This article is my detailed review of HP Pavilion Aero 13, an ultra-compact sub 1 kilo (2.2 lbs) laptop with a 13-inch 16:10 matte screen, uncompromised IO and inputs, snappy hardware, and a highly competitive price tag. Many years ago, Ultrabookreview.com started due to...
HP’s ZBook series of laptops have been on my radar for many years. Frustrated with the shortcomings of Dell’s XPS 15, I have long been on the lookout for other laptops that combine similar horsepower with a comparably professional look and compact chassis. I...
Ever have one of those situations where you need a tablet, but you have a touchscreen laptop? Or you need a laptop, but only have a tablet? You might have filled the void by carrying both, or might have also tried the many 2-in-1...
The 13” version of the HP Spectre x360 was arguably my favorite laptop of 2017, as it offered the most bang for the buck when looking for a high quality three-in-one ultrabook. Really, the only thing I thought was missing in the unit I had...
You might have heard me mention before that I am a proud owner of a Surface Pro 3. For years Microsoft has been the only one with a tablet that can actually replace your laptop. Many have tried to make something close with Atom...
One of my favorite laptops of 2015 was the HP Spectre x360, which I reviewed in this article. It’s a powerful, portable laptop that can also function as a tablet and it even had a couple other uses that I did not foresee. Back...
The HP Specte 13t-3000 has all the right tools to tackle pretty much any other 13 inch ultrabook of the moment. And it has the more affordable price tag on its side (starts at $999, while a similar config from its direct competitors will...
Back in May, HP announced the Envy Spectre XT, their main 13 inch ultrabook for 2012. At the time, I was considering it just a fancy laptop, more focused on looks than anything else, especially since it came after the HP Folio 13, a...
While ultrabooks have been around for a year or so, most of the available models are compact 13.3 inchers, with some 11.6 and 14 inch alternatives. However, customers love 15.6 inch laptops, as these are by far the best sold on the market. Thus,...
HP are one of the biggest laptop movers in the world, but over the years, they mostly focused on cheap machines, with little consideration for design and attention to details. That has changed recently, and laptops like the HP Folio 13 we’re reviewing here...
Even though it has barely started shipping, the HP Folio 13 is one of the most debated laptops right now, being already reviewed by some of today’s important technology websites. In the following lines we will try to take a look at these reviews...
This is my detailed review of the 12th generation of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon premium line of business laptops, which is the 2024 model year available now with updated specs, updated cooling and an OLED display. The Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon is a...
This is my review of the 2024 MSI Titan 18 HX high-performance laptop. I was dying to get my hands on this computer, and finally got to, as this is currently the most powerful and overall best-equipped high-performance work and gaming laptop available in...
I’ve gathered my thoughts on the 2024 Acer Predator Helios Neo 18 laptop in this review. A friend of mine recently bought this laptop for himself and I borrowed it for a few days, as I was eager to test a new Acer Predator...
In this review article I’m gathering my thoughts on the 2024 Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 GA403 series, the third major iteration of the Zephyrus G14 lineup, arguably the best gaming laptop series in the portable niche over the last years. Over the years, I’ve...
This is my detailed review of the 2024 configuration of the Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 gaming laptop, the most powerful Republic of Gamers laptop available at this point. Little has changed over the 2023 Scar 18 generation reviewed here, as the 2024 update...
Last year, I got a good look at a the debut of the new Alienware m16 R1 model. That laptop included some very high specs with an i9 core processor and a RTX 4080 GPU along with a new chassis design that was made...
This article explains the specs and performance of the existing AMD Ryzen 9 mobile platforms and provides a detailed list of all the AMD Ryzen 9 laptops available in stores as of 2024 (such as the latest models powered by AMD Zen4 Ryzen 9...
This is my review of the top-specced configuration of the 2024 Asus ROG Zephyrus G16, the GU605MY variant that bundles a Core Ultra 9 processor, 32 GB of LPDDR5x RAM, and Nvidia RTX 4090 graphics. I’ve covered the mid-tier Zephyrus G16 Core Ultra 7...
This is my detailed review of the 2024 Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 GU605 lineup of premium performance portable laptops. In this article we’re mostly discussing a mid-tier configuration of this series, built on an Intel Core Ultra 7 platform with RTX 4070 graphics. However,...
This is my detailed review of the 2024 Asus Zenbook 14 OLED UX3405 series. The reviewed configuration is the new Zenbook 14 UX3405MA variant, with an Intel Core Ultra processor and Intel Arc graphics, the latest Meteor Lake hardware platform available from Intel. For...
This is our detailed review of the latest generation of the Asus ROG Flow X13 series, in the GV302XV variant built on AMD Ryzen 9 7000 and Nvidia RTX 4000 hardware. We’ve reviewed the previous variants of the Flow X13 series, and this 2023/2024...
This article explains what “Intel Evo” means and lists all the important laptops with Intel Evo Edition certification that are currently available in stores, as of the first half of 2024. Plus, we’re briefly going over a selection of what we consider the best...
This is my detailed review of the Lenovo Legion 9i series, the highest-tier Legion laptop available as of the end of 2023. You probably know what to expect from this series by now, which is Lenovo’s take on a somewhat portable high-performance laptop, and...
This is my detailed review of the Asus Zenbook Pro 14 UX6404 series, in its mid-2023 generation. We’ve discussed this series earlier in the year, when I got to preview it for a brief time, and that experience left me excited about this addition...
This is my detailed review of the Acer Swift Edge 16 SFE16-43 generation, a lightweight and portable 16-inch laptop built on a modern AMD Ryzen U hardware platform. I’ve reviewed a previous version of the Swift Edge in the past, and this updated model...
This is my detailed review of the Asus ZenBook 14X series in its mid-2023 generation. This series is sold as the ZenBook 14X UX3404 in most regions, but also as the ZenBook 14X Q420 and Q410 in some US shops. Furthermore, this reviewed configuration...
This is my detailed review of the Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 series, the most powerful ROG – Republic of Gamers laptop available as of 2023/2024. The Scar 18 is a performance laptop with an 18-inch display, a full-size chassis, and an updated beefy...
This is my detailed review of the Asus ROG Strix G18 series, the large screen 18-inch mid-tier Republic of Gamers laptop of the 2023/2024 generation. The ROG Strix series is similar in most ways to Asus’s highest-tier ROG Strix Scar series, which I’ve already...
This is my detailed review of the Lenovo Yoga Slim 6 series, in the AMD-based Yoga Slim 6 14APU8 variant built on AMD Ryzen Phoenix hardware. This series is mostly available on the European market and doesn’t have a direct equivalent in the US...