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Best ultrabook and portable lightweight laptop in 2025

Here at Ultrabookreview.com, we’ve reviewed hundreds of ultrabooks and portable lightweight laptops over the last 15 years, of all kinds and from all brands. In this guide, I’ll tell you which are our favorite portable notebooks right now, to...

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Best gaming ultrabook (thin-and-light gaming laptop) in 2025

Here at Ultrabookreview.com, we’ve been testing and reviewing thin-and-light gaming laptops for...

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Best 15-inch and 14-inch lightweight portable laptops in 2025

While you’ll find many excellent compact ultrabooks out there, some of you...

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15 Best budget laptops under $1000 in 2024 (good value)

Looking for a good-value laptop and portable ultrabook and don’t plan to...

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Best 2-in-1 ultrabook and compact laptop in 2025

Some of the thin-and-light notebooks available these days in stores are 2-in-1...

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  • MSI GE75 Raider 8SF review (RTX 2070), vs. GE75 Raider 8SE (RTX 2060)

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    The MSI GE75 Raider is one of the few existing 17-inch gaming laptops that offer powerful hardware inside a compact and light chassis, and thanks to the implemented cooling, is also able to deliver on the performance that hardware is capable of. The GE75s...

  • MSI GE75 Raider 8SE review and benchmarks (i7, RTX 2060)

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    This article is our detailed review of the MSI GE75 Raider series, MSI’s updated line of mid-range 17-inch gaming laptops. We’ve spent a few weeks with several different versions of the GE75, and in this article, we’re primarily talking about the GE75 Raider 8SE...

  • Acer Predator Triton 500 review (PT515-51 – Core i7, RTX 2080 Max-Q)

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    This article is a detailed review of the Acer Predator Triton 500 PT515-51, in the top-specked configuration with a Core i7 processor, Nvidia RTX 2080 Max-Q graphics, 32 GB of RAM and two SSDs in Raid0. The Triton 500 is a brand-new design and...

  • Laptops with Nvidia RTX 2080 / 2080 Max-Q graphics (complete list)

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    It took Nvidia a long while to put the Turing RTX architecture inside laptops, but that has changed as of January 2019, and a plethora of gaming notebooks based on RTX graphics is available in stores these days. We’ve covered each important launch is...

  • Lenovo Yoga C930 review (i7-8550U, 16 GB RAM, UHD screen)

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    This article is about the Lenovo Yoga C930, Lenovo’s top-of-the-line consumer convertible laptop and a follow-up of the popular Yoga 920 and 910 from previous years. It’s been available on the market for a few months now, so we were able to test if...

  • Alienware m15 Review (i7-8750H, GTX 1070 Max-Q, UHD screen)

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    For years Dell’s Alienware has been the brand-name most enthusiasts associated to gaming computers, either desktop PCs or laptops. Things have changed these days, with all the other major OEMs offering gaming devices now, but even so Alienware machines stick towards the top of...

  • 2019 premium Lenovo ThinkPads: X1 Carbon 7th-gen, X1 Yoga 4th-gen

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    Updates of Lenovo’s top-tier ThinkPads are expected for later this year, and they’re not just the standard hardware updates, but actually address a few of their quirks and improve on certain aspects. Both the ThinkPad X1 Carbon clamshell and the ThinkPad X1 Yoga convertible...

  • Asus TUF Gaming FX505DV review (AMD Ryzen 7, Nvidia RTX 2060 90W)

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    Two years ago Asus launched an entry-level gaming line called TUF Gaming, a value-oriented class of gaming notebooks meant for those looking for solid performance at a lower budget. Last year they completely redesigned it. This year they further updated the configurations and made...

  • Lenovo Legion Y540 review (RTX 2060 model, 17-inch screen)

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    This review gathers out thoughts on one of the better-value gaming laptops of the moment, the Lenovo Legion Y540. Lenovo offers the Y540 in a couple of different variants, with Core i5/i7 CPUs, GTX 1660Ti/2060 graphics chips, several screen options and in either a...

  • MSI GE73 Raider 8RF review and benchmarks (i7-8750H, GTX 1070, FHD 120 HZ screen)

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    This article is about one of the most popular 17-inch gaming laptops of 2018, the MSI GE73 Raider 8RF RGB. It’s been available for many months and while by now it has started to show its age, we took the time to put it...

  • Intel Whiskey Lake-U laptops (i7-8565U / i5-8265U) – the complete list and what to expect

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    Whiskey Lake is Intel’s third refinement of the 14 nm build-process and the latest Core U 15W hardware-platform you’ll find in thin-and-light ultraportables and budget full-size notebooks in the fourth quarter of 2018 and most of 2019 until the next-gen Intel Cannon Lake platform...

  • Asus StudioBook S W700 – powerful mobile workstation with 16:10 17-inch screen

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    Powerful hardware, a compact build and a 17-inch screen with a 16:10 aspect ratio are some of the important traits of the new Asus StudioBook S W700 series or workstation laptops. On paper, this is one of the most impressive launches of recent months...

  • What We Should Have Learned about Tech in 2018

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    With 2019 almost upon us, that means it’s as good a time as any to look back at the previous 364 days of tech news and scrape together some piecemeal lessons so we can glean at least a little bit of reflection from 2018....

  • Lenovo ThinkPad P72 review (i7-8750H, Quadro P2000, FHD screen)

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    While we’re mostly covering thin-and-light laptops here on UltrabookReview.com, this post is going to be a little different, as it documents our experience with the full-size Lenovo ThinkPad P72 17-inch workstation notebook. This is still a big and heavy laptop designed to offer the...

  • Asus ZenBook 13 review (UX333FA / UX333FN – Core i7, MX150)

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    This article is our detailed review of the Asus ZenBook 13 UX333FN, the smallest modern laptop with dedicated graphics you can find in stores as of late-2018 and the beginning of 2019. However, we’ll also touch of the ZenBook UX333FA variant, which is the...

  • Acer Swift 5 SF515-51T impressions (i7-8565U, UHD 620) – the lightest 15-inch laptop

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    In this article we’re going to talk about the lightest 15-inch laptop available as of the Fall of 2018, the Acer Swift 5 SF515-51. I’m highly skeptical around any device associated with the words “lightest” or “thinnest”, but this one is actually a pretty...

  • Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme review (Core i7-8850H, GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q, UHD screen)

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    The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme is a premium thin-and-light 15-inch notebook with a compact form-factor, modern and powerful hardware, as well as little to no compromises, at least on paper. It’s a niche product that should cater to those of you who need performance...

  • Asus Zenbook Flip UX362 review (UX362FA – i7-8565U, UHD 620)

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    I’ve spent a few weeks with the Asus ZenBook Flip UX362FA and gathered all my impressions in this article, with the good parts and the quirks you’ll have to be aware of if interested in buying one. As the name suggests if you’re familiar...

  • Dell XPS 15 9570 review (i7, GTX 1050Ti, FHD screen)

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    I’ve seen many people clamoring for a review of the XPS 15 9570; unlike the previous releases, it seems there is a scarcity of proper reviews for this iteration. To briefly explain why that is, we just need to look at the machine’s popularity....

  • Acer Chromebook Spin 13 review (i3-8130U, 8 GB RAM, 64 GB eMMC)

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    We don’t often review Chromebooks here, but I’ve spent time with a handful of them over the years and witnessed how their functionality has evolved. This article is about one of the premium-tier Chromebooks of the moment, and also one of the fastest: the...

  • Intel Amber Lake-Y laptops (Core i7-8500Y)- what to expect, complete list of available devices

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    Intel rolled out the updated Amber Lake Core Y hardware platform in early-September 2018 and this spurred a handful of modern and fanless thin-and-light laptops during the reminding of 2018 and most of 2019, up until a next-gen iteration based on the Cannon Lake...

  • Acer Predator Helios 500 review (PH517-51 model – Core i9, GTX 1070)

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    We’ll talk about the Acer Predator Helios 500 in this article, a full-size 17-inch gaming laptop and direct follow-up of the Predator 17 line. This is the kind of laptop you should look for if you don’t want to compromise on performance or the...

  • Chromebook vs Ultrabook (portable laptop): How is a Chromebook different from a laptop?

    One of the most important differences between the two is that ultrabooks run Windows and chromebooks run Google's Chrome OS.
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    This article explains what Chromebooks are and how they compare to regular portable laptops (ultrabooks). After comparing ultrabooks with regular laptops, netbooks, and tablets in previous articles, let’s touch on another popular gender of modern laptops: Chromebooks. On one hand, ultrabooks are compact and...

  • Lenovo Legion Y530 review (i7-8570H, GTX 1050 Ti, FHD 60 Hz screen)

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    While Lenovo are fairly new at making gaming laptops, their Legion lines include some of the best-value products in the segment. In this article we’re talking about their entry-level gaming notebook for 2018 and first part of 2019, the Legion Y530, a significant update...

  • XPS 15 9570 long-term review follow-up: 3 months later

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    26/9/2018 update: added touchscreen bug I originally reviewed the XPS 15 9570 (FHD) in June of this year, scoring it 4/5, so if you haven’t read my original review, I suggest reading that first here. Update: Our detailed review of the latest mid-2022 Dell XPS...

  • Asus ROG Strix GL504 SCAR II review (GL504GM – i7-8750H, GTX 1060)

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    Asus offers some of the better mid-range gaming laptops available in stores with their ROG Strix lines, and for 2018 they’ve completely revamped the 15-inch models, upgrading the design, screens and internals. We’ve looked at the ROG GL504 series in a previous article, and in the...

  • Asus TUF Gaming FX705 review (FX705GM – i7-8750H, GTX 1060, 144 Hz screen)

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    This article gathers all our impressions on the 17-inch Asus TUF FX705 mid-range line of gaming laptops. We’ve spent a few weeks with a high-end FX705 GM configuration (i7-8750H processor, GTX 1060 graphics, dual-storage) and we got to know its strong points and quirks....

  • Acer Swift 3 15-inch review (SF315-52G model – i7-8550U, Nvidia MX150)

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    This article gathers all our impressions of the late-2018/early-2019 update of the Acer Swift 3 15-inch laptop. The Swift 3 is Acer’s entry-level series of standard clamshell laptops and includes entry and mid-range devices for budget-oriented shoppers. The 2017 15-inch Swift 3s are some...

  • Dell XPS 13 9370 review (i7-8550U, FHD screen) – an upgrade, but not across the board

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    I’ve bought a Dell XPS 13 as soon as the compact refresh was initially released back in 2015, and I’ve been using it ever since as my travel laptop. You can find my initial impressions in this article, as well as my long-term experience with...

  • Lenovo Yoga 730 15 review (Yoga 730-15IKB model)

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    The 15-inch Lenovo Yoga 730 is not like most other laptops in today’s market: a 15-inch computer with a 360-degrees convertible touchscreen and Intel Core U hardware with dedicated Nvidia GTX 1050 graphics (the full-power version, not the Max-Q variant), all tucked inside a...

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