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This article is a follow-up of our 2022 ROG Zephyrus G14 review, where we’re going to check out the laptop’s performance and overall behavior on USB-C power and when connected to an external monitor, with or without the lid closed. USB-C power performance is...
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This article gathers my impressions of the 2022 Predator Triton 500 SE series, Acer’s portable premium laptop meant for professionals, creatives, and gamers. Unlike most other Predator computers, the Triton 500 SE is a sleeper design, a clean and refined device that doesn’t scream...
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Back in early 2020, Asus launched what ended up being one of the most popular compact laptops of recent years, the ROG Zephyrus G14 series. Two years later, it’s time for a major overhaul of this lineup, with the 2022 ROG Zephyrus G14 GA402....
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A few months ago, I got to review the Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon, which is one of Lenovo’s lightest laptops available and arguably the lightest 14” notebook that’s worth buying. Overall I liked it a lot – great portability without compromising the build quality...
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This is my detailed review of the 14-inch Asus VivoBook Pro 14X OLED, an all-purpose competitively-priced compact laptop meant for everyday use. With this generation of their laptops, Asus brought back to life a subfamily that has been neglected for the last years: the...
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Earlier this year, Lenovo announced their first iteration of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano, an ultra-lightweight laptop with a 16:10 screen, modern specs, and the uncompromised Thinkpad build quality and ergonomics. As a past ThinkPad aficionado myself, I’ve been looking to spend some time...
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Several weeks ago I published my detailed review of the 2022 Asus ROG Flow Z13, a device that is the most powerful ultrabook design available in stores today. This article follows up on that review, and goes over two side topics that potential buyers...
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Microsoft has been dropping prices on its Surface lineup over the last few months, with the cheapest Surface Pro 7 tablet + keyboard bundle now available for just $599 (which also means prices are dropping elsewhere). Even with the Surface Pro 8 and 9...
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Disclaimer: All laptops (The ThinkPad X1 Carbon and both the black and white Dell XPS 13 SKUs) were purchased with my own funds for this review. Going by most accounts, the best ultrabook is either the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (which we at NBC...
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This article is a brief first look at the 2022 ROG Zephyrus G15 and Zephyrus M16 updates. These two have been some of the most popular Asus laptops in 2021, and excellent options overall in the niche of premium full-size computers with a portable/lightweight...
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If you’re shopping for a performance/gaming laptop on a tighter budget, you’ve most likely come across the Asus TUF Gaming series in recent years. This is Asus’s budget-friendly alternative to the ROG – Republic of Gamers notebooks, available in 15 and 17-inch variants, and...
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I’ve already covered the Asus Zenbook 14X in several different articles such as this one on the 14X UX5401 Intel-based series and this one on the 14X UM5401 model built on AMD hardware, concluding that this chassis is one of the better balanced ZenBook...
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A new year, a new round of Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon and X1 Yoga business ultraportables. Time sure flies, as the 2022 X1 Carbon is now the 10th iteration in the series. Last year, I was very excited about the 2021 models which introduced...
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Dell are updating most of their notebook lineups at the beginning of 2022 with the latest hardware specs available from Intel, AMD and Nvidia, including their top-tier Alienware X series. For 2022 generation, we’ll be getting the updated Alienware X15 R2 and X17 R2,...
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The Strix SCAR is Asus’s top series of full-size performance/gaming laptops with uncompromised specs, features, and cooling. However, their 2021 generations lacked a few important details that prevented them from competing against the heavyweights, and from what I can tell right now, Asus were...
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We’ve been long waiting for a proper update of the popular 17-inch GS Stealth series from MSI, and it’s finally happening right now in early-2022. MSI are replacing the previous GS76 Stealth with the new GS77 Stealth, code name 12UHS/12UGS/UGE depending on the GPU...
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Last year Asus launched the ROG Flow X13 laptop, the smallest member of the ROG family and the most powerful 13-inch convertible available on the market. This year, the 2022 Flow X13 is still part of the lineup and gets a bump to the...
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Acer are updating their Nitro 5 lineup of entry-level gaming/performance laptops as of early 2022. We’re looking at a hardware refresh to the latest Intel/AMD and Nvidia specs, but also a redesign of the exterior chassis and some internal changes as well. Alongside the...
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Last year Lenovo unveiled the ThinkPad X1 Nano, their smallest and lightest member of the ThinkPad X family, and we’ve reviewed it in this detailed article. At under 1 kilo / 2.2 lbs in weight and without sacrificing much on practicality or features, I...
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Razer has officially decided to step into the productivity scene with the Razer Book 13 and it’s been a long time coming. For the past several years, Razer has touted the Blade lineup as something you can use for work and play, but they’ve...
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Last on my list for the year is the Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Extreme. Like the X1 Carbon, I was very excited to get my hands on it and see how well it performs. Mainly because of how much I liked the X1 Carbon and...
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I’ve already covered the 2021 lineup of VivoBook Pro mid-range all-purpose laptops in our reviews of the 14-inch Pro M7400, 15-inch Pro M3500, and the 16-inch N7600 series, and in this article, we’ll discuss what’s arguably the most interesting full-size option in this entire...
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Having finally used it for the last few weeks, I’m more and more convinced the Lenovo Legion 5 Pro is the sweet-spot gaming and performance laptop of the 2021 generation. Derek covered the 5 Pro in a previous detailed article, in the top-tier RTX...
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Now that the ThinkBook 13x is out of the way, I can focus my attention on the other laptop Lenovo lent me: the 2021 Thinkpad X1 Carbon. I was very interested in this laptop mainly because of how much I liked the 7th Gen...
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Over the last many years, Dell’s XPS lineup played a major role in pushing portable laptops towards the versatile products that they are today. I bought my XPS 13 travel laptop many years ago and it still does alright for what I need it...
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I’m seeing more and more 14-inch laptops that strike a fine balance of portability, features, and performance these days, and having reviewed most of them in the past months, it’s now time to share with you my thoughts on the Huawei MateBook 14s series....
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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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I was looking to get my hands on what is over here a very good value full-size laptop, the Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16, and I was able to snag one for an excellent price this Black Friday. This is similar to the IdeaPad...
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A couple of weeks I got to preview the Zephyrus M16 GU603 series from Asus. In the meantime, I’ve also spent time with a final review unit and was able to fill up the blanks when it comes to the performance, thermals, noise, battery life...
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Welcome to the UltrabookReview guide to… binding keys?! I know what you’re thinking. “Do we really need a guide on how to bind keys?” Please hear me out: I love books and I love film, but I’ve become an even bigger fan of the...
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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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