface Pro models of the past years were in a dire need of a...
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This is our detailed review of the mid-2019 update of the Asus ROG G703GX gaming and performance notebook, in a higher specced configuration with a 9th gen Intel Core i9-9980HK unlocked processor, a 200W implementation of the Nvidia RTX 2080 graphics chip and 64...
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I previously wrote in my long-term review for the Lenovo ThinkPad P1 (essentially the same laptop as the X1 Extreme except with Nvidia Quadro GPUs instead of GeForce) that it was my favourite laptop of 2019, and one of the best all-around laptops I’ve...
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If you’re looking for a modern gaming or high-performance laptop in the second part of 2019 and first half of 2020, that’s most likely running on an Intel 9th gen Coffee Lake-Refresh hardware platform with the Intel Core i7-9750H processor. This replaces last year’s...
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Asus makes some of the most popular gaming laptops out there, as part of their ROG (Republic of Gamers) series, and they’ve recently updated the entire lineups for the reminding of 2019. We’ve covered a few of these products in previous articles and we’ll...
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The Sony Xperia 10 was released in February 2019 to little fanfare. Initial excitement for the device’s design was mostly quashed by the confirmation of more of its details — mainly the small 2870 mAh battery, two-year old Snapdragon 630 chipset, and $350 USD...
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The MateBook D is Huawei’s line of affordable laptops, and in this article, we’ve gathered out impressions on a slightly older model, yet one that’s still popular in some regions, the MateBook D 15 MRC-W10. This offers a compact and light all-metal construction, a...
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The Nitro series is Acer’s entry-level lineup of gaming notebooks, and the Nitro 7 is their newest model as of the first part of 2019. Unlike the Nitros of the past, this new addition is a little different, with a more compact and much...
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For the last few years, the ROG Zephyrus has been Asus’s top-tier line of thin and light gaming laptops. While in the beginning there was a single ROG Zephyrus series, the GX501, later on, Asus added the Zephyrus M (GM501), a slightly larger variant...
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We’ve reviewed most thin-and-light performance laptops with RTX graphics in the last few months, and out of the existing options, Asus were the only ones to stick with an inverted design in their ROG Zephyrus S GX531 line. That came with several sacrifices, though,...
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This article gathers our impressions on the updated Acer Aspire 7 2019 line, a computer designed to offer performance in a compact and light 15-inch envelope. Unlike the previous Aspire 7 lineups, I feel that the A715-73G models target a completely different audience and...
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Acer’s Predator Helios line includes some of the best value mid-range gaming laptops on the market, with popular devices like the Helios 300 and the Helios 500, both covered in previous in-depth articles on the site. As of the spring of 2019, Acer offers...
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For the last years, Acer’s Nitro line of value gaming laptops stood proof that you did not have to pay a lot of money in order to get a pretty good gaming experience. It’s true they somewhat sacrificed on design, speakers and screen quality,...
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Most laptop manufacturers offer some sort of series targeted at creators and graphics professionals, and as of the spring of 2019, Acer is also part of this game, with their ConceptD line-up. ConceptD notebooks are available in three different flavors, the entry-tier ConceptD 5,...
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The Dell XPS 13 has been my ultrabook of choice for a few years now. I own and have been constantly using while on the go an XPS 13 9343, and I’ve reviewed here on the site all the later updates released in the last...
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The GeForce MX250 is Nvidia’s entry-level dedicated graphics chip, bundled inside mostly thin-and-light ultrabooks and affordable full-size laptops. It’s designed to improve on the performance of Intel’s HD integrated chips you’ll usually find on this kind of computers with casual gaming, productivity tasks like...
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While Chromebooks were initially launched as inexpensive alternatives to Windows laptops, they’ve come a long way in recent years, both in terms of the OS’s capabilities, but also in terms of the overall hardware quality. Acer have been one of the spearheads in promoting...
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I’ve got my hands on the ZenBook 14 UX431 series several weeks ago, the most affordable model in the current ZenBook 14 lineup as of mid-2019. I haven’t written about it at that time, but since this is not yet available here in Europe...
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This article is a detailed review of the Asus ROG Zephyrus S GX701 GX gaming ultraportable, in the top-specked configuration with a Core i7 processor, Nvidia RTX 2080 Max-Q graphics and 1 TB of SSD storage. Quite a few 17-inch thin-and-light gaming notebooks built...
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This article covers gaming laptops with RTX 2070 and RTX 2070 Max-Q graphics chips, the mid-tier options available as part of the 2019/2020 Nvidia Turing platform. RTX 2070 devices slot right in-between the existing RTX 2060 and 2080 models, as not much pricier and...
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Following the current trend of shrinking laptop bezels, Asus announced two updated ZenBook series that will be available in 2019, alongside the already existing ZenBook lines with thin bezels launched in the second half of 2018 (UX333, UX433 and UX533). One of them is...
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This is our detailed review of the 2019 Asus ROG Zephyrus S GX531 GX gaming ultraportable, in the top-specked configuration with a Core i7 processor, Nvidia RTX 2080 Max-Q graphics and 1 TB of SSD storage. This actually builds on last year’s Zephyrus S...
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This article explains what to expect from laptops with Nvidia MX250 and MX230 graphics chips, how these GPUs compare to the popular MX150, as well as provides a complete list of portable devices bundled with these chips. The Nvidia GeForce MX250 replaces the MX150...
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Lenovo is fairly new at making gaming laptops, but their Legion lines have been some of the best-buy products in their categories in the last two years, with the Y720/Y520 and then the Y530/Y730 models. Despite that, Lenovo is not resting on their laurels...
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This is our review of the Asus ZenBook 15 lineup of full-size ultrabooks, the compact 15-inch laptops with modern specs, few compromises, and highly competitive pricing in most regions. Down below I’ve listed all our reviews of this series from recent years, starting with...
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Although Gigabyte is not among the largest laptop manufacturers on the market, they’ve been building some highly praised enthusiast devices for quite a while now. In fact, their Aero 15s have been among the best ultraportable gaming laptops money could buy in the last...
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We’ve spent some time with the Acer Spin 3 SP314-52, the late-2018 update of the previous Spin 3 SP314-51 generation, in the last weeks and gathered our impressions down below, with the positives and the quirks. This is an entry-level convertible laptop, with a...
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Back in 2018, Asus was among the first to update their mid-range gaming line with a smaller footprint and narrow bezels around the screen, while keeping all the other elements that made the ROG Strix lines competitive. As a result, the early 2019 models...
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I wrote yesterday about OLED panels finally making a comeback in the form of upgrade options for 15-inch laptops this year (sources say in March), with the XPS 15 headlining as one of the laptop series to receive such an update. More configuration options...
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As more and more reviewers rely on loaner devices and being first with a review to stay afloat, long-term reviews of laptops are becoming rarer. However, the overall user experience, manufacturer support, and engineering are aspects that are difficult to speak of without an...
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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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