Notebooks
Apple on Monday introduced its new generation MacBook Air laptops based on the company's most-recent M3 system-on-chip (SoC). The new MacBook Air notebooks come in the same sizes as the previous models – 13.6 inches and 15.3 inches – with prices starting from $1,099 and $1,299 respectively. The key improvement in Apple's 2024 MacBook Air laptops is of course the M3 processor. Fabbed on TSMC's N3B process, Apple's latest mainstream SoC was first launched late last year as part of the 2023 MacBook Pro lineup, and is now being brought down to the MacBook Air family. The vanilla M3 features four high-performance cores operating at up to 4.05 GHz, four energy-efficient cores, a 10 core GPU based on the latest graphics architecture (with dynamic caching...
NVIDIA Mobile Overclocking - There and Back Again
The past few months have been a bit interesting on the mobile side of the fence for NVIDIA. Starting with the R346 drivers (347.09 beta and later), NVIDIA apparently...
36 by Jarred Walton on 2/20/2015
Lenovo, SuperFish and Security
For the many of us that have purchased a laptop, we are somewhat used to the amount of bloatware that comes pre-installed. Most of this relates to the company...
42 by Ian Cutress on 2/19/2015
The 2015 Razer Blade Review
The 2013 Razer Blade was a great gaming system with a not so great display. For 2014, Razer outfitted the Blade with a Sharp IGZO 3200x1800 display, as well...
116 by Brett Howse on 2/11/2015
Interview at CES 2015: Eric Kuo and Sam Chern from MSI Notebooks
As part of a series of getting into the minds of those who run our industry, we were able to take the time at CES to interview two key...
7 by Ian Cutress on 1/23/2015
Dell Latitude 12 5000 Series Review
Dell sells the Latitude line as business class notebooks, and the 5000 series that we received is the mainstream line for business. The Latitude 12 is the smallest model...
48 by Brett Howse on 1/19/2015
Origin PC Shows Off High-End Notebooks and the “Not-a-Steam-Machine” Omega
CES now over, which means for a lot of the editors we can finally sit down and write about some of the stuff we saw during the week. If...
33 by Jarred Walton on 1/13/2015
AORUS Notebooks Updated with New X5 and X3 Plus
If you think the rather subdued (some might even go so far as to say drab or boring) Gigabyte gaming notebooks aren’t for you, the company has their AORUS...
14 by Jarred Walton on 1/8/2015_carousel.jpg)
Hands On with Gigabyte Notebooks at CES
One of the notebook vendors that I’ve been really interested in visiting is Gigabyte, as their P-series offerings look quite promising. Aesthetics are of course a rather subjective topic...
8 by Jarred Walton on 1/8/2015
MSI WS60 and WT70 Mobile Workstations
Wrapping up the MSI Notebooks coverage, also on display at MSI’s suite were a couple of their latest mobile workstations. These are lower volume parts and basically take their...
0 by Jarred Walton on 1/4/2015
MSI GT80 Titan: Full Specs Revealed
Last year, MSI teased us with some images of their upcoming GT80 Titan notebook, an 18.4” gaming behemoth with support for SLI GPUs and a full Cherry MX mechanical...
23 by Jarred Walton on 1/4/2015
MSI Unveils GE62 and GE72 Apache Notebooks
After reviewing the GT72 Dominator Pro last year, I wondered how long it would take to see some of the updated industrial design elements make their way into other...
1 by Jarred Walton on 1/4/2015
Best High-End Laptops: Holiday 2014
High-End Laptop Recommendations Our holiday guides have covered a lot of products so far, and just on the laptop side of things we've looked at budget laptops, Chromebooks, and mainstream...
85 by Jarred Walton on 12/18/2014
Best $1000 Laptops: Holiday 2014
Mainstream Laptop Recommendations So far we've covered the budget laptop sector as well as Chromebooks in our Holiday 2014 Guides, but if you want a good quality laptop that can...
80 by Jarred Walton on 12/5/2014
Best $500 Laptops: Holiday 2014
[Note: prices are changing a lot right now; there are sales that come and go, and some of the prices we quote will inevitably change. Please view these recommendations...
59 by Jarred Walton on 12/1/2014
MSI GT72 Dominator Pro Review: GTX 980M Reigns Supreme
When it comes to high-end gaming notebooks, there are only a few real competitors: Alienware, ASUS, Clevo (under various brand names), and MSI are the main options, with a...
57 by Jarred Walton on 11/11/2014
HP Launches Omen: A Thin Gaming Laptop
HP today announced the availability of their new Omen laptop, a name that hearkens to their acquisition of Voodoo PC clear back in 2006. It's been a while since...
32 by Jarred Walton on 11/4/2014
Acer Announces UHD V Nitro Black Edition Laptop
Back in late September, Acer announced a new line of laptops, the V Nitro Black Edition of their popular V series. The V series in many ways is the...
20 by Jarred Walton on 11/3/2014
MSI GT80 Titan: A Beastly Notebook with a Cherry MX Keyboard
Yesterday MSI announced their latest notebook addition, the GT80 Titan. I'm a bit unsure what to think of the notebook, but it's obviously unique in that it offers a...
34 by Jarred Walton on 10/31/2014
Alienware's Graphics Amplifier Announced - An External Video Card Chassis Shipping Soon
The idea of an external PCI-Express chassis for video cards is practically as old as PCI-Express itself. However over the years the idea has failed to reach the consumer...
80 by Ryan Smith on 10/28/2014
Investigating NVIDIA's BatteryBoost with MSI GT72
BatteryBoost initially launched with the GTX 800M series earlier this year, and our first look at the technology came with the MSI GT70 with GTX 880M. That may not...
26 by Jarred Walton on 10/23/2014
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