Reviews

MSI Prestige 14 AI Studio C1U review – A Stealthy Performer with a Color-Accurate Display

If you travel a lot and need a light but powerful machine with a good display and a long battery life, your options are a bit limited. Still, the MSI Prestige 14 AI Studio C1U…

December 17, 2015

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First impressions of HP Star Wars Special Edition 15 – where the Dark Side of The Force isn’t a bad thing

Not long ago we did a preview on one unique notebook from HP, that we promised we’ll review as soon as we lay our hands on. Well we now have HP Pavilion Star Wars Edition…

December 16, 2015

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First impressions of Lenovo Vibe X3 Lite (A7010) – a new competitor in the mid-range phablets

We’ve got our hands on a new interesting device from Lenovo in the middle class – Lenovo A7010 or aka Vibe X3 Lite. In this article, we’re going to share our first impressions of the…

December 16, 2015

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ASUS ROG G752 uses a revised version of the G751’s screen and both don’t use PWM for regulating brightness

Some of our display tests are over and, of course, the results are in. At least for the PWM test. It turns out that the new G752 uses the same revised version of last year’s…

December 15, 2015

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Dell XPS 15 (Skylake, 9550) review – every designer’s wet dream

The new XPS 15 differs from its little brother in so many ways, not only in size. The 13-inch version, which we reviewed a couple of months ago, is more of a business-oriented machine –…

December 15, 2015

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Toshiba Satellite Radius 12 is the latest hybrid from the company and the first 12.5-inch device to offer UHD screen

Toshiba has outed a new powerful hybrid model – Satellite Radius 12. It was officially announced during the IFA 2015 event but now it starts to ship. The machine is a perfect present for the…

December 15, 2015

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Dell Inspiron 5555 preview – an affordable AMD-powered offering

We doubt that Dell needs any introduction since the American company is one of the most famous and powerful devices on the market – the Alienware lineup to be more precise. Aside from the extraterrestrial…

December 15, 2015

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Full teardown of the new ASUS ROG G752 (time-lapse video)

Yesterday we’ve published an article explaining all about what makes ASUS’ latest ROG flagship tick. We were pleased to see that the company has included another M.2 SSD slot so now you have two PCIe…

December 15, 2015

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How hot does LG Zero’s back get during intensive tasks?

We’re continuing with our in-depth tests on LG Zero and as usual, one of the most interesting is the temperatures and comfort test that measures the outer temperatures of the device after heavy usage. We…

December 14, 2015

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Inside ASUS ROG G752 – disassembly, internal photos and upgrade options

ASUS’ new flagship ROG G752 is in our lab and the first thing we wanted to do is a full disassembly. The latter gave us answers about the build quality, the design of the cooling…

December 12, 2015

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Inside Acer Predator 15 – disassembly, internal photos and upgrade options

Last month we showed you how the new Acer Predator 17 (G9-791) looks on the inside and you’ve probably already seen its in-depth review as well. Now it’s time to turn focus on its small, but…

December 11, 2015

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First impressions of Acer Predator 15 (G9-591) – a smaller Predator, but definitely no weaker

If you follow our stories or if you’re a gaming enthusiast, you have surely heard about Acer’s new flagship, Predator 17 (G9-791). If you happen to have missed that, you can make it right with…

December 11, 2015

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Solution to Alienware’s slow OS boot problem (+ video)

As you’ve probably been aware of, the new Alienware 17 R3 (Late 2015) notebook is already in our labs. There was a little issue that worried us right after we got the machine – it…

December 11, 2015

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Toshiba: Having some trouble with the BYOD policy of your company? Maybe it’s time to move to CYOD

With the fast pace of development in technology and platforms, new meanings of work space, work device, mobility, security and data management are at hand. Now we are facing business that’s highly dependent on apps…

December 10, 2015

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Lenovo Z51-70 review – affordable multimedia notebook

Entry-level multimedia notebooks have one problem – they don’t deliver the much-needed screen quality unless the price of the IPS panels falls in the following years. But that’s really normal for laptops costing around €700.…

December 10, 2015

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Acer Aspire V15 Nitro Black Edition (VN7-592G) and the new ASUS N551VW are added to our M.2 SSD compatibility list

We try to keep our M.2 SSD compatibility list up to date, so here’s another batch of notebooks that we’ve added. This time, they are just three but two of them you might find particularly…

December 09, 2015

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HP Pavilion 15 Gaming Notebook review – HP’s second shot at gaming laptops

Well, you don’t see that every day. HP revealed its gaming variant of the well-known Pavilion 15 notebook some time ago, but now we finally have the chance to see what all the fuss is…

December 09, 2015

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First impressions of the new ASUS ROG flagship – ROG G752

Much has been heard about the ASUS ROG G751’s successor and now it’s our turn. An engineering sample arrived at our office a few days ago and while we run our usual screen, performance, battery…

December 09, 2015

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The new Dell XPS 15 offers not only superb image quality but it’s also flicker-free

Yesterday we dropped the good news about the image quality of the new XPS 15, which has 100% sRGB and Adobe RGB color gamut coverage, high maximum brightness, high resolution and excellent contrast ratio. But…

December 08, 2015

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Acer Aspire V15 Nitro Black Edition (VN7-592G) review – not a big overhaul, but keeps what’s good from the previous version

Last year’s Acer Aspire V15 Nitro Black Edition appealed to many because of its low price and decent hardware. Also, the thin and light chassis was a major thing to consider and luckily, Acer has…

December 08, 2015

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Look no further than the new XPS 15 for professional video and photo editing

A few tests just came in from our lab indicating that the new XPS 15 features almost perfect display quality. We’ve got the UHD version that packs Sharp touch-enabled IPS panel and it passed our…