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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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Lenovo was a little late with the update of their premium 2-in-1 Yoga notebook, but there’s finally a successor for the Yoga 910 as of early September 2017, the Yoga 920, scheduled however to ship from Q4 2017. While we’re waiting for our own sample...
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This article is about the Asus Chromebook C302CA, still one of the best Chromebooks available in stores these days. Unlike most Chromebooks, this one is more expensive, selling for between $470 to $650 depending on the configuration you choose. And that’s because it’s nicer...
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The second half of 2017 is finally the right time to buy an all-round ultra-portable laptop that can handle standard everyday activities such as browsing, movies or music, but also games, graphics editing, and some other more demanding chores. And that’s because Intel has...
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The Acer Spin 5 is one of the best-buy convertibles available in stores, as an overall good product with an affordable price tag. There’s more about it in our review. As of the Fall of 2017 Acer updated it with a new generation, the Spin 5...
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As of late August 2017 Intel announced the first quad-core eight-thread platform designed for ultra-portable computers. The CPUs in this line are sold as 8th generation processors, although in reality they are an update of the 7th generation hardware line and are called Kaby...
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If you’re interested in a laptop that won’t break the bank for you and can handle complex multi-core loads like very few other notebooks available as of August 2017 can, the Asus ROG Strix GL702ZC should be of interest. It looks like a standard 17-inch laptop, perhaps a...
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The vast majority of ultraportable laptops available in the last years have been built on Intel Core U hardware-platforms, with options for dual-core processors with or without HyperThreading. And while the Kaby Lake hardware generation provides solid performance for everyday tasks like browsing and...
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2-in-1 thin-and-light laptops have been around for a few years now and they’ve got to the point where they can meet most expectations, with few to no compromises. Most of them are still fairly heavy to hold and use in tablet mode, which is the...
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After my disappointment with the Aorus x5 MD, my sights got set back on the Aorus x7 DT v7. I actually became interested with this laptop after hearing how good the v6 model was, a couple months back. Unfortunately, the v7 was heavily delayed...
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The VivoBook Pro is Asus’s line of full-size multimedia laptops. The computers in this series are nor as compact or as light as those in the VivoBook Slim or Zenbook Pro line, but not far off. They are however good multimedia options built on modern HQ...
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After an extremely long delay, it looks like Aorus has finally released their v7 line of laptops. These are the same laptops introduced back in January at CES, which are similar to the v6 line, but with Kaby Lake processors. With Volta coming so...
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It’s been a while since Asus last updated their top-tier Zenbook, but that’s changing as of July 2017 with the Zenbook Pro UX550 series. This is a 15-inch laptop with a compact build, premium features and the latest in terms of hardware at this...
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Asus are mostly known for their ultraportable line of Zenbook laptops and their ROG line of gaming notebooks, but they also tap into other segments. The Asus Pro for instance is a limited series of portable computers meant for business environments, and the B9440...
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The Aspire Swift 3 SF314-51 is one of the best value laptops I’ve reviewed in the last 12 months, selling for under $600 with a proper Core U configuration, SSD storage and an IPS screen. As of mid 2017 Acer updated that notebook and we’ve spent...
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If you’re in the market for a compact laptop with a convertible screen and have around $800 to $1000 to spend, the 13-inch Lenovo Yoga 720 should be on your list. It’s a mid-2017 launch from Lenovo and inherits many features from the premium Yoga...
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There are quite a few premium ultraportables with convertible screens on the market, and this article is about one of better options in the segment: the Lenovo Yoga 910-13IKB. It’s not a new product, it was in fact launched back in 2016, but it’s...
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We’re having a look at a new mid-range series of laptops in this article, scheduled for release in the second part of 2017, the Asus Vivobook Slim. This is not your average notebook line though, as it’s one of these new iterations of thin-and-light...
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There are quite a few gaming laptops available in stores for around $1000, and we’ve reviewed most of them here on the site, but it’s now time for one more: the Acer Nitro 5. This is a full-size laptop with a 15-inch matte IPS...
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If you’re after performance in a well built laptop with a big screen, the Lenovo Legion Y920 is one of the newer options you should consider. It’s a full-size machine that weighs about 10 lbs (12 lbs including the power brick), one that offers...
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This article has two parts, one that explains what Nvidia’s Max-Q initiative means for existing and future gaming laptops, and a second one that gathers all the Max-Q notebooks available out there, in a periodically updated list. If you plan to jump straight to the list, here it is:...
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If you’re after a gaming laptop capable of smooth 1080p gaming performance today as well as for the next 2-3 years, you should be set on one of the modern configurations with Intel HQ processors and an Nvidia 1060 graphics chip. As of mid 2017,...
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If you were paying attention during Computex, you might have had your eye caught by Asus with the ROG GX501 Zephyrus. It certainly caught my eye, along with the Acer Triton and the Aorus x5, by being the only thin, 15” laptops with a...
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A while ago we reviewed the Asus Zenbook UX430 series which, although not without flaws, I believe includes some of the better ultraportables money can buy these days if you’re on an mid-range budget ($1000 to $1200). But although the UX430s are thin and light,...
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While this has somewhat changed recently, Acer laptops have been historically known for their affordable price tags and overall solid value for the money, albeit with a few cut corners here and there, perfectly normal for budget laptops. This article is about one such...
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OEM’s focused much on creating thinner and lighter laptops in the last years, yet only a few turned their attention on the overall footprint of their devices. Dell was one of the first with the XPS 13 series launched back in 2015, which is...
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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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