Laptops
One of the most significant talking points of the last six months in mobile computing has been Intel and their disaggregated Meteor Lake SoC architecture. Meteor Lake, along with the new Core and Core Ultra naming scheme, also heralds the dawn of their first tiled architecture for the mobile landscape on the latest Intel 4 node with Foveros packaging. In December last year, Intel unveiled their premier Meteor lake-based Core Ultra H series, with five SKUs ranging from two with 4P+8E+2LP/18T and three with 6P+8E+2LP/22T models. Since then, many vendors and manufacturers have launched notebooks capitalizing on Intel's latest multi-tiled Meteor Lake SoC architecture as the heart of power and performance, driving their latest models into 2024. Today, we will focus on an attractive ultrabook...
AVADirect's Clevo B5130M: GeForce GT 425M with a 15.6" 1080p Chaser
Finding a mainstream notebook with a high resolution screen can be harder than pulling teeth. Outside of the new Dell XPS 15 and the odd business-class machine, a resolution...
25 by Dustin Sklavos on 11/23/2010
ASUS UL80Jt: Overclocked i3 ULV
Back when ASUS released the UL80Vt last year, we gave it a glowing review, praising its balance of performance and battery life without breaking the bank. The UL80Vt had...
47 by Vivek Gowri on 11/17/2010
Holiday Buyer's Guide: Notebooks
Yes folks, it's that time again: time to open your wallets and let a ravenous technology industry take its cut so you can have the shiniest, latest gadgets on...
50 by Dustin Sklavos on 11/15/2010
Dell XPS L501x: An Excellent Mainstream Notebook
As we discussed a couple weeks back, Dell has relaunched their XPS brand for laptops, with a focus on quality and "mainstream performance". The latter means that unlike previous...
95 by Jarred Walton on 11/10/2010
Apple's 11-inch Upgraded MacBook Air: Do 1.6GHz and 4GB Make a Difference?
A couple of weeks ago we looked at Apple's new 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Airs. We came away happy with the upgrades, however a little disappointed at the performance...
85 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/6/2010
ASUS G73Jw: Out with the Old, In with the New
The original ASUS G73Jh was an instant classic: a great performer with a good screen, build quality and cooling at an amazing price. Six months later, ASUS is coming...
53 by Jarred Walton on 11/3/2010
Asus WiCast: Wireless 1080p to your TV
Intel's been making a decent amount of noise with their Intel Wireless Display, or "WiDi" technology, something our own Vivek Gowri is a big proponent of. But WiDi has...
38 by Dustin Sklavos on 11/1/2010
Apple's 2010 MacBook Air (11 & 13 inch) Thoroughly Reviewed
Last week Apple introduced its first significant upgrade to the MacBook Air since it was introduced two years ago. The announcement was met with the arrival of a new...
186 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/26/2010
ASUS X72D/K72DR: Three Cores, No Waiting
Up to this point, our experiences with AMD's Phenom II mobile line haven't been very favorable. In the desktop world AMD's chips can compete and succeed based on price...
38 by Dustin Sklavos on 10/25/2010
Dell XPS Laptops: Back to the Future
Dell's first XPS system debuted way back in 1993, with the first XPS laptops coming a decade later. The past several years have been quiet on the XPS front...
79 by Jarred Walton on 10/21/2010
Apple MacBook Pro 13: Can a Mac Be a Decent Windows Laptop?
Apple fans, please forgive me, and feel free to skip this post. I have been testing out a MacBook Pro 13 running Windows 7 and have put it through...
118 by Vivek Gowri on 10/14/2010
Logitech Z515 Wireless Speakers: Because Your Laptop Speakers Suck
Laptop speakers are notoriously terrible. With the odd exception, very few notebooks have speaker systems that can do any kind of justice to music, movies, or even video games...
57 by Dustin Sklavos on 10/14/2010
AVADirect Clevo X7200: Six Cores, SSD RAID, and GTX 480M SLI Yields World's Fastest DTR Notebook
The march of progress is inevitable, with faster computers constantly replacing last year's top performing parts. Clevo is a company with a heavy focus on Desktop Replacement (DTR) notebooks...
39 by Jarred Walton on 10/7/2010
Toshiba A665-3DV: 3D or Not 3D?
Last month we had our first look at AMD's latest Danube platform with a quad-core P920 processor in the Toshiba A660D. After we posted that review, Toshiba asked us...
14 by Jarred Walton on 10/6/2010
Acer Aspire One Netbooks
Acer is announcing an updated range of netbooks, including their first to use the dual-core Intel Atom N550 processor, the Acer Aspire One AOD255. The same model will also...
5 by Balraj Sandhu on 10/4/2010
Gateway Updates NV Series with WiMax
Gateway has updated its NV series of mainstream notebooks, including a new model featuring integrated WiMax connectivity. The entire line has been updated with more attractive aesthetics, improved performance...
1 by Balraj Sandhu on 10/4/2010
ASUS U35Jc: Jogging in Place
Less than six months ago, the ASUS U30Jc ultraportable walked away with a Bronze Editor's Choice award. The combination of portability, performance, and price made the U30Jc a favorite...
45 by Dustin Sklavos on 9/30/2010
New Acer Aspire TimelineX Laptops
Acer is launching a series of new notebooks in their Aspire TimelineX range boasting mobile form factors, Intel Arrandale processors, and up to 8 hours of battery life. These...
44 by Balraj Sandhu on 9/27/2010
Who Says Bigger Isn't Better? Clevo X7200 with 480M SLI Available from AVADirect
When we looked at NVIDIA's 480M with its 100W TDP, we were curious how long it would take for notebook manufacturers to deal with the power requirements that two...
33 by Jarred Walton on 9/24/2010
Gateway ID49: Mixing the Bag
Gateway certainly isn't the first brand you think of when you're looking for a stylish, classy, well-rounded notebook, but that's just what they aim to bring to the table...
43 by Dustin Sklavos on 9/23/2010
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