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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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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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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 2023. While the AMD Zen 2 architecture brought Ryzen 9 processors to...
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These days, you’ll find a multitude of excellent thin, light, and fast ultraportable laptops in stores, but for those of you for whom the size and portability of your computer matter more than anything else, a mini laptop with an 11-inch, 10-inch, or even...
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While a few years ago the word “ultrabook” had not been even invented, today, ultrabooks are widespread and the kinds of portable thin-and-light computers many desire to get. But what is an ultrabook in 2022/2023? How do you define this term and what sets...
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Here at Ultrabookreview.com, we’ve been testing and reviewing thin-and-light gaming laptops for 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 and budget,...
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In this article, we’ll go over my favorite student ultrabooks and lightweight laptops for school/college use, devices that can handle both work and play at the same time, without breaking your back or the bank for you. When I was in school, I lugged...
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The latest update of this article provides a detailed list of all the AMD Ryzen 7 7735U, Ryzen 7 7730U, and Ryzen 7 6800U laptops available in stores as of the first part of 2023, and explains the specs and performance of these existing...
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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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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 ultrabooks right now and explain why, in order to help...
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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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Looking for a good-value laptop and portable ultrabook and don’t plan to spend an arm and a leg for it? In this article, we’re going over the best budget laptops and ultrabooks that you can get for under 1000 USD (or EUR) these days,...
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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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In this article, we’re going over our recommendations for the Best Chromebooks available in 2023. Chromebooks are snappy, easy to use, and inexpensive computers designed for everyday use and Internet-based activities such as browsing, email, text-editing, Youtube, Netflix, light gaming, and the like. Many...
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While you’ll find many excellent compact ultrabooks out there, some of you still favor full-size 15-inch or 14-inch laptops with larger screens and enough power to smoothly handle daily tasks, workloads, and even games. However, I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t say no to a...
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Some of the thin-and-light notebooks available these days in stores are 2-in-1 laptops, or convertibles/hybrids, which means that they get some sort of rotating/detachable touchscreen and can be used as standard laptops, as tablets, or something in between. These 2-in-1 laptops are not only...
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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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If time has taught us anything, it should be that newer isn’t necessarily better. In the world of computing, it often means paying a significant premium to be a hardware beta tester. By buying an older used laptop (second-hand or refurbished/refreshed), you’re not just...
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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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This article serves to share my picks for some of the best SSDs as of early 2023. 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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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 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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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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Welcome to the UltrabookReview guide to… binding keys?! I know what you’re thinking. “Do we really need a guide on how to bind keys?” Please hear me out: I love books and I love film, but I’ve become an even bigger fan of the...
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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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Ultrabooks are excellent devices and I have no doubt most laptops will go towards the thin and light standard in the next couple of years. However, we’ve only seen ultrabooks around for a year or two, and while the models available right now in...
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Fanless laptops (completely silent) in 2023 – the best options
In this article, we’re discussing fanless laptops and silent Windows ultrabooks and Chromebooks, or in other words, laptops with passive cooling solutions, without a fan that spins and makes...
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