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...
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
ASUS Zenbook Infinity: 28W Haswell with Iris 5100 Graphics, 2560 x 1440 Panel?
I just got seated for ASUS' annual Computex press conference, but just outside of the conference area ASUS already had its to-be-announced products on display. The most exciting? The...
20 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/3/2013
Exploring the Floating Point Performance of Modern ARM Processors
As a programmer who wants to write decent performing code, I am very interested in understanding the architectures of CPUs and GPUs. However, unlike desktop and server CPUs, mobile...
39 by Rahul Garg on 6/2/2013
Hit the Road, Jack: Intel’s Mobile Quad-Core Haswell SKUs
For those who are just looking for information on the various processor models with their associated features, we wanted to put together a short list of all the parts...
34 by Jarred Walton on 6/1/2013
The Chromebook Pixel Review
It arrived in a white nondescript cardboard box, with just a flash of color, and one word on the lid: Google. Inside was a Chromebook. Chromebooks are dull. Chrome...
75 by Jason Inofuentes on 5/31/2013
Razer Announces Haswell-based Blade, Blade Pro Gaming Notebooks
We’ve spent a fair amount of time with the first two generations of Razer Blade, and honestly really enjoyed most of it. The original Blade released as a highly...
44 by Vivek Gowri on 5/30/2013
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 700M Series Launched
At the beginning of April, Jarred walked us through the refresh of the bottom two-thirds of NVIDIA's 700M series of GeForce GPUs, all under the GeForce GT heading. We...
37 by Dustin Sklavos on 5/30/2013
Toshiba Portege Z10t is a New Take on Convertibles
Convertibles that can jump between being tablets and full-on notebooks are becoming an increasingly popular option due to both the design of Windows 8 and, to a greater extent...
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HP Spectre XT TouchSmart Ultrabook Review
HP offers another premium ultrabook experience with a 1080p IPS touch-enabled display, but is it everything it could be?
65 by Dustin Sklavos on 5/27/2013
The Kabini Deal: Can AMD Improve the Quality of Mainstream PCs with Its Latest APU?
There are two non-negotiables in building a PC these days: the cost of Intel silicon and the cost of the Windows license. You can play with everything else but...
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Mythlogic Callisto 1512 (Clevo W550EU) Ultrabook Review
Major OEMs are producing ultrabooks at a breakneck pace, but vendors like Clevo are making sure boutiques can get in on the market, too. Mythlogic sent us their Callisto...
27 by Dustin Sklavos on 5/24/2013
2013 AMD Elite Performance APU Platform (Mobile Richland)
Somehow or another, we missed covering the Richland APU launch. With AMD launching Kabini and Temash today and reiterating the features and parts in the Richland APU lineup, we...
22 by Jarred Walton on 5/23/2013
AMD’s 2013 Elite Mobility Platform, aka Temash
AMD has a bunch of APUs launching today, and while the only hardware we have on hand for testing right now consists of a Kabini laptop, we wanted to...
12 by Jarred Walton on 5/23/2013
AMD Kabini APUs Detailed
AMD has a three-pronged assault going out today: at the bottom (in terms of performance) is their 2013 AMD Elite Mobility Platform, formerly codenamed Temash. Next up is the...
2 by Jarred Walton on 5/23/2013
The AMD Kabini Review: A4-5000 APU Tested
How does Kabini perform compared to existing hardware? Armed with a prototype laptop sporting AMD’s latest APU, we put it through an extensive suite of benchmarks and see what’s...
131 by Jarred Walton on 5/23/2013
Best Business Laptops – May 2013
It’s been a couple of weeks since our last “best laptop” article, mostly because I had concerns about recommending anything with AMD’s Richland and Intel’s Haswell processors right around...
39 by Jarred Walton on 5/17/2013
AMD Launches Radeon HD 8970M
Earlier this week I noted that AMD’s Radeon 8970M and Richland A10-5750M are both available in MSI’s new GX70 3BE gaming notebook, but at the time I couldn't fully...
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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Ultrabook Review
Intel puts their best foot forward with a business class 14" Ultrabook from Lenovo, the touchscreen-equipped X1 Carbon.
91 by Dustin Sklavos on 5/15/2013
MSI GX70 3BE: Richland A10 APU and Neptune 8970M Gaming Notebook
This is one of the more interesting pieces of hardware to keep an eye on if you're looking at a reasonably priced gaming notebook. I've toyed around with MSI's...
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Toshiba KIRAbook Ultrabook Review
Toshiba throws their hat into the high-end ultrabook ring with this 13.3" gem featuring a 2560x1440 IPS display.
110 by Dustin Sklavos on 5/9/2013
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