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The ZenBook Pro Duo UX581 has been around for a few months now, and while I’ve used it sporadically during this time, I wanted to spend a bit longer with it than I do with most of our review units, in order to figure...
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Hey guys – it’s been some time since I’ve written a review. Truth is, life’s been pretty busy for me lately and I’ve also thoroughly enjoyed my GS65, which I’ve had for about a year now. But now with the addition of RTX powered...
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Note: This is an article I originally published in 2018, but due to a new round of right-to-repair legislative action, I feel this is a good time to re-visit the topic. I am no Luddite: I appreciate the amazing things technology allows us to...
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The ROG Zephyrus G is Asus’s lineup of ultraportable gaming notebooks based on AMD hardware. It made its debut last year with the 15-inch Zephyrus GA502. This year, Asus not only updated the 15-inch variant with newer hardware and higher-refresh screens, but also launched...
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Coming out of CES 2020, this year looks like it’s AMD’s time to shine. For a very long time now, perhaps even for the first time ever, their hardware is finally going to be a competitive option in the notebooks’ segment, if their 7nm...
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We haven’t covered Eluktronics gaming notebooks here on the site in the past, but their recent MAX-15 and MAX-17 updates are definitely worthy of our attention. Eluktronics make enthusiast gaming units based on barebone designs, the kind that Maingear, Sager, or Schenker have also...
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Acer offer a handful of new Swift 3 series for 2020, built on two of the important hardware platforms available for ultraportable laptops at the beginning of this year: AMD Renoir Ryzen 7 4000 Mobile Series (7 mm) and Intel’s 10th gen Ice Lake...
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Dell’s Gaming lineup kicks things off in 2020 with a brand-new Dell G5 15 SE (Special Edition) built on AMD Ryzen-H 4000 Series processors and up to AMD Radeon RX 5600M Mobile graphics, unveiled at CES 2020. It’s now scheduled to be available in...
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Asus offers some of the most competitive gaming notebooks you can get in stores as part of their TUF Gaming series, which is getting a complete refresh for 2020. The popular FX505 (15-inch) and FX705 (17-inch) lines are replaced by the Asus TUF Gaming...
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Lenovo are aiming for a slight rebranding of their thin-and-light series of consumer laptops in the first part of 2020, starting with a Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 lineup. They’re still not making it easy for us to tell between their different lines, consumers, though,...
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ThinkBooks are a newer series in Lenovo’s notebook lineup, a crossbreed of IdeaPads with some ThinkPad DNA, in a modern design and with an affordable price. We’ve reviewed the 13-inch ThinkBook a few months ago, and while not without quirks, we still consider it...
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Asus make some of the best-buy Chromebooks on the market, and they’ve just announced a brand new Chromebook Flip C436 FA model for 2020. This is a direct follow-up of the highly appreciated Chromebook C434TA, which topped most recommendations lists throughout 2019 alongside the...
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VivoBooks are Asus’s affordable range of thin-and-light notebooks, budget alternatives to their higher-tier ZenBook lineup. We’ve reviewed many VivoBooks along the years and have documented their evolution, up to the 2020 variants we’ll quickly touch on in this article, available in 13″ (S13 S33),...
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Dual-screen and foldable notebooks are expected to blossom in the next years, and Lenovo is among the first to announce a foldable ultrabook with the ThinkPad X1 Fold, a follow-up of the folding X1 prototype they briefly presented in 2019. Update: As of 2022,...
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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...
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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,...
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You’ll find a bunch of 49″ ultrawide 32:9 monitors on the market, but none like Samsung’s brand new Odyssey CTG9 2020. That’s because this gets a 5K QLED VA panel with 240 Hz refresh rate and 1 ms response time, HDR1000 and an unusual...
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Back in October 2019, Samsung announced they’re working on a lineup of QLED ultrabooks that included clamshell (Galaxy Book Ion) and 2-in-1 (Galaxy Book Flex) models, with both 13 and 15-inch screens. They were dubbed for availability in 2020. While those are still not...
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While Dell’s Latitude laptops are primarily targeted at companies, their new 2020 Latitude 9510 has a bunch of interesting features that should also put it on the map for regular buyers in search of a premium, portable, fast and long-lasting 15-inch notebook. In fact,...
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As of late 2019, there are no 24/25-inch 240 Hz monitors with IPS panels on the market. You can get several good-quality TN 240 Hz screens at this size, but if you’re looking for IPS you have to jump over to one of the...
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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...
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Acer’s Swift 3 lineup includes a multitude of competitively priced ultraportable notebooks with slim designs, matte screens, and updated hardware specs. For 2020, Acer offers no less than 3 compact Swift 3 models, two 14-inch variants based on either Intel or AMD hardware, as...
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We have a list of the best options for great tech gifts to get your kids, but there are a few products you should avoid for one reason or another. Here, we list some product categories you should skip on when it comes to...
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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...
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Other Articles in this series: So I’ve decided to switch to Linux: Day 1 I wrote a few days ago about how pleasantly surprised I was at the ease of installation and out-of-the-box functionality of Pop!_OS on my X1E Gen 2. I was able...
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The Asus ROG Strix Scar III G531 has been available in stores for a few months now, and we’ve finally got to spend time with it and gather our full impressions below, with the strong points and the quirks. This follows up on the...
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The new Dell XPS 15 7590 makes a case for itself by sporting an optional OLED panel, Intel’s latest 9th generation 6 and 8-core CPUs, Nvidia’s GTX 1650 GPU, and, finally, an above-display webcam. As I wrote in an earlier editorial, however, whether or...
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This is our detailed review of the mid-2019 Asus ROG Zephyrus S GX502GW gaming ultraportable, in a higher specced configuration with a 9th gen Core i7 processor, Nvidia RTX 2070 graphics and 512 GB of SSD storage. Unlike the previous Zephyrus S models, this...
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Much like its predecessor, the ZenBook 15 UX534 slots in a niche without much competition, as a nicely crafted, compact and light 15-inch laptop with solid everyday performance, some gaming abilities, decent battery life, and competitive pricing. It’s not as capable in demanding loads...
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Among gaming laptops, the MSI Raider series has been historically known for its excellent performance and thermals in the mid-range segment. For the last few weeks we’ve spent time with a retail version of the latest member in this lineup, the MSI GE65 Raider,...
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4K gaming on Nvidia RTX 5090, RTX 5080 Laptops (vs. RTX 4090)
In this brief article we’re discussing gaming at 4K display resolution on the latest Intel Core Ultra 9 HX + Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 configurations tested...
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