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...
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 generation of Thunderbolt is a significant upgrade over its predecessors and...
This article is a detailed list of 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 create more compact...
While an utopia a few years ago, playing games on thin-and-light laptops is more than possible these days. Despite having compact bodies, many modern ultrabooks and portable laptops pack powerful-enough hardware to deal with most AAA titles, not to mention more casual and less demanding...
While there are quite a few excellent compact ultrabooks out there, many of you still prefer full-size laptops with large screens and enough power to smoothly handle daily tasks, workloads, and games. However, I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t say no to a full-size laptop...
Many of the thin-and-light laptops available these days in stores are 2-in-1s, or convertibles, which mean they get some sort of rotating/detachable touchscreen and can be used as regular notebooks, as tablets, or something in between. These 2-in-1 laptops are not only slim and light, they are also powerful...
This article is going to help you if you’re after a modern laptop and don’t want to spend a lot of money on it. We’ve reviewed most of the devices you can find in stores, and we’ll tell you which are worth your hard...
Chromebooks are snappy, easy to use and inexpensive computers designed for Internet based activities like browsing, email, music/video streaming and so on. Many good options start at under $300 these days and for that kind of money you’ll get a fully functional computer able...
Getting the right laptop that meets both your requirements and budget is definitely not that simple these days, with so many good options out there. This article will help though. We’ve reviewed hundreds of laptops in the last decade, of all kinds and from...
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...
This article explains why you should want a high-refresh rate screen on your gaming laptop, and also gives you a complete list of all the available notebooks equipped with 120 / 144 Hz displays. For years, most LCD displays came with standard 60 Hz...
For years the $1000 mark has been a psychological bar for laptop buyers and in this article we’re going to talk about what you can expect in 2018 from a gaming laptop at this price. First of all though we’ll have to talk about...
This article explains what to expect from laptops with Nvidia MX150 graphics chips, as well as provide a complete list of portable devices equipped with these chips. The Nvidia GeForce MX150 is a discrete graphics chip based on the Nvidia Pascal architecture, primarily meant for ultrabooks...
The vast majority of ultraportable laptops available in the last years have been built on Intel Core U hardware-platforms, with options for dual-core processors with or without HyperThreading. And while the Kaby Lake hardware generation provides solid performance for everyday tasks like browsing and...
This article has two parts, one that explains what Nvidia’s Max-Q initiative means for existing and future gaming laptops, and a second one that gathers all the Max-Q notebooks available out there, in a periodically updated list. If you plan to jump straight to the list, here it is:...
2019 Good Deals on ultrabooks and portable laptops
Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the Holidays are all gone now, but this article still gathers some of the best deals I was able to find for portable laptops,...
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