Along with batteries, SSDs are one of the user-replaceable components of a laptop that you will most likely need to replace during the laptop’s lifespan. While SSDs do technically have a limited read/write lifespan per each cell, the real reason to buy one is...
Update 2 (July 12, 2019): Article updated to include comment speculation 10nm and 14nm variants of XPS 13 in traditional and convertible designs Update 1 (July 11, 2019): The original edition of this article mistook Comet Lake 14nm for Ice Lake 10nm. Both chips...
Those of you familiar with the site know that I own and use a Blade 15 Advanced as my everyday driver, but I’ve also spent time with and reviewed the Blade Stealth 2019 and, more recently, the updated 2019 Blade Pro 17. As I...
Now that’s I’ve reviewed both the Razer Blade 15 and the Stealth, I figured I’d complete the spectrum and try out the updated Razer Blade Pro 17. Razer was generous enough to lend me a 2060 version of the Blade Pro 2019, so I...
There’s an old saying that goes “fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me”. The question about buying the XPS 15 7590 for me is this: What do you call it when you get fooled four times? An idiot? An optimist? A laptop reviewer? I’ve said it again and again over...
In this article, we’re taking a close look at the ASUS Zenbook 14 UX434FL, the mid-2019 update of the popular ZenBook 14 series of ultraportable laptops. This is based on last year’s ZenBook 14 UX433FN, with a similar design and construction, but updated hardware...
The TUF FX Gaming series is Asus’s entry-line for gaming notebooks, and in this article, we’re taking a deep look at the TUF FX705DU model, the updated 2019 variant based on AMD Ryzen CPUs and Nvidia Turing GPUs. This is a fairly new combo...
Chinese PC manufacturer and steward of the ThinkPad brand, Lenovo, announced updates to their flagship X-series line of ultrabooks at CES this year at CES. The ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 7 and X1 Yoga Gen 4 were both expected to have June 2019 release...
Apple today announced that chief design officer Sir Jony Ive (Knighted by Princess Anne, reportedly for his work on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod) would be leaving the Cupertino-based company later this year after more than 30 years of service. Apple’s stock (AAPL) dipped slightly...
Despite the whole controversy around the Huawei company, it’s hard to deny they still make some of the best value notebooks on the market. Thus, if you’re fine with buying a Huawei product (it’s up to you, but as long as you’re not working...
Subcontracting is not unique to the computing industry, but its effects are particularly profound in this sector due to price of goods and importance of continued support. Calling tech support and speaking to someone in another country is likely something we’ve all become familiar...
We’ve talked about the mid-2019 lineup of Asus ROG Zephyrus gaming ultraportables in several previous articles, and in this one, we’ll further take an in-depth look at the Zephyrus M GU502 subseries. The Zephyrus M sits just beneath the top-tier Zephyrus S versions and...
Nitros are Acer’s entry-level gaming laptops, devices meant to offer excellent specs and value for not a lot of money. In this article, we’re covering the 2019-edition of the Nitro 5 series, the 17-inch AN517-51 version. There’s also a 15-inch Nitro 5 AN515-54 model, which...
This is our detailed review of the mid-2019 MSI GL63 gaming laptop, in a mid-tier configuration with a Core i7 processor, Nvidia GTX 1660Ti graphics and dual-storage. The GL63 is not a new model by any means, it’s merely a hardware refresh with some...
Razer was kind enough to send me a sample of their 2019 Razer Blade Stealth – a pink one in fact! I’ve seen other reviews on this one already, but I figured I’d put my two cents in as well. Overall, I found it...
There’s no doubt you considered getting an Acer’s Predator Helios 300 if shopping for a good value mid-tier gaming laptop in the last years, something with excellent performance, latest generation hardware and a good price. As of 2019, Acer has completely revamped the Helios...
As of late-May 2019, Asus announced their updated mainstream ZenBook line, laptops you’ll find in stores in the second part of 2019 and the first part of 2020. The update affects the entire lineup of 13 (ZenBook UX334), 14 (ZenBook UX434) and 15-inch (ZenBook...
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...
This is our detailed review of the mid-2019 Asus ROG Zephyrus S GX502GW gaming ultraportable, in a higher specced configuration with a 9th gen Core i7 processor, Nvidia RTX 2070 graphics and 512 GB of SSD storage. Unlike the previous Zephyrus S models, this...
For the last few years, Acer’s Predator Helios 300s have been some of the best-value mid-tier gaming laptops on the market, offering solid performance and the right features in an affordable package, but its dated design was in dire need of a refresh. Here...
2019 Good Deals on ultrabooks and portable laptops
Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the Holidays are all gone now, but this article still gathers some of the best deals I was able to find for portable laptops,...
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