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General knowledge and info about ultrabooks and ultra-portable laptops.
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I used to play a lot of games in a previous life, and back then I was much into titles like World of Warcraft, Age of Empires, Starcraft, Red Alert, Diablo and many others. These days I rarely launch a Civ 6 session and...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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As of October 2015, a handful of Skylake powered laptops are already available in stores and shipping. Many of the multimedia and gaming options are motorized by the Intel Core i7-6700HQ processor, usually paired with DDR4 RAM and dedicated graphics. We’ll take a closer...
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Skylake is Intel’s most recent hardware platform at the time of this post and it’s going to be driving latest-gen portable laptops, 2-in-1s and miniPCs (other types of computers as well, but we focus on mobile devices on this site) for roughly the next...
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In this post we’re goign to talk about HDDs, SSDs and how to replace the formers with the latters in your laptop (ultrabook or not, that doesn’t matter much). The HDD is in most cases the slowest component inside a modern laptop. That’s a...
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This post is a complete list of all the available Broadwell ultrabooks and ultraportables, a list that I’m continuously updating with the latest launches. If you’re visiting this post past the Fall of 2015, you should also check out the detailed list of Skylake...
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AMD powered notebooks have become a rare commodity lately. A multitude of reasons lead to this outcome, but the core problem has been the hardware, which paled in comparison to the competition year after year. AMD are aware of their problems and are confident...
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Most of the Broadwell U powered laptops you can find in stores right now are available with both Core i5 and i7 processors, and among them, the Core i5-5200Us and the Core i7-5500Us are some of the most popular options, as they are the...
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I’ve got my hands on a device built on an Intel Core i7-5500U in these last days and I’m going to tell you a couple of things about its performance in this post. As you might know already, this is one of the fastest...
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A few days ago I posted an article on the Intel Core i7-5500U processor, a higher-tier CPU part of Intel’s Broadwell U hardware platform, one that should make it into most top-configured ultrabooks that will be available in the next few months. This time...
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A couple of you asked how an Intel SandyBridge Core i7 M series processor compares to the recently launched Intel Broadwell U processors. My old Lenovo ThinkPad X220 happens to run on an Intel Core i7-2620M CPU, the Dell XPS 13 packs a Broadwell...
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I’m not attending CES this year, but I should have, as ultrabook news are flying in from every corner. As expected, Intel finally unveiled their Broadwell Core U architecture and as a result, most manufacturers are bringing their 2015 ultraportables to light. These new...
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It’s been quiet here lately but I haven’t been slackening, as I tested a few new laptops for our other website, TLBHD.com. Among them, the three mentioned in this post’s title, the Asus N551JK multimedia laptop, an update of the popular N550 series, the...
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While we treat mostly ultrabooks here on Ultrabookreview.com, quite a few of you asked for my opinion on Chromebooks. As a result, in this buying guide we’ll get in-depth on the things you need to know when buying a Chromebook these days. As a...
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The Vivobooks and the Transformer Book Flips are two series of mid-priced Asus ultrabooks, spanning over a bunch of different models. You’ll find Vivobooks with screen-sizes between 11.6 and 15.6 inch, while the Book Flips are available as 13.3, 14 and 15.6 inch variants....
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Ultra-responsive, ultra-sleek and ultra-snappy. An optimal blend of responsiveness and performances. A revolutionary way of computing. The sleekest and strongest portable computers. These are just a few of the advertising slogans used to market ultrabooks in the last couple of months. But because we...
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Last week I got to see a bunch of new generation laptops at work, boosting Intel’s Ivy Bridge platforms and Nvidia graphics. There were no ultrabooks showcased then, cause as you might know, the Ivy Bridge low-voltage platforms haven’t yet been released, as they...
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After reviewing each and every ultrabook released on the market, from the Acer Aspire S3 to the Asus UX31 and from the Lenovo U300S to the Toshiba Z835, and after comparing ultrabooks with pretty much every other piece of computer equipment out there, it...
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Fanless laptops (completely silent) in 2023 – the best options
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...
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