2020 finally brings up that long-awaited new generation of Qualcomm powered notebooks built on the most recent Snapdragon 8cx platform. We’ve first heard about these at Computex in June 2019, with Lenovo’s Project Limitless that showcased the Snapdragon 8cx platform and Snapdragon’s X55 5G...
Lenovo has thrown their hat into the eGPU arena this CES 2020 with the debut of their aluminum-constructed Legion BoostStation external GPU enclosure. With a design reminiscent of the Razer Core but with more features and a lower price, the BoostStation looks like it...
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...
For the last year, NEC and Lenovo have been working together on a handful of interesting ultraportable notebooks mostly available in Japan, as part of the LAVIE lineup. As of 2020, several of the latest LAVIE notebooks will also be available in the US,...
As stated in our preview of the Alienware 25 monitor, the beginning of 2020 marks the launch of several 25-inch 240 Hz IPS monitors from multiple OEMs, and Lenovo joins in with their Legion Y25-25 gaming screen. Lenovo is not as popular as Asus,...
In this article we’re taking a look at the 14-inch variant of the Lenovo IdeaPad S540, in it’s competitively priced AMD Ryzen variant. We’ll go over all its features and traits, to help you figure out if this is the portable laptop for you...
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...
It’s been a long time since I had a Lenovo product and even longer since I’ve owned a ThinkPad. But when Lenovo offered to lend me their 2019 ThinkPad Carbon X1, I couldn’t help but be excited. Truth is, I always loved my old...
The Legion series is Lenovo’s lineup of gaming notebooks, and the Y740 is their highest-tier offer as of the first part of 2019. Unlike other manufacturers, Lenovo doesn’t focus on making the best gaming ultraportable on the market, but rather at making the best...
Microsoft’s Surface Laptops have been some of the more popular ultrabooks of the last few years. With the 3rd generation, Microsoft added a full-size 15-inch Surface Laptop 3 alongside the traditional 13.5-inch variant, and I wanted to discuss its overall value in today’s market,...
The ThinkPad name has long stood for excellence, and with good reason. Despite some controversial decisions over the years, the ThinkPad brand continues to represent the best in the market. The ThinkPad P5X and P7X devices are Lenovo’s modern workstation lines, and both machines...
Workstations – powerful, sturdy, reliable computers you buy to get work done. Serious work, the kind that requires massive processing power and latest-generation technologies. For the last decades, the Lenovo ThinkPads have been one of the norms in this class of computers, next to...
Ever since I Jury-rigged my XPS 15 9550 to the first Razer Core back in 2016, I’ve made use a few different of Thunderbolt 3 eGPU setups over the years. I’ve done quite a bit of mixing and matching of various eGPUs (Razer Core,...
Lenovo’s (and previously IBM’s) ThinkPads are some of the most popular ultraportable notebooks of the last decades. But what if you need a solid all-day ultrabook and don’t like the sober black looks or don’t have the budget to go with a ThinkPad? Here...
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 is either the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (which we at NBC rated 90%) or the...
Best Chromebooks of 2020 compared and reviewed – buying guide
Chromebooks are snappy, easy to use and inexpensive computers designed for Internet-based activities like browsing, email, text-editing, Youtube, Netflix, music/video streaming, light gaming, and so on. Many good options...
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