A few years ago gaming laptops were bulky, heavy, expensive and couldn’t even get close to the performance of a regular PC, but a lot has changed in the meantime. These days the market offers not only powerful desktop replacements, but also a very...
Laptops used to come with an array of ports, and only in the rarest of occasions would we be caught with an accessory or peripheral that we couldn’t interface with out of the box. Now, with Type-C connectors edging out legacy ports more and...
The Core i7-8750H is the new mainstream processor for gaming and other types of performance laptops released on April 3rd 2018, as part of the Intel Coffee Lake platform. It’s one of the first 6-core mobile processors from Intel and it’s meant to replace...
As of April 3rd 2018 Intel unveiled the revised Coffee Lake hardware platform and in this article we’ll talk about what this means for the world on notebooks for the rest of 2018 and the first part of 2019. You should know that this launch...
As of April 3rd 2018 there’s a new series of Performance Mobile Processors meant for multimedia, gaming and workstation laptops, part of the Intel Coffee Lake line. This includes a multitude of SKUs, with the most important ones being the Core i5-8300H (quad-core), Core...
As of late August 2017 Intel announced the first quad-core eight-thread platform designed for ultra-portable computers. The CPUs in this line are sold as 8th generation processors, although in reality they are an update of the 7th generation hardware line and are called Kaby...
If you plan on getting a full-size multimedia/gaming laptop during 2017 and even the first part of 2018, there’s a big chance it will run on an Intel Core i7-7700HQ processor, and this post will tell you what to expect from this CPU, how...
Squeeze the most out of your laptop – advanced tweaks (undervolting, overclocking and underclocking)
We talked about some of the important basic tweaks that would allow you to increase performance and battery life of your Windows 10 computer in the first part of this article. This section of the guide will deal with two of the most impactful...
Most computers are configured for the lowest-common denominator user out of the box so that both grandpa and junior will be able to do what they want without complaint. But if you’re a power user, gamer, or road-warrior, there are many ways to improve...
If you’re looking for a latest generation ultraportable in the next 6 to 12 months, chances are you’ll have to pick between either a mid-level configuration powered by an Intel Core i5-6200U processor, or a slightly faster version powered by the Intel Core i7-6500U...
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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