July 25, 2016

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    HP Omen 15 (2016) (FHD) display profiles – Quality and Health impact results

    HP’s new Omen 15 doesn’t excel in image quality as the properties of the IPS panel aren’t on par with the competition. However, our custom profiles will improve the overall visibility and color accuracy. In…

    July 22, 2016

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    Quick look at ASUS ZenBook UX303UB – still one of the most powerful 13-inch ultrabooks

    The refreshed version of the ASUS ZenBook UX303 just arrived in our office and we are eager to see whether the refreshed version will hold up to its predecessor’s legacy. On the design front, the…

    July 21, 2016

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    HP Pavilion 17 (2016) (FHD touch version) display profiles – Quality and Health impact results

    We are always excited to find a gem like the HP Pavilion 17 offering more than decent hardware for the asking price, not to mention the potential the Full HD IPS panel has. It has…

    July 20, 2016

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    HP’s high-performance Pavilion 15 configuration has a decent battery life

    We are almost done with the full review of the HP Pavilion 15 (2016) – more precisely the high-performance version – but until we post it, we thought we share an interesting insight regarding the…

    July 19, 2016

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    Acer Predator 17X vs ASUS ROG G701 – specs shootout

    Acer’s Predator 17X isn’t the first gaming laptop to offer desktop-like performance with full-sized NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 GPU – less known Clevo brand kind of beat everyone to it and MSI even came out…

    July 18, 2016

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    Intel’s budget Apollo Lake processors will deliver largely improved graphics performance (and much more!)

    While the high-end hardware is being updated, Intel is also betting high on its low-end processors named Apollo Lake, which are the direct successors of the Braswell generation. There’s still some time before the release…

    July 18, 2016

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    ASUS’ response to Acer’s Predator 17X – ROG G701 with GTX 980 and Core i7-6820HK

    The ASUS ROG G701 is what the GX700 should have been in the first place – desktop-like performance without the “over the top” liquid cooling dock. If Acer can do it with its latest Predator…

    July 16, 2016

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    Acer Aspire S 13’s display is just excellent

    For an ultrabook costing as much as $750, you’d expect that there are some considerable drawbacks but so far, the Aspire S 13 seems to hold an edge over more expensive competitors. Our latest screen…

    July 15, 2016

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    Quick look at HP Pavilion 15 (2016) – enough to take on more expensive gaming machines

    There’s one really good thing about major chip manufacturers releasing their new hardware – the price cuts on the previous generation CPUs and GPUs and thus leading to the release of exceptionally powerful notebooks with…

    July 15, 2016

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    Four new laptops make it to our M.2 SSD compatibility list including the HP Spectre 13 and Acer Aspire S 13

    In relation to our M.2 SSD compatibility list, we’ve updated the table with four new notebooks with three of them being part of HP’s new portfolio. All of them, fortunately, support M.2 slots, which is…

    July 15, 2016

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    Inside Acer Aspire S 13 – disassembly, internal photos and upgrade options

    Before the full review of Acer’s latest budget ultraportable solution, we would like to shed some light on the internal part of the laptop. It’s fairly easy to disassemble and maintain with almost identical clamshell…

    July 11, 2016

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    Acer Aspire Switch Alpha 12 display profiles – Quality and Health impact results

    Acer’s Aspire Switch Alpha 12 boasts a small but pixel-packed display with QHD resolution and good properties that are ideal for general browsing, office work and multimedia. However, the display has its drawbacks but nothing…

    July 11, 2016

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    Acer’s latest budget ultrabook, the Aspire S 13, uses a user-friendly screen without PWM

    We are always happy to find a notebook that has a good IPS screen that doesn’t put any unnecessary stress on the user’s eyes. And so, we were delighted to find out that the Acer…

    July 08, 2016

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    Given the hardware of HP’s powerful Pavilion 17, the battery life is more than satisfactory

    Usually, when we hear about a configuration with a quad-core high-performance processor with a TDP of 45W and an energy consuming GPU, such as the Core i5-6300HQ and the GeForce GTX 960M GPU found in…

    July 08, 2016

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    ASUS ROG G752VS with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 shows up for pre-orders on a retail website

    Shortly after the information about ASUS ROG G752VS has come to our attention, an online retail shop has listed the notebook for pre-orders and the price seems to be similar to what we’ve predicted/anticipated. The…

    July 07, 2016

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    Acer is jumping on the ultraportable laptop bandwagon with its new TravelMate X3 lineup

    Undoubtedly, Acer has made a big hit with its TravelMate series notebooks with a great balance between price and specs so we were glad to hear that the lineup is expanding. The new notebooks will…

    July 07, 2016

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    Full specs and prices of the first NVIDIA GTX 1070 laptop ASUS ROG G752VS coming mid-August

    If you are following the trail of leaks for the last two weeks, they will probably get you here because we finally have solid info on what the first GTX 1070-equipped notebook will look like.…

    July 06, 2016

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    The first NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070-equipped notebook hits the market in August

    The leaks surrounding NVIDIA’s new Pascal-based mobile GPUs just can’t stop surfacing as the latest information we were able to receive confirms what we know so far about the GTX 1070. And probably the most…

    July 06, 2016

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    Intel to announce its Kaby Lake-U next month and newly surfaced information supports these claims

    A fresh leak from yesterday surfaced and revealed Intel’s plans to launch its mobile Kaby Lake lineup, its branding and corresponding iGPUs with their EUs (Executable Units). However, from the screenshots we’ve noticed that there…

    July 05, 2016

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    ASUS ZenBook Flip UX360 (FHD model) display profiles – Quality and Health impact results

    ASUS’ ZenBook successor holds up to its legacy and offers a good IPS panel, perfect for multimedia and browsing purposes. It has little drawbacks that need fixing so that’s why we offer our custom profiles.…