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Alienware m16 R2 Review – Striking the Balance Between Gaming and Productivity but the CPU Falls Short for Power Users

These days, 16-inchers are on the rise and some of them (like the ASUS G634 or MSI Vector 16 HX A13V) offer the same performance as their 18-inch versions. The Alienware m16 R2 is the…

November 27, 2015

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First impressions of the latest gaming flagship – Alienware 17 R3 (Late 2015) – hardware out of this world!

The all new, latest and most powerful Alienware laptop ever is now (finally!) in our lab. We’re talking about Alienware 17 R3 with Intel Core i7-6820HK, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M and up to 32GBs of…

November 27, 2015

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First impressions of GSmart Essence – an extremely budget model

GSmart has already shown their interest in getting a bigger market share in the low and mid-range segment and one of their latest additions to the budget class – GSmart Essence is in our hands…

November 26, 2015

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Inside ASUS N551VW – disassembly, internal photos and upgrade options

The new ASUS N551VW doesn’t differ on the inside from its older predecessor except for the slightly improved cooling system. We are not sure whether this small change will bring a lot of improvement but…

November 26, 2015

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ASUS N551VW has more common with the GL552VW than its predecessor. It uses the same LG IPS panel.

When you compare the ASUS N551VW’s and ROG GL552VW’s specs sheets you will hardly notice any difference. Both offer great hardware for the asking price and it turns out that they have even more in…

November 26, 2015

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Inside Acer Aspire V15 (V3-575G) – disassembly, internal photos and upgrade options

We like to do this sort of articles not only for the review but mostly for the kicks. Today we’re going to share with you what we found in a notebook, which basically has everything…

November 25, 2015

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First impressions of Acer Aspire V15 (V3-575G) – a stylish offering from the middle class

A couple of days ago we shared our first impressions on one of Acer’s newest models – Aspire V15 V5-591G. Today, however, we’re going to do the same but with another notebook from the same…

November 25, 2015

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Sneak peеk at ASUS’ new multimedia laptops – N552 and N752

ASUS announced two new models from their N series with N552 being a 15.6-inch machine and N752 is a 17.3-inch one. Both of them boast 6th generation Intel Core CPUs and NVIDIA GTX GPUs, making…

November 24, 2015

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ASUS N551VW first impressions of the refreshed multimedia-centric notebook

ASUS’ N series notebooks are renown for its elegant looks, a bit bulky yes, but packs a good hardware at a decent price. Yesterday ASUS announced the successor, ASUS N552, but until we get our…

November 24, 2015

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ASUS K751LX PWM (screen flickering) report

Every now and then we like to post reports of the our PWM tests on some of the machines in order to spread awareness of this issue that’s been bugging us for so long now.…

November 24, 2015

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Overclocking the new Alienware 15 R2 (Late 2015) with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M

You’ve probably already seen our in-depth review of the latest 15-inch Alienware R2 (Late 2015), and how its cooling system manages the high load in our synthetic and real-life gaming tests. Since we were more…

November 23, 2015

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Lenovo Y700 (15″) review – major overhaul of the popular gaming hit Lenovo Y50

Lenovo’s Y gaming series has become renown in the past couple of years and it’s clear why. The new successor to the Lenovo Y50 is the Lenovo Y700, and we can tell by its name…

November 23, 2015

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Inside Acer Aspire V15 (V5-591G) – disassembly, internal photos and upgrade options

A few days ago we shared our first impressions of one of Acer’s classic models – Aspire V15 (V5-591G). And as we stated, we’re going to take look at what hides underneath the hood of…

November 22, 2015

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An updated list of Samsung devices getting the Android 6.0 Marshmallow treatment

Just a few days following the leak of an initial Android 6.0 Marshmallow list for Samsung devices on the market, there is now a new and more detailed description. This time there are three phase…

November 21, 2015

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Acer Predator 8 gaming test (video)

After our recent review of Acer Predator 8, we will pay more attention to its main feature, which allows the users to enjoy the gaming experience. We did some gaming tests to examine the capabilities…

November 21, 2015

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Android 6.0 Marshmallow review

At the end of September, Google officially introduced the first Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS devices, specifically Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P. There are already on the market, so we can review the main developments in the…

November 20, 2015

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First impressions of Lenovo ThinkPad E560 – the famous budget ThinkPad business notebook

Lenovo did a really good demonstration on how their ThinkPad models can take a good beating. We’ve got our hands on a notebook from the series and we’re going run the usual test and write…

November 20, 2015

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Lenovo A2010 preview – all you need from a budget model

Another interesting low-end device popped out, again from Lenovo. It has something more to offer than the bare minimum. The Lenovo A2010 is facing fierce competetion, so let’s what see what the budget model can…

November 20, 2015

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Lenovo ThinkPad E560 – disassembly, internal photos and upgrade options

The Lenovo ThinkPad E560 is a long-awaited successor to the E550 that we’ve reviewed earlier this year. We were somewhat disappointed with the lack of M.2 SSD slot, so let’s find out if the OEM…

November 19, 2015

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Alienware 15 (R2, Late 2015) review – pushing the boundaries of the 15-inch form factor

We all know those bulky and heavy gaming notebooks that have all the horsepower needed to power up the latest games, but what if we told you that Alienware has put all the top-shelf hardware…

November 19, 2015

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To all of our readers: It’s been nine months since the inception of LaptopMedia

Nine months ago we started a project that had been brewing in our heads for the last 5 years. Back then we began building a laboratory for testing and benchmarking mobile devices in order to…