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Advanced guides and How-To articles on laptops and ultrabooks. These posts will help you pick the best laptop for your needs and budget, as well as show you how to improve the performance, thermals, battery life, and various other aspects of your computer.
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More and more OLED laptops are available in stores these days, of all sizes and kinds. In this article, I’m going to explain the particularities of the OLED displays available on modern laptops, with their main selling points such as their beautiful image quality...
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Table of ContentsTable of contents – the best ultrabooks in 2025The best premium thin-and-light laptopApple MacBooks – unmatched daily driversAsus Zenbooks – the best-value optionsLenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon, ThinkPad X13 – the best business ultrabooksFramework Laptop 13 and Framework 12 – configurable, upgradable, repairableAsus...
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This article explains the specs and performance of the existing AMD Ryzen 9 mobile platforms and provides a detailed list of all the AMD Ryzen 9 laptops available in stores as of 2024 (such as the latest models powered by AMD Zen4 Ryzen 9...
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This article serves to share my picks for some of the best SSDs as of early 2025. I will let you know which SSDs I finally purchased for myself after doing my research and why, but of course, keep in mind that these are...
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Table of ContentsThe Best portable 13-inch gaming laptops and ultrabooksAsus ROG Flow Z13, ProArt PX13, ROG Flow X13- most powerful 13-inch gaming computersUltrabooks with integrated graphicsThe best 14-inch gaming laptops – lightweight and well-balancedAsus ROG Zephyrus G14 – the sweet spotRazer Blade 14 –...
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Table of ContentsWhat is a mini laptop in 2025?Affordable 11-inch small laptops & 2-in-1 hybridsChromebooks – snappy and with excellent battery lifeAcer Chromebook Spin 311 2-in-1 small laptopLenovo Chromebook Flex 11 2-in-1 mini laptopLenovo Chromebook Duet mini-tabletThe best Windows-based 11-inch small notebooksPremium 11-inch laptopsThe...
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Table of ContentsThe Thinnest and Lightest 15-inch and 14-inch laptopsThe best-value all-around 15/14-inch laptopsAffordable optionsPremium optionsGaming and high-performance 15/14-inch laptopsPortable 15-inch and 14-inch business laptopsWrap up – what’s the best lightweight 14/15inch laptop? While you’ll find many excellent compact ultrabooks out there, some of...
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Table of ContentsBest-value laptops under $1000 in 2024Portable ultrabooks under $1000Good-value performance ultraportables around 1000 USD/EURGaming notebooks under $1000Best affordable laptops under $500 in 2024Full-size cheap laptops under $500Budget ultrabooks (10 to 14-inch) under $500ChromebooksCompact Cheap Windows laptopsWrap up Looking for a good-value laptop...
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Table of ContentsBest affordable ultrabooks and laptops for schoolMid-tier affordable school laptopsPremium lightweight laptops for school and college studentsApple MacBooksSurface laptops, Dell XPS 13 and HP Envy 13/Spectre x360Asus ZenBooks and VivoBooksLenovo ThinkPads and YogasThe best all-purpose school laptopsAsus ROG Flow X13 and Flow...
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The latest update of this article provides a detailed list of all the AMD Ryzen 7 8840U and Ryzen 7 8840HS laptops available in stores as of mid 2024, as well as lists of previous generation AMD Ryzen 7 7840U, Ryzen 7 7735U, Ryzen...
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Table of ContentsRecommended 2-in-1 portable laptops (ultrabooks) in 2025Lenovo Yoga 9i and HP Spectre x360 14 – the best 2-in-1 convertible ultrabooksMicrosoft Surface Pro – the ultra-portable tablet formatLenovo Yoga 7 2-in-1 – the best mid-range Windows convertibleLenovo Flex 5i Chromebook Plus – the...
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This is a complete list of creator and gaming laptops available with a high-resolution and high-refresh 4K 120Hz, 4K 144Hz display, or the close alternatives with 16:10 aspect ratios (4K+ WQUXGA 3840×2400 px). Most gaming laptops these days ship with fast screens, with refresh...
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Table of ContentsBest budget Chromebooks in 2024 (under $300)Lenovo Chromebook DuetBest-value Chromebooks in 2024 ($300 to $500)Pixel Slate and Asus Chromebook Flip CM3Lenovo Chromebook Flex 5 13 and Duet 5 OLEDAcer Chromebook Spin 514 and HP Chromebook x360 14a15 and 17-inch ChromebooksBest Premium Chromebooks...
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This article explains why a high refresh-rate screen should be a must on your gaming laptop in this day and age, and also compiles for you a complete list of all the available notebooks equipped with 144Hz or the newer 240Hz, 360Hz, and 480Hz...
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If you’re like me, you like OLED as a display technology, but the potential for image retention (a.k.a. “burn-in”) concerns you in the long run. While OEMs such as MSI and Asus have their own special software to help address this issue, Dell does...
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Time to discuss the Nvidia RTX 4090 Laptop mobile graphics chip, the most powerful mobile dGPU option available so far in 2024 for high-performance gaming and work notebooks. The GeForce RTX 4090 is built on Nvidia’s Ada Lovelace architecture, with updated CUDA processing cores,...
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This article tells my experience in finding a good powerbank for my laptop, something I could use as an external battery when needed. It also lists a few of the best such mobile power-banks I found in my research. Though removable batteries in laptops...
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In this article, we’re discussing the lightest laptops and ultrabooks currently available in stores. A laptop’s overall weight is one of my main concerns when shopping for a highly portable computer, the kind I’ll constantly grab along to work or school or during my...
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AMD Ryzen platforms have been at the core of many good budget and mid-tier gaming laptops in recent years, but the narrative is further changing as of 2023, with the release of the AMD Ryzen 7000 H platforms. For the last few years, AMD...
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Kids are awesome, but shopping for kids can be difficult, especially in this increasingly complex and computerized world. If you’re in the market to buy your tyke or teen some new tech, we’re here to help; welcome to our shopping guide for kids’ tech!...
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We’ve seen Thunderbolt ports on enthusiast computers for a while now, but these days Thunderbolt is becoming the port everyone wants on a new laptop, regardless of size, form-factor, or budget. The 3rd and 4th generations of Thunderbolt are significant upgrades over their predecessors...
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This is a detailed guide on performance/gaming laptops built with modern AMD Radeon GPUs. While AMD processors have been a competitive choice on a multitude of modern laptops in recent years, AMD graphics cards have failed to win quality designs in the past. That,...
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In this article, I’m sharing with you my experience in searching for the best wireless keyboard for my use and budget, going through a couple of Logitech models that I’ve tried out, and explaining which I’ve eventually stuck with and why. There’s no denying...
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This article should help many of you looking for a mid-range gaming and work laptop, as it takes an in-depth look at the two mainstream processors available right now (as of mid-2021 and later) from Intel and AMD, in the same chassis and same...
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This article is a detailed list of all the important laptops with small bezels available in stores these days. We’re constantly updating it and adding new units are they’re released. By reducing the size of the bezels around the screens, manufacturers are able to...
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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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