Reviews

    Dell 15 (DC15250) review – Practical Office Laptop with Big Configuration Traps

    Budget laptops are supposed to be simple. You pick a processor, choose how much RAM and storage you need, and get on with your life. The Dell 15 (DC15250), however, is a bit more complicated…

    August 29, 2015

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    Intel HD Graphics 530 early benchmark tests show huge performance leap over Haswell’s GPUs

    Following our recent article on the upcoming Core i7-6700HQ quad-core CPU from Intel, we’ve ran a few tests on the GPU that the SoC integrates. Apart from the Core i7-6500U CPU that offers Intel HD…

    August 28, 2015

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    Intel Core i7-6700HQ – one of the top-shelf mobile Skylake CPUs gets benchmarked and added to our ranking table

    Another day another Skylake CPU is in our hands, but this time we’ve got the quad-core powerhouse – Core i7-6700HQ. This is a direct successor to the mainstream Haswell chip used in so many gaming…

    August 27, 2015

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    Intel HD Graphics 520 early benchmark tests

    A couple of days ago we published a series of benchmark tests regarding the new Core i7-6500U CPU part of the Skylake family processors. It showed a good performance leap over its last generation without…

    August 27, 2015

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    Lenovo Ideapad 100 (15″) first impressions – a sturdy little fellow

    Again we have another budget-friendly notebook on our hands, but this time from Lenovo. It’s suitable to meet your basic needs for everyday computing, but at first glance the machine can offer much more. For…

    August 26, 2015

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    Inside Lenovo Ideapad 100 – disassembly, internal photos and upgrade options

    The Lenovo Ideapad 100 is an ultra-budget solution for your basic needs and if you got on your hands right now you might have already figured out that the machine is quite sturdy and solid…

    August 26, 2015

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    Quick look at Samsung Galaxy Core Prime Value Edition LTE – a new affordable contender by the Korean team

    It seems that Samsung has found gaps in the budget class and will keep digging in that area, trying to get a bigger slice of the entry-level market share. After the successful Galaxy J1, Samsung…

    August 26, 2015

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    The display of the budget Samsung Galaxy J1 won’t hurt your eyes, doesn’t use PWM

    Galaxy J1 is one of the cheapest Samsung devices ever, so the eventual compromises won’t come as an suprirse. The display is one of the components which are of key importance to the final price,…

    August 25, 2015

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    Lenovo A7000’s display has great viewing angles and covers 97% of the sRGB gamut

    While you wait for the in-depth review of Lenovo A7000, which we’ll publish in the next few days, you can take a look at some of its display results coming from our lab. Lenovo A7000…

    August 25, 2015

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    The new Intel Core i7-6500U (Skylake) is already in our rankings

    Yesterday we published results from the benchmarks we’ve run on the upcoming Intel Core i7-6500U CPU, but some of you may wonder what all of these digits mean actually and how the new CPU stacks…

    August 24, 2015

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    Back to School 2015 – LaptopMedia’s choice of market’s current best laptops

    It’s that time of the year again! Children and seniors getting ready for school, university, college etc. and some of them are looking for a brand new notebook that should fit their needs as a…

    August 24, 2015

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    Check out our Laptop M.2 SSD Compatibility List

    The SSDs are fantastic storage options that give you great transfer speeds and reliability, but they’re not so lucrative if you are in need of big storage for your movie or music library. Most of…

    August 24, 2015

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    Intel Core i7-6500U (Skylake) early benchmark results and more

    We’ve already let you in on a secret that the new Core i7-6500U CPU from Intel’s latest generation Skylake processors is in our hands and we are eager to check its performance. The first set…

    August 21, 2015

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    Windows 8.1 vs Windows 10 comparison in over 20 performance tests

    If you are still wondering whether to upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1 or not we would like to say it’s more of a personal opinion. However, we’ve prepared several benchmark tests and gaming…

    August 21, 2015

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    We just finished our display tests on Samsung Galaxy Tab S2’s 8-inch Super AMOLED

    We’re almost ready to publish the full review of the new Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 by Samsung, but until we do, we can give you a sneak peek of its display capabilities. The new flagship…

    August 21, 2015

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    Quick glimpse of Samsung Galaxy J1’s camera capabilities

    We’re just about wrapping up the review of the ultra-budget Samsung Galaxy J1. We just finished our detailed camera tests and we’re going to share some of them. The back camera of Samsung Galaxy J1…

    August 21, 2015

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    We’ve got the new Intel Core i7-6500U Skylake CPU and we’re already testing it

    Shortly after the release of the Broadwell CPUs, surprisingly Intel announced its new Skylake lineup shortening the release cycle of the previous 5th generation. Nonetheless, Intel claims that the Skylake CPUs are the most significant…

    August 21, 2015

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    Lenovo A7000’s battery struggles with gaming, but shows great Web Surfing and Video Playback endurance

    We haven’t stopped testing the new Lenovo A7000 and we just checked on its battery life capabilities. We measure the battery endurance using 5 different scenarios, all of which you’re going to find in our…

    August 20, 2015

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    Dell P2416D review – an affordable monitor with QHD resolution and complete sRGB color gamut coverage

    Dell have a lot of offerings when it comes to monitors. They are among the major manufacturers to offer high quality products at affordable prices. Today we are going to take a look at Dell…

    August 20, 2015

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    NVIDIA 355.60 WHQL drivers test – information and gaming benchmarks

    Almost every version of the NVIDIA GPU drivers comes with optimization, new features, performance boosts etc. But the latest ones (355.60 WHQL) offer more subtle improvements under the hood that are most likely to be…

    August 20, 2015

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    We were not impressed by the sample photos taken with Lenovo A7000’s camera

    We’re still in the process of testing Lenovo A7000. Meanwhile, we had the opportunity to take some photos with its 8MP rear camera. We’re definitely not impressed with the results, but we’ll just leave it…