The Asus Zenbook Pro is a series of thin-and-light 15-inch laptops with premium builds and aesthetics, but also powerful hardware and good screen options. We’ve covered the UX550 lines in depth here on the site in previous articles (UX550VD, UX550VE and the updated UX550GD/GE), but...
Apple has now admitted to a design problem with the ‘butterfly mechanism’ keyboard of the MacBook and MacBook Pro in its current form by initiating a repair program for those experiencing issues for up to four years after purchase. Apple’s butterfly switch keyboard design...
If you’re shopping for a mid-range everyday computer in the $600 to $700 price-range, you’ve surely came across a few Asus VivoBooks options. As of the second half of 2018 Asus offers an updated model in this niche, the VivoBook S15 S530, also known...
When AMD launched the Ryzen 5 2500U and Ryzen 7 2700U it marked their return to competitiveness in the ultra-low voltage (ULV) processor market. Performance is similar to Intel’s quadcore ultrabook processors, the i5-8350U and i7-8550U. The ace up AMD’s sleeve was the more...
Lenovo has announced their new 2018 Legion Y530 and Y730 gaming laptops at E3 2018, which impress with sleek redesigned exterior to complement the hardware upgrades made inside. The Legion brand became the home of the Y-series gaming laptops that used to sit under...
Gigabyte first launched the Sabre series of gaming laptops in 2017. Prior to this, they produced the premium and expensive Aorus and Aero laptops, or plain looking multimedia models that just sat under the Gigabyte brand. The Sabre series was their budget-friendly option with proper...
The ROG Strix is Asus’s line of mid-range gaming laptops with solid specs and features, but also fairly aggressive prices. As of June 2018 Asus launched an update of the Strix family and the new Strix II GL504 laptops don’t just get the newer hardware, but...
The Precision 5530 workstation that Dell revealed last month is now available for purchase. If it looks familiar, that’s because it is almost identical to the Dell XPS 15 9570, although the Nvidia GeForce graphics have been replaced with Nvidia Quadro, and a Xeon...
For years the $1000 mark has been a psychological bar for laptop buyers and in this article we’re going to talk about what you can expect in 2018 from a gaming laptop at this price. First of all though we’ll have to talk about...
Note: title has been changed to reflect that the XPS 9570 has the same problems and the same solutions as the XPS 9560. I’ll update the contents if needed when I get a 9570 to test (already did, here’s the review), but for now...
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon vs Dell XPS 13 9370 – best ultrabooks of 2018
Disclaimer: All laptops (including both black and white XPS 13 SKUs) were purchased with my own funds for this review. Going by most accounts, the best ultrabook of 2018...
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