Reviews

Lenovo IdeaPad 5 2-in-1 (14, Gen 9) review – Comfort Over Power for Everyday Productivity

If you need a small 2-in-1 laptop in 2024, you can choose from a lot of machines. Lenovo is one of the leading manufacturers in this category of devices. If the price of the all-metal…

January 19, 2017

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Intel announces new series of NUCs with Kaby Lake processors – Baby Canyon

The specs for the new Baby Canyon NUCs were leaked back in July but now these mini-computers are officially announced. They are a major upgrade to their predecessor as they feature the new Intel 7th…

January 18, 2017

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Snapdragon 430 (+Adreno 505) vs Snapdragon 617 (+Adreno 405) – performance, benchmarks and temperatures

Back in late 2015 Qualcomm officially announced Snapdragon 430 and Snapdragon 617. We already had the chance to test both of them and that is why we want to make a quick comparison between the two.…

January 17, 2017

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A gallery of stunning photos taken with Sony Xperia XZ and X Compact

Nowadays smartphonеs can not only challenge some cameras on the market, they can even outperform them in some cases. And we are not taking in mind only the number of megapixels, we mean the real…

January 16, 2017

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Huawei nova plus preview – 5.5′ display, Snapdragon 625, 16MP camera and 3340mAh battery

Recently Huawei nova became available on some markets and a bit later the same happened to the Huawei nova plus which was announced in September. This article aims to quickly acquaint you with its most…

January 16, 2017

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Here is how durable the 4100mAh ASUS Zenfone 3 Max battery is

You may remember that a couple of weeks ago we received the ASUS Zenfone 3 Max whose main merit is its battery of 4100 mAh. As expected, it performed really well in our tests and…

January 15, 2017

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Acer Predator 17 (G5-793, GTX 1060) (17-inch, FHD, IPS) display profiles – Quality and Health impact results

We’ve encountered this panel before in the previous generation the Acer Predator 17X with GTX 980, but this time the display offers somehow better image quality may be due to some stock calibration. In the…

January 14, 2017

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Google’s new image compression technology could save you up to 75% of mobile data without reducing quality

Alphabet Inc. an affiliate of Google is working on a new technology for compressing images that will allow high-quality HD images to consume less mobile data. Unfortunately, for now, the feature is limited to Google+…

January 14, 2017

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Microsoft is working on a “Game Mode” for Windows 10 that will boost performance

As you may guess by the name, Game Mode should be a mode intended for gaming. It should boost your PC’s performance by freeing up memory or disabling background processes so no extra CPU usage…

January 14, 2017

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More about the LaptopMedia display profiles and the PWM Ranking – what are we working on

Those who follow us closely have probably noticed that we have two new sections and a new project we are working on – the LaptopMedia profiles. On January 1st, two years ago we revealed that…

January 13, 2017

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Get DiRT Showdown for free (limited time offer!)

This time around Humble Bundle are giving away for free DiRT Showdown. But hurry up it is only available for one more day. The game is provided via Steam key for Linux, Mac and Windows. With…

January 13, 2017

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NVIDIA releases their new mobile Pascal-based Quadro graphics cards

NVIDIA officially announced its next generation (Pascal-based) of mobile workstation graphics cards – the Quadro series. Most notable models are the Quadro P5000 and P4000. They are the only two cards that were granted official…

January 13, 2017

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Windows 10 update might bring some issues with multi-monitor gaming

It seems that the latest Windows 10 update (build name KB3213986) causes some issues with multi-monitor configurations. You won’t stumble upon any problems while performing daily tasks such as browsing the Internet or checking your…

January 13, 2017

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Quick look at Lenovo P2 – first impressions, camera, performance

The concept of a mid-range smartphone is a bit extensive nowadays as we have more and more to choose from. The last device that came into our office is exactly from this mid-range class but…

January 13, 2017

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Huawei officially presented P8 Lite (2017) – spec sheet and price

While we are all waiting to see new lineup of P10 smartphones Huawei is surprising us with the official announcement of the P8 Lite (2017) which is not only an upgrade to last year’s model…

January 13, 2017

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UMi Z – great phablet with 10-core processor, 4GB of RAM and 3780 mAh battery for $290.99

It seems that 2017 starts in a very good way and by this we mean that the market has some really decent offers for you out there. As you may guess from the title, this…

January 13, 2017

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The Acer Predator 17 (G5-793, GTX 1060) offers the same, but more refined panel as the previous generation Predator 17X

Remember the Acer Predator 17X from last year? The extreme version with a desktop-grade NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980? Well, if you do, you’d know that the notebook had a pretty solid IPS panel with little…

January 12, 2017

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Acer Predator 17 (G5-793) review – hefty but solid as always

Throughout 2016, Acer released a large number of Predator 15 and Predator 17 machines all of them offering various screen options and more importantly – different GPUs. It’s quite normal considering the fact that mid-2016…

January 12, 2017

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ASUS launches ROG GR8 II – compact, powerful, VR ready

ASUS Republic of Gamers today announced their new gaming desktop PC – the GR8 II. It’s an interesting device as it is quite compact. Its dimensions are 88 x 299 x 281.3mm and it weights only…

January 12, 2017

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A flaw in Skylake processors allows full system control via USB

Intel’s 6th generation of processors Skylake had a good run and products from this lineup are still widely used. Most manufacturers already updated their products with the new Kaby Lake CPUs but that doesn’t mean that everyone…

January 12, 2017

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AMD’s Ryzen CPU could launch before March 3rd

AMD’s new Ryzen CPU has raised quite some interest in the past few months, though not much is known about it. We know it should be an octa-core processor with 16 threads and at least 3.4…