Notebooks
One of Qualcomm's indisputable strengths are its 5G modems – something which even Apple has yet to successfully ween itself from. And while Qualcomm is not integrating a modem into its first-generation Oryon-based Snapdragon X chips, the company is still looking to leverage that technology advantage via discrete modems that can be installed in Snapdragon X laptops. To date, Qualcomm has won 23 laptop designs with its Snapdragon X Elite SoCs, and all of the leading PC vendors have introduced systems based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite processors. However, only some of them will be equipped with modems, the company detailed at Computex 2024. While the technical rationale for this is very straightforward (not every vendor wants to buy and dedicate the space to modems), it's...
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Alienware 17 Gaming Notebook Review
Prior to the Haswell generation, the Alienware M17x was the gaming notebook to get. The new Alienware 17 has a fresh coat of paint and a new moniker, but...
46 by Dustin Sklavos on 9/6/2013
Eurocom X5 (Clevo P177SM)
Over the last decade or so, Clevo has been one of the more enduring notebook original design manufacturers, particularly when it comes to gaming and workstation-centric desktop replacements. I’m...
39 by Vivek Gowri on 9/2/2013
Mythlogic Pollux 1613 / Clevo P157SM Review
Two months after the Haswell and GTX 780M launch and there’s still some question as to what sort of performance you can expect. With the Mythlogic Pollux 1613 (aka...
47 by Jarred Walton on 8/30/2013
Acer V7-482PG-9884 Review: Everything You Need
There’s a careful balancing act that needs to be maintained when putting together any system. Cooling requirements need to be kept in check by size constraints, performance ties into...
62 by Jarred Walton on 8/24/2013
Choosing a Gaming Laptop, Back-to-School 2013 Edition
We regularly get asked for opinions on what product is “best” for a certain use case. Naturally, what makes a product perfect for one user may not matter much...
61 by Jarred Walton on 8/23/2013
Acer R7 Review: Something Different
What happens when you rethink everything concerning the traditional notebook and try to come up with something newer and hopefully better? Earlier this year, Acer released the Aspire R7...
114 by Jarred Walton on 8/15/2013
The 2013 MacBook Air Review (11-inch)
Apple launched their new Haswell based MacBook Air laptops last month, and we started our reviews with the MacBook Air 13. Today we have the review of it's smaller...
139 by Vivek Gowri on 8/9/2013
90 Minutes with the Clevo W740SU, Featuring Iris Pro HD 5200
A couple of weeks ago I attended a press event for the Intel Experience tour in London, hosted by Intel UK. Aside from the usual array of Ivy...
28 by Ian Cutress on 7/29/2013
MSI GE40 Review: a Slim Gaming Notebook
With Intel’s Haswell launch officially behind us, we’re getting a steady stream of new notebooks and laptops that have been updated with the latest processors and GPUs. MSI sent...
93 by Jarred Walton on 7/16/2013
Acer’s M5-583P Touchscreen: Available at Best Buy
With the summer now half over, all of the major OEMs are beginning to launch their back-to-school lineups. Acer just sent word that they have a new model available...
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Razer Blade 14-Inch Gaming Notebook Review
While their 17" gaming system has seen steady and incremental improvement, new to the Razer lineup is a notebook with all of the gaming performance in a remarkably slim...
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AMD's A10-5750M Review, Part 2: The MSI GX60 Gaming Notebook
In the first part of our review of the AMD A10-5750M, we revealed the chip had a predisposition for better CPU performance. Does that carry over and help MSI's...
69 by Dustin Sklavos on 6/29/2013
The 2013 MacBook Air Review (13-inch)
Apple launched its Haswell ULT based MacBook Air into the wild earlier this month. With lofty battery life claims, an increased focus on lower power, 802.11ac and a PCIe...
234 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/24/2013
Performance Retrospective: AMD’s Radeon HD 7970M
We recently posted our first review of a notebook equipped with NVIDIA’s latest mobile tour de force, the GeForce GTX 780M. With a theoretical computational performance increase of 30%...
59 by Jarred Walton on 6/21/2013
Samsung's ATIV Book 9 Plus: 3200 x 1800 Display in an Ultrabook
Earlier tonight Samsung introduced a convertible featuring a 13.3-inch 3200 x 1800 display that runs both Windows 8 and Android. If the convertible form factor is a little too...
69 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/20/2013
AMD Takes Samsung, Kabini in the ATIV Book 9 Lite & ATIV One 5 Style - Hands On
Samsung was curiously quiet on talking about specs with a couple of its newly announced PCs, and now we know why. Both the ATIV Book 9 Lite (affordable ultraportable...
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MSI GT70 Dragon Edition Notebook Review: Haswell and the GTX 780M
Coinciding with Intel's launch of Haswell, NVIDIA updated their mobile GPUs with a bomb of a part: a fully enabled GK104. Today we have MSI's flagship gaming notebook, the...
115 by Dustin Sklavos on 6/18/2013
Computex 2013: ASUS Takes on Lenovo with Pro Line of Business Notebooks
ASUS has Lenovo square in its sights with its ASUS Pro brand of business notebooks. Based on Ivy Bridge silicon (longer upgrade cycles in business, Haswell will come later)...
18 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/10/2013
ASUS Zenbook Infinity: Hands On with the Most Beautiful Notebook at Computex
I think I just saw the most beautiful notebook at Computex this year. Although it went unannounced in ASUS' Computex 2013 press conference, the Zenbook Infinity garnered a lot...
105 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/6/2013
The ASUS Transformer Book Trio: Atom + Haswell, Android + Windows 8
Now on to notebooks, ASUS just announced the Transformer Book Trio - what it is calling the world's first three-in-one notebook, tablet and desktop PC. In a move that's...
29 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/3/2013
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