15.6 inch or larger laptops - reviews, news and more
This section includes our guides, reviews and scoops on the available full-size laptops with 15.6 inch screen or the larger 17.3 inch models. Most of the units covered in here are still fairly compact and portables, but usually more powerful than the standard ultrabooks. We also cover the available high-tier multimedia notebooks, the available full-size laptops with convertible screens and definitely not least, a large selection of gaming notebooks with powerful hardware, dedicated graphics, excellent screens and specific designs and particularities.
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This is our second review of a 2020 Asus TUF Gaming A15 FA506 notebook, this time in a lower-tier FA506IU configuration, after carefully analyzing the top-tier FA506IV model in a previous article. This FA506IU variant is more affordable than the IV model, as it’s...
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Shyly, Acer also announced some of their updated plans for 2020, with new versions of the Predator Triton 500 ultraportable and the mainstream Nitro 5 gaming notebook in the works, and scheduled in stores for around April/May. Surprisingly, no word on the highly-popular Predator...
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A few years ago Asus launched the TUF Gaming notebook series, as a more budget-friendly alternative of their premium ROG Gaming lineup. This article is a detailed review of their latest TUF Gaming A15 FA506 update, based on an AMD Ryzen 4000 platform and...
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Along with the release of Intel’s 10th Gen laptop CPUs, Razer has updated their Razer Blade 15 options. It’s not just a CPU upgrade either – Razer has made some significant improvements on their premium ultraportable that I’m confident everyone will like. First let’s...
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ASUS are not just updating their ultraportable Zephyrus lineups with Intel 10gen hardware and Nvidia Super graphics, but in fact their entire series of performance notebooks, including the mainstream ROG G and the high-performance ROG Strix Scar models. In this article, we’re taking a...
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Asus make some of the better performance/gaming ultraportables money can buy with their ROG Zephyrus lineups. But the main reasons they’ve earned my appreciation over the years is the fact that they’re not resting on their laurels, instead, they’re constantly working on pushing the...
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Last year’s Zephyrus M GU502 was potentially my favorite model in the entire 2019 Zephyrus lineup, due to its simpler and lightweight construction, alongside the mid-range configuration that eventually made it more accessible for the average user than the higher-tier Zephyrus SGX502. This year,...
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MSI’s are on fire at CES 2020, unveiling not just a brand new ultraportable GS66 series, but also a completely revamped version of their Raider performance 15-inch series, the GE66 Raider. As expected, the GE66 Raider follows-up on the GE65 Raider from 2019, which...
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For the last few years, the Acer Predator Helios 300s have been some of the best-value mid-tier gaming laptops on the market. They offered solid performance and the right features in an affordable package, but their dated design was in dire need of a...
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In this article, we’re taking a close look at the ASUS Zenbook 14 UX434FLC, the early-2020 update of the popular ZenBook 14 series of ultraportable laptops. This is based on last year’s ZenBook 14 UX434FL and UX433FN, with a similar design and construction, but...
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StudioBooks are a newer lineup of mobile workstation notebooks from Asus, and we’ve already covered some of the available options here on the site, such as the StudioBook Pro 17 and the beastly StudioBook Pro X. However, aside from the top and mid-range models...
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The ZenBook Pro Duo UX581 has been around for a few months now, and while I’ve used it sporadically during this time, I wanted to spend a bit longer with it than I do with most of our review units, in order to figure...
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Hey guys – it’s been some time since I’ve written a review. Truth is, life’s been pretty busy for me lately and I’ve also thoroughly enjoyed my GS65, which I’ve had for about a year now. But now with the addition of RTX powered...
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We haven’t covered Eluktronics gaming notebooks here on the site in the past, but their recent MAX-15 and MAX-17 updates are definitely worthy of our attention. Eluktronics make enthusiast gaming units based on barebone designs, the kind that Maingear, Sager or Schenker have also...
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Asus offers some of the most competitive gaming notebooks you can get in stores as part of their TUF Gaming series, which is getting a complete refresh for 2020. The popular FX505 (15-inch) and FX705 (17-inch) lines are replaced by the Asus TUF Gaming...
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Lenovo are aiming for a slight rebranding of their thin-and-light series of consumer laptops in the first part of 2020, starting with a Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 lineup. They’re still not making it easy for us to tell between their different lines, consumers, though,...
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Unlike most other OEMs, Lenovo haven’t offered a Creator-focused lineup of laptops in 2019, and that’s about to change in 2020. In the past, the ThinkPad P series offered the kind of features professionals and creators expected from a work laptop: powerful specs and...
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While Dell’s Latitude laptops are primarily targeted at companies, their new 2020 Latitude 9510 has a bunch of interesting features that should also put it on the map for regular buyers in search of a premium, portable, fast and long-lasting 15-inch notebook. In fact,...
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Update: 10/10/2019 — added more bugs/instability notes As an ultraportable 15-inch notebook with Intel’s 9th generation Coffee Lake hexa-core CPUs and Nvidia’s GTX 1650 graphics, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme (Gen 1 review here, P1 Review here) is one of the most in-demand premium...
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The Asus ROG Strix Scar III G531 has been available in stores for a few months now, and we’ve finally got to spend time with it and gather our full impressions below, with the strong points and the quirks. This follows up on the...
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AMD Ryzen 7 6800H vs Intel Core i7-12700H benchmarks comparison, w/ RTX 3060
This article is going to help you decide between the two mainstream hardware platforms available for performance/gaming laptops in 2022 and later into 2023, the AMD Ryzen 7 6800H...
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