Fourth Time's a Charm. The highly-anticipated fourth rendition of Microsoft’s Surface Pro is finally here, and it brings some valuable refinements. Thanks to a low-power Core m3 CPU, our review unit is completely devoid of moving parts—making this more tablet than ever before. But is it finally the tablet than can replace your laptop, or is it just another product of compromise?
Intel Core m3-6Y30 | Intel HD Graphics 515 | 12.30" | 1.1 kg

Ready for games with Skylake. Fallout 4, Black Ops 3, Battlefront – autumn brings a lot of challenge for gamers. MSI has refreshed its line-up for the gaming festival and improved the GE72 a lot: Apart of an up-to-date Intel quad-core CPU, the 17-inch fireball got an IPS panel and a USB 3.1 port. However, the price went up quite a bit, too. Is this justified?
Intel Core i7-6700HQ | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M | 17.30" | 2.9 kg

Incomplete. While the console version received international acclaim, the PC version is causing all sorts of trouble. Performance drops here, crashes and graphics errors there: The fact is Black Ops 3 doesn't currently appear to be very well developed. Does the game degenerate into incessant stuttering on notebooks too?

Tough. Rugged devices sometimes have to operate under the most adverse conditions. Dell's Latitude 12 Rugged tablet presents itself as a robust workhorse with stamina.
Intel Core M-5Y71 | Intel HD Graphics 5300 | 11.60" | 1.8 kg

Moon landing. There is currently much heated debate as to whether Anno 2205 can live up to its predecessor in the realm of game mechanics. Here at Notebookcheck, we're primarily concerned with the city-builder game's graphics. Do the visuals do justice to the future world scenario? We tested a number of notebook GPUs at various settings.

Up to date. Intel's quad-core Skylake processor only has a slight lead over its Haswell predecessor. However, its small boost in performance is accompanied by lower energy consumption. After the release of the GS70 Haswell model, MSI also fiddled with its successor's connectivity options: Two USB 3.1 ports and an NVMe M.2 slot are now on board.
Intel Core i7-6700HQ | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M | 17.30" | 2.7 kg

Eye of the dragon. How far can you overclock the GT72S with its Core i7-6820HK and GTX 980 GPU? We revisit the GT72S special edition to find out how much a performance gain users can expect.
Intel Core i7-6820HK | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) | 17.30" | 3.8 kg

Expensive performance boost. For their top-of-the-line model in the E550-series, Lenovo not only integrated a speedy Core i7 CPU, but also a dedicated Radeon GPU. The resulting notebook costs almost 1000 Euro (~$1100). Is that too much money for an entry-level ThinkPad?
Intel Core i7-5500U | AMD Radeon R7 M265 | 15.60" | 2.4 kg

Skylake successor… Dell’s adoption of an evolutionary approach to revising their flagship XPS 13 Ultrabook seems appropriate given the splendor of the machine’s futuristic design and the universal praise heaped upon its predecessor. But can its chipset refresh and tweaks under the hood keep it perched at the top of the pile? We leave no stone unturned and no key unpressed.
Intel Core i5-6200U | Intel HD Graphics 520 | 13.30" | 1.2 kg

Quiet and cool. The Aspire does not have a whole lot of CPU performance, but it is completely sufficient for office tasks and web browsing. Advantages of the system are the low temperature development, the quiet operating noise and the good keyboard. It does not consume a lot of power, either.
AMD E2-7110 | AMD Radeon R2 (Mullins/Beema/Carrizo-L) | 17.30" | 2.5 kg

Nitro reloaded. Introduced at the IFA 2015, Acer’s Nitro refresh is released in time for Christmas and the race for buyer's favor. Can the non-black edition recapture the success of the late 2014 Nitro?
Intel Core i7-6500U | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M | 15.60" | 2.4 kg

Tablet meets notebook. Finally, we have Microsoft's latest model, the Surface Pro 4, under review. In response to many readers' requests, we will share our first impressions and compare it to its Surface Pro 3 predecessor as well as the brand new Surface Book, which we also have under review now.
Intel Core i5-6300U | Intel HD Graphics 520 | 12.30" | 1.1 kg

A book with some missing pages. If you want a one-of-a-kind notebook, then the Surface Book is the first to offer a dedicated Nvidia GPU in the keyboard dock to power an equally unique 3:2 tablet with one of the best displays for the size. It's surprising, then, that the Surface Book can feel so barebones at the end of the day.
Intel Core i5-6300U | NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book | 13.50" | 1.5 kg

Traditional & affordable. HP's 14-inch Pavilion 14t is a low-cost conventional notebook. The decent performance is overshadowed by an underwhelming display and just average battery life.
Intel Core i3-5010U | Intel HD Graphics 5500 | 14.00" | 1.9 kg

February 2018 update. Say cheese! We have a look at eight current flagship smartphones and compare the camera performance. The devices were tested in all disciplines starting with daylight shots, panoramas and low-light situations.

Extreme athlete. Desktop performance in a laptop? The brand new GeForce GTX 980 makes this possible. Schenker Technologies belongs to the first manufacturers launching a suitable gaming notebook. We checked whether the steep price is justified.
Intel Core i7-6700 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) | 17.30" | 5 kg

Perfect thermals. No matter what we did with Acer's newcomer, the core clock rates never swayed from the specified maximum - even in battery mode. Befittingly, the TravelMate was almost perfect in terms of temperature and noise development. Can the screen and input devices keep up?
Intel Core i5-5200U | Intel HD Graphics 5500 | 15.60" | 2.4 kg

Everything is new. Dell's new entry-level business device comes with a matte IPS display, long battery runtimes and a large maintenance hatch. Priced at almost 900 Euros (~$987), it is not a cheap system though.
Intel Core i7-5500U | NVIDIA GeForce 830M | 15.60" | 2.2 kg

Skylake on the march. Nexoc joins together the tried-and-true Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M and brand new Skylake Intel Core i7-6700HQ CPU. The combo promises both high performance and reduced energy consumption. Nexoc's new device meets these expectations -- but what is a mediocre display doing in a computer in this price range?
Intel Core i7-6700HQ | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M | 15.60" | 2.5 kg

Desktop-name, desktop-power. Although we do not appreciate the name of the mobile GTX 980 because it can be easily confused, Nvidia's new gaming flagship performs impressively. Our test covers the performance in Full HD and 4K resolution.
Intel Core i7-6700 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

Revival. Nexoc breathes new life into their M512 Barebone with a brand new Skylake Core i3 and a fast M.2 SSD. Can a chassis released in 2013 still compete at the end of 2015?
Intel Core i3-6100H | NVIDIA GeForce 940M | 15.60" | 2.6 kg

Ghost in a shell. The portable 15.6-inch GS60 gets Skylake, DDR4, NVMe SSD, and USB 3.1 Super Port for its latest refresh. Essentially, pretty much everything but the GTX 970M has been updated. Has gaming performance improved in any way?
Intel Core i7-6700HQ | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M | 15.60" | 2.1 kg

Rarity. The conventional hard drive in the dock makes Acer unique in the market. However, other features are disappointing, and thus, a list of controversial pros and cons evolve. Is it a master of its category or leading a lost battle?
Intel Core M-5Y10c | Intel HD Graphics 5300 | 11.60" | 1.6 kg

Hot flushes. The ThinkPad 10 2nd Gen is Lenovo’s second attempt to establish a mainstream business tablet. Besides the convenient features of the old model, once again, there are big issues in terms of performance.
Intel Atom x7-Z8700 | Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail) | 10.10" | 595 g

New wine - old wineskin? Nexoc takes a tried-and-true Clevo barebone and packs top-of-the-line hardware into a familiar chassis. What could go wrong?
Intel Core i7-6700HQ | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M | 17.30" | 3.1 kg

Resurrected: Scene one, take two. It seems this 15-inch computer offers everything a gamer could wish for, including a sizeable SSD alongside a terabyte of hard drive space. Read on to find out why our reviewer still wasn't satisfied with the device.
Intel Core i7-6700HQ | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M | 15.60" | 2.6 kg

Better thanks to Skylake. Although the new Skylake processor in Schenker's XMG A706 only results in a marginal performance increase compared with the XMG A705, the laptop comes with lower power consumption and longer battery runtimes owing to it improved energy efficiency.
Intel Core i7-6700HQ | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M | 17.30" | 3.1 kg

More than mediocre? The less expensive devices from Lenovo in particular often got a very mediocre rating in the recent past; the author was obviously disappointed by the B50-80. So does the "bigger sibling" B70-80 perform better? The situation seems to be better with a powerful i5 CPU and dedicated Nvidia GPU.
Intel Core i5-5200U | NVIDIA GeForce 920M | 17.30" | 2.8 kg

Middle-class convertible. The predecessors' displays didn't exactly impress because of their low resolution and subpar brightness. Asus improved the Transformer Book Flip somewhat in that regard, but the new convertible is still decidedly average. We'll explain why in the following review.
Intel Core i5-5200U | Intel HD Graphics 5500 | 15.60" | 2.3 kg