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So we’ve already seen the recent refreshes of both the Razer Blade 15 and Blade 13 Stealth, and now it’s finally time for the 2020 Razer Blade Pro 17. What does it have to offer? Well, the good news is that if you’re looking...
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The latest episode of Technically Incorrect is now live. In this episode, Douglas Black and I discussed two of the biggest pieces of tech this year, which major computing company we feel is the least evil, and some reasons why we personally purchase tech....
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I was excited at first when I saw that Microsoft had announced their new round of Surface line of computers — until I saw the details. The updated Surface Go is indeed a nice bump, as the form-factor of the Surface 3 made it...
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Lenovo are updating their entire lineup of Thinkpad T notebooks for 2020, moving into the new decade with a rebranded nomenclature. This way, the ThinkPad T14 replaces the existing T490/T480 versions, with a ThinkPad T14s ultraportable variant, while the 15-inch ThinkPad T15 follows up...
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Update – April 22, 2020 @ 17:00 As suspected, Intel’s 10th-gen Skylake-based (6-8 core) chips in laptops are shipping with undervolting abilities disabled from some (if not all) OEMs. Well-known tech YouTuber Dave Lee reviewed his loaned MSI GS66. Among his criticisms were the build...
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Razer’s Blade Stealth is the most compact gaming-ultrabook money can buy right now, but the 2019 model cut a few corners. We’ve reviewed it here on the site and our main complaints were the limited CPU performance in taxing loads, the squashed keyboard layout,...
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For years now, the Dell XPS 13 has been my personal ultrabook of choice and one of the better thin-and-light notebooks on the market. However, the XPS 13 hasn’t seen a significant update for a while, and that’s changing with the early-2020 Dell XPS...
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With 10th gen Intel Core H hardware now available, everyone is updating their notebook lineups, including Lenovo. Among others, they have some brand new Legion gaming models in the works, called Legion 5 and Legion 7, scheduled as follow-ups for the popular Legion Y540...
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Lenovo makes some of the most competitive gaming laptops of the moment as part of their Legion line, with devices like the high-tier Legion Y740 and the mid-range Legion Y540. What they don’t make is a gaming ultrabook, a thin-and-light performance laptop that can...
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Intel’s 10th gen Comet Lake-H hardware update is just around the corner now and the official launch is expected for early April 2020. There is however lots of info about the platform out there, based on various leaks and product-listings. That’s why this article...
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In this article, we’re going to have a look at how the mid-tier AMD Ryzen 5 4600H APU fares against the higher-tier AMD Ryzen 7 4800H in benchmarks, games and real-life use, but also how these two compare to a couple of the other...
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MSI are refining most of their gaming notebooks lineup for 2020, with revamped editions of the ultraportable GS Stealth series, the performance GE Raider and the budget-friendly GF65 Thin lines. The MSI GS66 Stealth follows up the popular GS65 Stealth Thin from 2018/2019, which...
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As you might be aware, single-channel RAM notebook configurations experience a significant drop in gaming performance compared to a dual-channel implementation with similar specs, due to how the recent Windows installments manage memory on dual-graphics laptops that get both an iGPU and a dGPU....
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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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While the Duo GX550 is now the top-of-the-line offer in the ROG Zephyrus lineup, Asus have also updated their 15 and 17-inch Zephyrus S models for this generation. First off, they went with a slight change in naming, with the 15-inch Zephyrus S GX502...
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Lenovo Legion 5 review (AMD Ryzen 7 4800H, GTX 1650Ti gaming laptop)
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ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 17 review (2020 G732LXS model – Core i7/i9, RTX 2080 150W)
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ASUS ZenBook S UX393EA review (Core i7-1165G7 Tiger Lake, 3:2 3K touchscreen)
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Acer Predator Helios 300 review (PH315-53 2020 model – Core i7, RTX 2070 graphics)
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Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2020 Deals on ultrabooks and portable laptops
With Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2020 just around the corner, this article gathers some of the best deals I was able to find online in these last days...
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