October 13, 2016

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Quick look at Lenovo Yoga Book – it’s a tablet, it’s laptop and a real notebook at the same time

Announced at IFA 2016 in Berlin, Lenovo’s Yoga Book took everyone by a storm. It’s definitely one of the most innovative devices this year but what makes it so special? Well, the answer is simple…

October 12, 2016

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Lenovo Ideapad 310 with virtually harmless display (PWM report)

Interesting results just came in from our lab when testing the Lenovo Ideapad 310 – an entry-level notebook with compelling features and design but falls behind a little in terms of hardware. Anyway, this article…

October 12, 2016

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HP updates its portfolio of premium devices just in time for the holidays

HP just announced the refreshed variants of its well-known Spectre and ENVY lineups that include portable devices and AIO for your home. In general, all devices now sport smaller footprint than before, overhauled design for…

October 12, 2016

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Samsung launches the ArtPC Pulse – an affordable Mac Pro alternative

While Samsung’s mobile division is having a hard time picking up the pieces after the Galaxy Note 7 failure, the PC department just released an interesting Mac Pro clone with much more affordable pricing and…

October 12, 2016

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ASUS X550VX (15-inch, HD, TN) display profiles – Quality and Health impact results

As every entry-level notebook, the ASUS X550VX has a lot of issues revolving around the screen but some of them can be fixed with a simple calibration. In the pack below, you will find the…

October 11, 2016

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NVIDIA Quadro M600M (2GB GDDR5) – benchmarks and specs

We don’t do reviews of workstations that often but yesterday we published a review of a pricey and high-quality 17-inch Lenovo ThinkPad P70 mobile workstation. It has tons of features to offer and since it’s…

October 11, 2016

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Three M.2-compatible notebooks make it to our M.2 SSD list – Acer Predator 17, Predator 15 and Acer Swift 7

We’ve just added three new notebooks to our M.2 SSD compatibility list and all of them feature the M.2 SSD slot. Also, all three of them are Acer-branded and brand new. The refreshed Predator lineup…

October 10, 2016

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Acer Predator 15 and 17 with GTX 1070 and GTX 1060 are out now with a decent starting price

The Acer Predator 15 and 17 notebooks have won many fans over the last year mainly because they are affordable gaming solutions without sacrificing much of the features the other brands offer. Now the trend…

October 10, 2016

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The Acer Swift 7 has an ultra-thin and light chassis but battery life doesn’t disappoint

Usually, when design features are the main order of the day in the making of a laptop, some other essential aspects are left out, like battery life or cooling capabilities. We’ve witnessed something similar with…

October 09, 2016

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Acer’s Swift 7’s screen uses high-frequency PWM to regulate brightness from 0 to 60%

As some of you may have already guessed, the Acer Swift 7’s panel inherits all of the good and bad sides of the CHI MEI CMN1367, also found in HP’s ultra-thin Spectre 13. One of…

October 07, 2016

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Acer’s Swift 7 notebook uses the same CHI MEI IPS panel found in the HP Spectre 13

Acer’s Swift 7 was announced during IFA 2016 in Berlin and still hasn’t gone on sale but luckily, we have a testing sample, which we are currently testing so we can publish the review even…

October 07, 2016

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Lenovo Ideapad 310 with slightly below average battery life

Lenovo’s consumer budget solution just went through our battery tests only to reveal slightly below average battery runtimes. Even though the hardware seems to be relatively energy-efficient and while being priced around ASUS X556 and…

October 06, 2016

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ASUS ROG FX502 will probably be the most affordable GTX 1060 laptop – price and availability

We can almost taste ASUS’ upcoming affordable ROG FX502 with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 but details around don’t stop to emerge. After we learned about some of the specs, the notebook’s price is also revealed,…

October 06, 2016

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Quick look at Acer’s paper-thin Swift 7 laptop

Acer had a number of new devices presented in this year’s IFA in Berlin some of which are pretty innovative. The gaming Predator 21 X probably takes the cake but it’s a concept that we…

October 05, 2016

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Acer Predator 17 (UHD, IPS) display profiles – Quality and Health impact results

The new Acer Predator 17 (G9-793) with GTX 1070 features the same UHD IPS panel as its predecessor and thus inherits all the excellent properties making it the ultimate display for multimedia, gaming and even…

October 05, 2016

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ASUS ROG FX502 in three different configurations – specs and comparison

At first, when we came across this delicious piece of information, ASUS had listed only two basic configurations of what seems to be their budget-oriented GeForce GTX 1060 gaming laptop. But now we have new…

October 04, 2016

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The cheapest NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070-powered notebooks you can find right now

Last week we showcased a number of pretty affordable GTX 1060-based laptops but today we are going to focus on the more powerful GTX 1070 gaming laptops. However, this time, the list isn’t dominated by…

October 04, 2016

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ASUS is preparing ROG FX502 – a more affordable 15-inch gaming laptop with a GeForce GTX 1060 GPU

When NVIDIA announced the “mobile” versions of the Pascal generation graphics chips, we only saw a few GTX 1080-powered notebooks and mostly GTX 1070 and 1060-equipped machines so far. Now ASUS prepares to add another…

October 03, 2016

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Inside Acer Predator 17 (G9-793) – disassembly, internal photos and upgrade options

We just took apart the refreshed Acer Predator 17 with GTX 1070 to find out that absolutely nothing has been changed from its predecessor. The same cooling design, the usual upgrade options and it’s just…

October 03, 2016

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And again, the new Acer Predator 17 (G9-793) doesn’t use PWM for regulating screen brightness

If you follow our stream of news you’ve probably already guessed that the new Predator 17 doesn’t use PWM across all brightness levels due to the used IPS panel, which can be found in last…