This is our review of the Asus Zenbook S 14 OLED UX5406S series, the mid-2024 addition to the Zenbook lineup of thin-and-light ultrabooks. This follows up on the impressions article published a few weeks ago, and touches on the particularities of this series and...
In this article, we’re discussing laptops built on the Intel Lunar Lake (Intel Core Ultra 200V) hardware. We’re going through the main characteristics and particularities of the Lunar Lake platforms, which are primarily designed for lightweight and portable devices, and then we’ll curate a...
This article gathers my thoughts on the Asus Zenbook S 14 OLED UX5406S series, the mid-2024 addition to the Zenbook lineup of ultrabooks. This is not a review, just a series of impressions of this new model based on my experience with existing Zenbooks....
In this article, we’re going over a list of all the available Copilot+ laptops built on AMD Strix Point Ryzen AI 300 hardware, particularly the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, Ryzen AI 9 HX 375, and Ryzen AI 9 HX 365 platforms available...
In this article we’re going over the mid-specced configuration of the Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 in the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 variant with 32 GB of RAM and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 dGPU. I already discussed this lineup in our review...
This is our detailed review of the AMD powered Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 GA605W series of all-purpose portable laptops. We already reviewed this lineup in the Intel Core Ultra variants released earlier in 2024, and now we’ve spent a few weeks with the configurations...
This is my detailed review of the AMD-powered Acer Swift Go 14 series. I bought this laptop a month or so ago, as a potential daily driver for my father, due to its enticing mix of capabilities and functionality in a compact sub-3lbs device....
This is my detailed review of the AMD-powered Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED M5406UA series. I’ve been using this laptop for the last few months and I’m late with this article, so late that in fact Asus has a newer generation announced in the...
This is my detailed review of the 2024 Asus ProArt P16 H7606 lineup of workstation portable laptops. In just a few words, this ProArt P16 is a slightly refined version of the 2024 Asus Zephyrus G16 chassis, in an all-black and cleaner design, and...
This is my detailed review of the AMD-powered 2024 Asus Zenbook S 16 OLED UM5606WA series. It’s been a while since Asus offered a large-sized Zenbook S model, as their efforts mostly aimed at 14-inch models over the last years. Not anymore, though, as...
This is an early look at the new Asus ROG Ally X gaming handheld, the mid-2024 RC72LA update. I just received a review unit a week ago, so I wanted to post my early impressions and what has changed from the Asus Ally launched...
This article is my review of the Asus Vivobook S 15 OLED S5507 series, Asus’s first Copilot+ laptop built on Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite hardware. This platform is brand new at this point, as of June 20th 2024, and the corresponding software still needs...
This is my detailed review of the 2024 generation of the Razer Blade 14 creator/gaming laptop. The Razer Blade 14 comes in at a very good time for me, as I’ve had a few months now to evaluate the Asus Zephyrus G14 and use...
There are a bunch of devices built on Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus and X Elite hardware coming to stores over the next weeks, and in this article we’re going to briefly discuss the two offered by Asus, the Vivobook S 15 S5507QAD and the...
So there’s a new AMD ROG Zephyrus G16 GA605W model coming later in 2024, this time built on the latest AMD Ryzen AI hardware, part of the AMD Strix Point platform. This will be offered alongside the existing Zephyrus G16 GU605M models built on...
This week, I’ve been focused on the Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16, Lenovo’s offering for a thin studio laptop. It contains an Intel Ultra CPU with mid range Nvidia graphics and a large calibrated display and punchy speakers, making it a very nice choice...
This is my detailed review of the AMD-powered 2024 Asus Zenbook 14 OLED UM3406HA series. This laptop is nearly identical to the Intel-based Zenbook 14 OLED UX3405 tested a while ago, with the same chassis and internal design, but a different color. That allows...
This is my detailed review of the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 series, also known as the IdeaPad Slim 5i in some markets, a compact and fairly affordable lineup of daily-use laptops. This model that I have here is the 15-inch variant, but Lenovo offer...
This is my detailed review of the 2024 9th generation of the Lenovo Yoga 9i, Lenovo’s premium series of 2-in-1 thin-and-light laptops. The Lenovo Yoga 9i is back in my hands and this year they updated a little more than the just CPU. But...
This is my detailed review of the 12th generation of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon premium line of business laptops, which is the 2024 model year available now with updated specs, updated cooling and an OLED display. The Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon is a...
This is my review of the 2024 MSI Titan 18 HX high-performance laptop. I was dying to get my hands on this computer, and finally got to, as this is currently the most powerful and overall best-equipped high-performance work and gaming laptop available in...
The 2024 Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 is an excellent laptop within the 14-inch segment of performance devices, plenty powerful for its size, and more refined than the previous Zephyrus G14 generations, as explained in my detailed review of this Zephyrus G14 GA403 series. However,...
As you’re probably aware, Asus offer a handful of power profiles for their ROG gaming laptops, with one of them being called Silent and emphasizing on keeping the fans quiet at sub 35 dBA at head-level. Thing is, this Silent profile is hit and...
As mentioned in my detailed review of the 2024 Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 GA403 series, we’ve been using a couple of different configurations and units of these laptops between myself, Derek and Doug, and that’s why I’m also going to put up together a...
I’ve gathered my thoughts on the 2024 Acer Predator Helios Neo 18 laptop in this review. A friend of mine recently bought this laptop for himself and I borrowed it for a few days, as I was eager to test a new Acer Predator...
This article explains the specs and performance of the existing Intel Core i9 laptop platforms and provides a detailed list of all the portable, high-performance, and gaming Core i9 laptops available in stores as of early 2024. We’re discussing the latest Intel 14th-gen Core...
In this review article I’m gathering my thoughts on the 2024 Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 GA403 series, the third major iteration of the Zephyrus G14 lineup, arguably the best gaming laptop series in the portable niche over the last years. Over the years, I’ve...
This is my detailed review of the 2024 configuration of the Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 gaming laptop, the most powerful Republic of Gamers laptop available at this point. Little has changed over the 2023 Scar 18 generation reviewed here, as the 2024 update...
In this article, we’re discussing the laptops available in stores with mini LED displays. There’s a good chance you’re already familiar with mini LED panels from televisions, where they’ve been available for several years. These mini LED displays are a more recent addition to...
Last year, I got a good look at a the debut of the new Alienware m16 R1 model. That laptop included some very high specs with an i9 core processor and a RTX 4080 GPU along with a new chassis design that was made...