Andrei Girbea, author at Ultrabookreview.com

Andrei Girbea

Andrei Girbea, Editor-in-Chief. I've a Bachelor's in Computer Engineering and I've been covering mobile technology since the 2000s. You'll mostly find reviews and thorough guides written by me here on the site, as well as some occasional first-impression articles.

  • Andrei Girbea - September 27, 2023

    This is my detailed review of the Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 X3D, a powerful 17-inch laptop with unique specs in today’s notebook environment, as it pairs an AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D processor with an Nvidia RTX 4090 Laptop dGPU. What makes this laptop...

  • Andrei Girbea - September 26, 2023

    This is our detailed review of the highest-tier configuration of the Lenovo Legion Pro 7i series, the 2023 gen8 generation. This configuration bundles the Intel Core i9-13900HX processor, 32 B RAM, 1 TB of fast SSD storage, and the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 16...

  • Andrei Girbea - September 24, 2023

    This is our detailed review of the 2023 update of the Asus ROG Flow X13 series, in the GV302XV variant built on AMD Ryzen 7000 hardware and Nvidia RTX 4000 graphics. We’ve reviewed the previous variants of the Flow X13 series, and this 2023...

  • Andrei Girbea - September 18, 2023

    This is our detailed review of the mid-2023 update of the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 series, in the Zephyrus G14 GA402 variant built on AMD Ryzen 7000 hardware and Nvidia RTX 4000 graphics. The 2023 ROG Zephyrus G14 generation is a hardware refresh of...

  • Andrei Girbea - September 1, 2023

    In this article, we’re discussing the 2023 Lenovo Legion 9i series, now the top-of-the-line model within Lenovo’s gaming/performance lineup. The 9i is the first of its kind, as so far Lenovo only went up to the Legion 7 as their flagship. However, with the...

  • Andrei Girbea - September 15, 2023

    This is my detailed review of the 2023 Asus ROG Flow Z13 series. The Flow Z13 is a rather unique product, a portable tablet+ keyboard folio format with a 13-inch display, but at the same time a device with powerful specs that can rival...

  • Andrei Girbea - September 25, 2023

    This is our detailed review of the mid-2023 8th-generation update of the Lenovo Legion Pro 7 series, in the Legion Pro 7i variant built on 13th-gen Intel Core HX hardware and Nvidia RTX 4000 graphics. The Pro 7i is the top-tier performance and gaming...

  • Andrei Girbea - September 15, 2023

    Here at Ultrabookreview.com, we’ve been testing and reviewing thin-and-light gaming laptops for 15 years now, of all kinds and from all major brands. Our experience allows us to help you choose the best portable gaming laptop (or gaming ultrabook) for your needs and budget,...

  • Andrei Girbea - August 23, 2023

    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 noise. You’ll find quite a few different laptops without a fan available in stores, and...

  • Andrei Girbea - September 15, 2023

    This is my detailed review of the 2023 update of the Asus ROG Flow X16 series. The ROG Flow X16 is still a unique design in today’s market, as a premium 16-inch laptop with a 2-in-1 convertible format and some of the most advanced...

  • Andrei Girbea - September 12, 2023

    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...

  • Andrei Girbea - September 25, 2023

    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 2023. We’re discussing the latest Intel 13th-gen Core i9...

  • Andrei Girbea - September 15, 2023

    This article explains the specs and performance of the existing AMD Ryzen 9 mobile platforms and provides a detailed list of all the AMD Ryzen 9 laptops available in stores as of 2023 (such as the latest models powered by AMD Zen4 Ryzen 9...

  • Andrei Girbea - September 12, 2023

    In this article we’re discussing the updated 2023 model of the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 GA402 series. The G14 is the most hyped ROG laptop of the last few years, and is especially interesting for us here at Ultrabookreview.com due to its excellent balance...

  • Andrei Girbea - August 23, 2023

    This article explains what “Intel Evo” means and lists all the important Intel Evo certified laptops currently available in stores. With modern laptops getting better and better over the years, Intel is constantly trying to differentiate and emphasize its top-tier designs from the mass-market...

  • Andrei Girbea - August 23, 2023

    While a few years ago the word “ultrabook” had not been even invented, today, ultrabooks are widespread and the kinds of portable thin-and-light computers many desire to get. But what is an ultrabook in 2022/2023? How do you define this term and what sets...

  • Andrei Girbea - September 15, 2023

    Here at Ultrabookreview.com, we’ve reviewed hundreds of ultrabooks and portable lightweight laptops over the last 15 years, of all kinds and from all brands. In this guide, I’ll tell you which are our favorite ultrabooks right now and explain why, in order to help...

  • Andrei Girbea - September 12, 2023

    While you’ll find many excellent compact ultrabooks out there, some of you still favor full-size 15-inch or 14-inch laptops with larger screens and enough power to smoothly handle daily tasks, workloads, and even games. However, I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t say no to a...

  • Andrei Girbea - April 28, 2023

    This is my detailed review of the 2023 Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED, now in a redesigned chassis, with 13th-gen Intel Core U Evo hardware, and a revamped cooling module. Thing is, the 2022 Zenbook S 13 was one of my favorite ultrabooks of...

  • Andrei Girbea - September 1, 2023

    This is my detailed review of the 2023 update of the Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 series. The Zephyrus M16 has been available for a few years now, as a premium laptop with powerful specs and top features in a rather compact and lightweight package....

  • Andrei Girbea - August 18, 2023

    In this article, we’re discussing the lightest laptops and ultrabooks currently available in stores. A laptop’s overall weight is one of my main concerns when shopping for a highly portable computer, the kind I’ll constantly grab along to work or school or during my...

  • Andrei Girbea - July 31, 2023

    These days, you’ll find a multitude of excellent thin, light, and fast ultraportable laptops in stores, but for those of you for whom the size and portability of your computer matter more than anything else, a mini laptop with an 11-inch, 10-inch, or even...

  • Andrei Girbea - September 15, 2023

    Some of the thin-and-light notebooks available these days in stores are 2-in-1 laptops, or convertibles/hybrids, which means that they get some sort of rotating/detachable touchscreen and can be used as standard laptops, as tablets, or something in between. These 2-in-1 laptops are not only...

  • Andrei Girbea - August 23, 2023

    Looking for a good-value laptop and portable ultrabook and don’t plan to spend an arm and a leg for it? In this article, we’re going over the best budget laptops and ultrabooks that you can get for under 1000 USD (or EUR) these days,...

  • Andrei Girbea - September 15, 2023

    In this article, we’ll go over my favorite student ultrabooks and lightweight laptops for school/college use, devices that can handle both work and play at the same time, without breaking your back or the bank for you. When I was in school, I lugged...

  • Andrei Girbea - September 18, 2023

    This is my detailed review of the Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 series, the most powerful AMD-based Republic of Gamers laptop available as of 2023. Most of the 2023 ROG models are Intel-based this year, with Nvidia RTX graphics, and only two Strix models...

  • Andrei Girbea - September 25, 2023

    Time to discuss the Nvidia RTX 4090 Laptop mobile graphics chip released in early 2023, the most powerful dGPU option available so far for high-performance gaming and work notebooks. The GeForce RTX 4090 is built on Nvidia’s Ada Lovelace architecture, with updated CUDA processing...

  • Andrei Girbea - August 1, 2023

    More and more OLED laptops are available in stores these days, of all sizes and kinds. In this article, I’m going to explain the particularities of the OLED displays available on modern laptops, with their main selling points such as their beautiful image quality...

  • Andrei Girbea - May 10, 2023

    In this article we’re discussing the 2023 updates of the Lenovo Legion Slim series of thin-and-light gaming/performance laptops. For this year, the Legion Slims are available as either the premium Slim 7/7i models, with a thinner and lighter premium format, or the mid-tier Slim...

  • Andrei Girbea - March 23, 2023

    In this article we’re discussing the Lenovo LOQ series of gaming/performance laptops, a new addition to the Lenovo lineup as for mid-2023. These slot as budget-friendly options underneath the popular Lenovo Legion models, as more affordable variants with low and mid-tier specs. As far...