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Our aim is to provide serious and competent information about laptops and notebooks. Notebookcheck provides tests, reviews, news, technical information (like our CPU and GPU comparisons) and links to reviews by other sites.

Laptop reviews

07/02/2009     Review Taipan Slimcase M – Notebook Messenger Bag from Booq
Review Taipan Slimcase M – Notebook Messenger Bag from BooqThe Taipan Slimcase M is a small and light messenger bag designed for a 15 inch Macbook Pro. This bag is exquisite to hande due to it's simple design and the high-quality material used for its creation. Also, it is extremely practical due to the fact that the pocket for the laptop is very well-protected to prevent most accidental damage. Interested? Then read on... ... read
 
07/01/2009  86%Review Toshiba NB 200-113 Netbook
Review Toshiba NB 200-113 NetbookToshiba NB Netbook, Episode 2. As the 8.9 inch sized NB 100 has recently been in our test lab, now Toshiba's second netbook coup, the NB 200, is already on the test-bench. This time, however, with a 10.1 inch display for an improved overview. The question, if the Toshiba NB200 can even be considered to be the NB 100's heir, as the implemented hardware of both models by and large are conform, or if it's simply a refresh of the NB 100 with a larger display and altered look, remains to be seen. ... read
 
07/01/2009  85%Review Apple MacBook White 5.2 Mid 2009
Review Apple MacBook White 5.2 Mid 2009Is plastic still good? After the introduction of the aluminium MacBook (Pro) laptops, the white MacBook made from polycarbonate hasn't got much attention. The low-price entry-level model from Apple is in no way a discontinued product, as it has already been updated twice this year. Thanks to the 9400M chipset graphics and the 2.13 GHz Core 2 Duo CPU it actually doesn't have to hide from the smallest MacBook Pro.How it performed in our extensive tests, you can find out in this review. ... read
 
07/01/2009  81%Review HP ProBook 4510s Notebook
Review HP ProBook 4510s NotebookCrisesBook. Not only are saturated profits in the wallet gone for the time being, but the business laptops are obviously no longer earning so much as some years ago. This indeed might please the consumers, who can profit from the falling prices and new low-cost models. The just-released ProBooks from the laptop giant Hewlett-Packard are part of the bargain. How the low-priced business beginner performs, you'll find out in the following review. ... read
 
06/28/2009  87%Review Acer Aspire One 751 Mini-Notebook
Review Acer Aspire One 751 Mini-NotebookWide, light, and enduring…Acer brings into play a format so far untypical of netbooks with the 11.6" Aspire One 751 and calls it a "Widescreen Netbook". Image and sound are supposed to be rendered especially "breath-taking" through this niche-modell, not leaving anything to be desired. Our review shows how the new form factor acquits itself in practice and compared to the competition. ... read
 
06/28/2009     Column: Netbooks for Gamers
06/26/2009  85%Review Asus N20A Subnotebook
06/26/2009     Review: Gyration Air Mouse Go Plus
06/23/2009  85%Review Acer Aspire One D250 Mininotebook
06/20/2009  86%Review Sony Vaio VGN-P21Z Mini-Notebook

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Comparison of Graphic Cards
In the following briefly we will list all graphic cards for Notebooks, which are available at the market. Additionally we represent approximate values of different bench marks (3D Mark at the moment) in italic style beneath the display adapters.
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Mobile Graphics Cards - Benchmark List
Sortable and filterable benchmark and specs list of all currently built video graphic adapters in notebooks / laptops.
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Computer Games on Laptop Graphic Cards
List of all laptop graphic cards and what games can be played fluently with them.
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Gaming Performance of recent laptop graphic cards
Have you ever wonder how your notebook going to perform on GTA IV? Or do you think your notebook will be able to run Crysis on Medium settings? We have tested popular GPU's with recent popular games.
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How much graphic memory makes sense?
This article explains, how much graphic memory is useful for which video cards and which applications are accelerated thus.
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Upgrade / Replace a Notebook Video Card
Generally, it is not so easy to upgrade / replace notebook video cards than desktop video cards. If it is possible and how to actually replace a video card is described in the following article.
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Notebook Processors
In the following report we present all laptop processors which are available at the market at present and give a rough classification of the current consumption and the performance of the different architectures.
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