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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 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...

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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...

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15 Best budget good-value laptops under $1000 in 2025

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

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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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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 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 review (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...

  • Acer Swift 3 review (SF314-55G – i3-8145U, Nvidia MX150)

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    If you’re shopping for an all-day laptop with an affordable price, there’s a good chance you already came upon one of the existing Acer Swift 3s. The original Swift 3 was an excellent notebook at its time, the follow-up was a solid performer as...

  • Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme – vs Dell XPS 15, Asus Zenbook Pro and HP EliteBook 1050

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    The ThinkPad X1 Extreme is the consumer version of the ThinkPad P1 workstation announced several weeks ago, and a serious contender for the Dell XPS 15, Asus Zenbook Pro and HP EliteBook 1050 lines. Just like those three, the X1 Extreme is a 15-inch...

  • HP Spectre x360 13-inch review – the 2-in-1 ultraportable to get

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    Ever have one of those situations where you need a tablet, but you have a touchscreen laptop? Or you need a laptop, but only have a tablet? You might have filled the void by carrying both, or might have also tried the many 2-in-1...

  • 2018 Asus ZenBooks (UX333, UX433, UX533) and ZenBook Flips (UX362, UX562) – what to expect

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    Asus revamped their entire lines of Zenbook (all-round thin-and-lights), Zenbook S (ultraportables) and Zenbook Flip (convertibles) laptops for the second part of 2018 and first half of 2019, and these are not just some minor updates. The updated models are thinner, lighter and more...

  • Asus Zephyrus S GX531 (i7-8570H, GTX 1060 or 1070 Max-Q) – what to expect

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    The Zephyrus S GX531 is the mid-2018 update of the original Asus Zephyrus line, with a more compact and thinner build, an updated 144 Hz IPS screen and modern specs (8th gen processors and either GTX 1060 or 1070 Max-Q graphics). Asus advertises it...

  • MSI GS65 Stealth Thin review (Core i7-8750H, GTX 1070 Max-Q)

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    As a repeat customer of the MSI GS series laptops, I’m pretty much accustomed to the pros and cons each one had to offer.  None of them were perfect, but for the most part they suited me very well. The GS60 was one of...

  • MSI PS42 Prestige – compact 14-inch ultrabook

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    When thinking of laptops produced by MSI, their black and red gaming notebooks are likely to be what comes to mind. However, MSI has been producing white and silver business-and-café-friendly models under their Prestige brand for a little over three years now. Normally the...

  • Dr. Servicelove or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the On-Site Warranty

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    Earlier this week I read with great interest two articles (1, 2) — both were published July 26, both were about defects the owners found in their X1 Carbon(s), and both were negative. As it happens, I have no disagreement at all with either...

  • Acer Nitro 5 review (AN515-52 – Core i5, Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti)

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    The Nitro 5  is Acer’s entry-level series of gaming notebooks, built mostly on Intel Core H hardware and Nvidia dedicated graphics, with few exceptions of AMD Ryzen variants. As of April 2018 Acer offers an updated line of Nitro 5s, code-name AN515-53, built on...

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