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In this review, we’re discussing the 2025 Asus Zenbook 14 UM3406KA refresh with AMD Krackan specs (Ryzen AI 7 350). We’ve covered most, if not all, Zenbook lineups and models over the years. This 2025 model is a hardware refresh of the 2024 Zenbook...
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This is my longer-term review of the 2025 Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon, the 13th gen Aura Edition built on Intel Lunar Lake hardware. This revision of the X1 Carbon series was launched late in 2024, but I got to use it around mid-2025, with...
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Most laptop manufacturers offer at least one full-performance gaming/work laptop with an 18-inch display as of 2025. In this article, I’m explaining what to expect in terms of size, screen quality, and performance from these 18-inch laptops, and how they compare to the 17-inch...
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We’re discussing the Asus V16 V3607 notebook series in this review article. This is a budget-friendly all-purpose laptop, a potential jack of all trades with an affordable price tag. A Vivobook, more or less, but without the Vivobook name. Of course, that means you’ll...
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We’re discussing the Acer Predator Helios 16 AI in this laptop, Acer’s most powerful 16-inch gaming laptop of this generation (2025, PH16-73 model), with specs that include an Intel Core Ultra 9 and up to an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090. Just to be clear,...
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We’re discussing the Razer Blade 16 2025 generation in this review. This laptop was the partner launch series for the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile chip earlier in 2025, and was sent by Nvidia to many reviewers around February/March, and that’s why it was...
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Time to discuss the 2025 update of the Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 series, a powerful and yet still compact and lightweight series of all-purpose laptops. More specifically, we’re talking about the Intel-based Zephyrus G16 GU605, which is now powered by a Core Ultra 9...
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We’re dicussing the Lenovo Yoga 9i 2-in-1 Aura Edition in this article, also known as the Lenovo Yoga 9 2-in-1 over here on Europe, Lenovo’s premium lineup of convertible ultrabooks in its latest iteration as of 2025. This laptop was released earlier in the...
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We’ve seen Thunderbolt ports on enthusiast computers for many years now, but these days Thunderbolt is becoming the port everyone wants on a new laptop, regardless of size, form-factor, or budget. While the original article discussed Thunderbolt 3 and 4 standards and notebooks, the...
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Time to review the 2025 update of the Asus ProArt P16 lineup, a portable 16-inch laptop for creators and workloads. This series is, in fact, derived from the ROG Zephyrus G16 series, with a slightly thinner and lighter chassis, clean all-black aesthetics, and a...
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This is my detailed review of the 2025 10th-generation of the Lenovo Legion Pro 7i series, Lenovo’s most powerful 16-inch laptop meant for sustained workloads and gaming. This series is sold as the Legion Pro 7 in some markets, including here in Europe, and...
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This is my detailed review of the 2025 generation of the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14. The Zephyrus G14 is a highly popular series of thin-and-light laptops with serious performance capabilities, and we’ve discussed and tested all variants launched over the years. This most recent...
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Here at Ultrabookreview.com, we’ve been testing and reviewing thin-and-light gaming laptops for more than 15 years now, of all kinds and from all major brands. Our experience allows us to help you choose the best portable gaming laptop (or gaming ultrabook) for your needs...
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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 in the Asus ROG Scar 18 and ROG Scar 16 notebooks, with later updates for...
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As mentioned throughout my reviews, while most gaming laptops available today offer some sort of power profile optimized for silent use around 35 dBA, these modes are usually aggressively power-capped. Thus, especially for full-size laptops, these profiles don’t maximize the performance potential possible on...
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This article is my detailed review of the 2025 Asus ROG Strix Scar 16 series, the highest-tier 16-inch performance laptop offered by Asus this generation, meant for serious workloads and gaming. This is the more compact version of the ROG Scar 18 discussed above,...
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In this article, we’re discussing laptops built on the Intel Lunar Lake (Intel Core Ultra 200V) hardware. We’re going through the main characteristics and particularities of the Lunar Lake platforms, which are primarily designed for lightweight and portable devices, and then we’ll curate a...
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Just a few weeks ago I wrote a final review article of the gen9 Lenovo Legion Pro 7i series, stating that a successor was due at the beginning of 2025, and now it’s time to discuss this successor. The early-2025 10th generation of the...
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Like Andrei, I too got a chance to review the 2025 Asus ROG Flow Z13. I’ve had it for about a month and have been using it as my daily driver this whole time. It was a pretty easy transition for me too, since...
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Let’s discuss the Intel Arrow Lake H hardware platform, with Core Ultra 200H processors. This hardware combines a complex processor with Intel’s latest cores and technologies and a competent Arc iGPU, arguably the fastest iGPU available today aside from the Radeon graphics in the...
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This is our detailed review of the 2025 generation of the Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 laptop, Asus’s largest and most powerful notebook available as of 2025. As the naming might suggest to those already familiar with Asus’s weird naming schemes, the Scar 18...
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I’ve gathered my thoughts on the Asus ROG Flow Z13 in this article, the hyped 2025 GZ302-series update with AMD Ryzen AI Max hardware. I didn’t get a review unit in time for the embargo last month, so I decided not to rush out...
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I’ve been using the 2025 Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 and Scar 16 over the last weeks, the latest 2025 configurations with Core Ultra 9 and RTX 5080/5090 hardware, reviewed in depth here (Scar 18) and here (Scar 16). They’re both full-size high-performance notebooks...
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This article discusses the 2025 update of the Asus Zenbook Duo series, a dual-display portable laptop with Intel Arrow Lake H hardware and a slightly revised keyboard folio in this generation. This Zenbook Duo is one of the few dual-display laptops available in stores,...
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This article covers the Intel mobile hardware available in modern laptops in 2026/2025, both the platforms released (or scheduled for release) this year and those released last year, which are still relevant today in competitive devices. I already covered the AMD mobile platforms (Gorgon,...
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This article discusses the Intel Arrow Lake HX mobile microarchitecture (up to Core Ultra 9 275Hx and 285HX), as well as the updated Arrow Lake HX Refresh platform launched in 2026 (up to Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus); both are designed for high-performance workstations...
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This is my detailed review of the Asus Zenbook A14 series, the early-2025 addition to the Zenbook lineup, a brand new chassis design for a computer built on Qualcomm Snapdragon hardware. The hardware specs mainly set this Zenbook A14 apart from the other Asus...
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In this article, we’re discussing the AMD Krackan Point hardware platform, the mid-segment iteration of AMD’s Strix Point hardware, with Ryzen AI 7 and Ryzen AI 5 processors. Before the announcement, this platform was also known as AMD Kraken Point. This hardware is meant...
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Asus are updating their ROG Flow Z13 series for 2025 and the new model is their first take at the AMD Strix Halo hardware platform, an approach that pairs up to 16 Zen5 Cores with a massive iGPU with up to 40 RDNA3.5 Compute...
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Dell are updating their lineups of Alienware 16-inch and 18-inch laptops for 2025, with Intel Arrow Lake-HX hardware and Nvidia Blackwell RTX 5000 graphics, as well as a slightly revised chassis design. These new devices are called the Alienware 16 Area 51 and Alienware...
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Asus ProArt P16 vs. Razer Blade 16, Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 comparison
I’ve used and reviewed the 2025 Razer Blade 16, the 2025 Asus ROG Zephyrus G16, and the 2025 Asus ProArt P16 over the last weeks, and I’ve gathered my...
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