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86% Asus ZenBook UX3410UQ (7500U, 940MX, Full HD) Laptop Review

Snazzy. With the ZenBook UX3410UQ, Asus delivers a sub-notebook in the 13.3-inch format that brings a 14-inch display. The computer scores with good features and a long battery life.

Intel Core i7-7500U, NVIDIA GeForce 940MX, 14", 1.4 kg

Sascha Mölck, 19 May 2017 17:50

84% Dell Latitude 5289 (i5, 256GB, 8GB) Convertible Review

Flexibility and stamina. Convertible notebooks with 360° hinges have become more and more popular in the past years and even businesses have started using them. Naturally, Dell would like a piece of the pie and has consequently launched the Latitude 5289. Read our detailed review to find out why it will have a hard time asserting itself despite its convincing performance.

Intel Core i5-7300U, HD Graphics 620, 12.5", 1.3 kg

Benjamin Herzig, 19 May 2017 09:54

79% Teclast Tbook 16 Power 2-in-1 (x7-Z8750, 8 GB) Review

Magnesium. With its rare Atom x7-Z8750, 8 GB of RAM, and Android 6 / Windows 10 dual-boot capabilities, Teclast's Tbook 16 Power stands out against the crowd. By pushing it through our extensive test course we've found several problems along the way.

Intel Atom x7-Z8750, HD Graphics 405 (Braswell), 11.6", 897 g

Klaus Hinum, 19 May 2017 00:14

87% Acer Aspire V17 Nitro BE VN7-793G (7300HQ, GTX 1050 Ti, FHD) Laptop Review

Entry-level Nitro. Acer's 17.3-inch laptop offers good overall performance, decent emission levels, and a well-thought-out ports configuration. Unlike its predecessors, it does not include an optical drive anymore. Our review unit also did not include a Windows license.

Intel Core i5-7300HQ, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile, 17.3", 3.1 kg

Sascha Mölck, 18 May 2017 00:41

82% Aorus X3 Plus v7 (i7-7820HK, GTX 1060) Xotic PC Edition Laptop Review

Small screamer. The Aorus X3 Plus v7 brings a lot of power in a tiny package. While the internals are impressive, thermals and noise present problems. Emissions aside, the X3 Plus v7 is a capable and portable gaming notebook.

Intel Core i7-7820HK, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile, 13.9", 1.8 kg

Sam Medley, 17 May 2017 18:04

86% Fujitsu Lifebook S936 (6600U, 512 GB) PalmSecure Laptop Review

Master of Mobility. With its new flagship, Fujitsu turns towards the traveling business user for whom a mobile all-around worry-free package is worth a lot of money. It does not change anything about its core competencies that the manufacturer messes up in some details and will not keep the target audience from buying this laptop.

Intel Core i7-6600U, HD Graphics 520, 13.3", 1.4 kg

Sven Kloevekorn, 16 May 2017 02:33

87% Acer TravelMate P658-G2 (7500U, 940MX, FHD) Laptop Review

A fair deal. With its latest TravelMate P658-G2 top model, Acer is certainly bringing out the big guns: SSD/HDD combo, LTE modem, 16 GB of RAM. All that comes in addition to low operating noise, decent battery life, and a three-year warranty.

Intel Core i7-7500U, NVIDIA GeForce 940MX, 15.6", 2.1 kg

Sascha Mölck, 16 May 2017 00:32

81% MSI WE72 7RJ (7700HQ, FHD, M2200) Workstation Review

Workstation with gaming roots. MSI offers mobile workstations based on its gaming laptops for quite a while now. The WE72 is a new 17-inch system, but is the implementation of a professional graphics card sufficient to satisfy demanding customers?

Intel Core i7-7700HQ, NVIDIA Quadro M2200, 17.3", 2.9 kg

Andreas Osthoff, 12 May 2017 14:31

The completely non-serviceable SSD of the 2016 Apple MacBook Pro. (Source: iFixit)

Opinion: With the Surface Laptop, Microsoft joins Apple to push a disturbing trend

Editor Douglas Black argues that designing a non-budget computer with a soldered SSD is a great leap in the wrong direction.

Column by Douglas Black, 12 May 2017 09:25

83% Dell Latitude 5580 (i5-7200U, HD) Laptop Review

A longitudinal update. The Latitude series has begun phasing out the proprietary E-port in favor of the more versatile Thunderbolt 3 port. Otherwise, not too much has changed from the outgoing E5570 series.

Intel Core i5-7200U, HD Graphics 620, 15.6", 2.2 kg

Allen Ngo, 11 May 2017 20:48

87% Gigabyte Aero 15 (7700HQ, GTX 1060, FHD) Laptop Review

Slim and powerful. After the successful Aero 14, Gigabyte presents its next high-end notebook with a stylish design. Once again, the Aero 15 is attractive thanks to its slim design and long battery runtimes. Learn in this review how the device compares to its competitors from Acer, Dell, MSI, and Razer.

Intel Core i7-7700HQ, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile, 15.6", 2.1 kg

Florian Glaser, 11 May 2017 19:05

86% Lenovo Yoga 720-13IKB (7200U, FHD) Laptop Review

Classy and versatile! Lenovo crams energy-efficient components into their new 13-inch convertible while at the same time managing not to skimp on battery capacity. Find out what else the Yoga 720 has to offer in our extensive review.

Intel Core i5-7200U, HD Graphics 620, 13.3", 1.3 kg

Sebastian Bade, 10 May 2017 23:09

Lenovo ThinkPad T & X - Which is the best mobile ThinkPad notebook?

Keeping an overview. It can be difficult to keep a full overview on the laptop market, even if you are just looking at one single manufacturer. In this article, we will give you a good outline of a part of Lenovo's current ThinkPad portfolio. To be precise the ThinkPad T and X series. We want to find out which ThinkPad is most suited for use on the go.

Benjamin Herzig, 10 May 2017 12:44

84% Lenovo Legion Y720 (7700HQ, Full-HD, GTX 1060) Laptop Review

A convincing concept. The equation Lenovo uses for describing their new gaming laptop does appear to make sense: power + portability = perfection. The perfection might not be absolute - but Lenovo does show that they know what a true gaming notebook is all about.

Intel Core i7-7700HQ, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile, 15.6", 3.1 kg

Nino Ricchizzi, 08 May 2017 15:37

Prey Notebook and Desktop Benchmarks

Successful reboot. The "pre-Prey" from 2006 proved to be a genuine first-person shooter with its gravity components, which players long remembered. After discontinuing the originally planned Prey 2, the publisher Bethesda has announced a reorientation of the franchise in 2017. We checked the PC version's performance.

Florian Glaser, 07 May 2017 21:25

85% Acer TravelMate TMX349-G2-M-5625 Laptop Review

Remake with a turbo-SSD. Acer issues a Kaby Lake upgrade for their slim TravelMate in an inconspicuous aluminum case. It is faster, and its battery runs for up to 14 hours. The 512 GB SSD storage is not only massive, but it is also extremely fast. With the rest of the equipment, like the IPS screen, a fast processor, the backlit keyboard and a three-year warranty, Acer holds up their established class.

Intel Core i5-7200U, HD Graphics 620, 14", 1.5 kg

Florian Schaar, 06 May 2017 23:26

85% Alienware 17 R4 (7820HK, QHD, GTX 1080) Laptop Review

Bigger, faster, louder. It's not often that a notebook gains weight and girth in successive generations. In this case, the new Alienware 17 R4 utilizes the extra space wisely for an overall stronger experience that more than makes up for the added mass.

Intel Core i7-7820HK, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile, 17.3", 4.4 kg

Allen Ngo, 04 May 2017 10:48

Editor's Choice: Our Editors' Current and Favorite Notebooks

Ever wondered which notebooks the editors prefer to use day-to-day? The staff of Notebookcheck reveal their preferences.

Douglas Black, 03 May 2017 17:31

Face Off: The Better Multimedia Notebook with GTX 1050 Graphics

Identical performance at almost twice the price. Notebooks with the GTX 1050 Pascal can be had for as low as $1000 USD while the similarly equipped XPS 15 can retail for $1700 USD. Should users spend hundreds less on the HP Pavilion 15t or MSI GL62M when performance is nearly identical between the three?

Allen Ngo, 30 Apr 2017 23:22

87% Lenovo ThinkPad T570 (Core i7, 4K, 940MX) Laptop Review

High Resolution. In our recently published extensive test, the Lenovo ThinkPad T570 could mostly convince us. However, as in the previous generation, the Full HD display gave reason for complaint. In this test update, we will see whether the 4K-display variant can remedy the weakness of the more affordable configuration.

Intel Core i7-7500U, NVIDIA GeForce 940MX, 15.6", 2 kg

Benjamin Herzig, 28 Apr 2017 21:02

Analysis: Acer Triton 700 with Nvidia GTX 1080 "Max-Q" GPU?

Acer's Triton 700 is a super-slim high-end gaming laptop with graphics performance somewhere in the ballpark of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 or GTX 1080 according to some communicated benchmarks. The designation of the GPU, however, is still unknown, and many aspects point to a new GPU.

J. Simon Leitner, 28 Apr 2017 01:01

Acer Predator Helios 300 Gaming Notebook

Acer: New Predator Helios 300 Gaming Laptops announced

Acer's recently announced Predator Helios 300 notebooks promise a lot of performance for a small price. The 17-inch systems are equipped with Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or 1060 GPUs as well as Intel quad-cores. Prices start at $1400.

J. Simon Leitner, 27 Apr 2017 18:03

Acer: High-end Gaming Notebooks Predator Triton 700

Acer's brand-new Triton 700 gaming laptops promise maximum performance in slim cases. The highlight is the mechanical keyboard in the 19 mm slim 15.6-inch casing. Interesting: Acer does not specify the exact GPU and only talks about "Nvidia GeForce GTX GPUs". Could this be one of the first models with the rumored Nvidia Max-Q GPUs?

J. Simon Leitner, 27 Apr 2017 18:03

Lithium-Ion Batteries: Charging Guide for Maximum Endurance

When taken good care of devices such as smartphones, tablets, and notebooks will most likely easily outlive their respective batteries, which these days more often than not aren’t user replaceable anymore. With this in mind it is more important than ever to improve both endurance and capacity through the right charging techniques. We’re going to give you a few tips and point out the most common mistakes.

Sven Kloevekorn, 26 Apr 2017 21:30

85% Lenovo ThinkPad 13 (Core i3-7100U, Full HD) Laptop Review

Entry-level update. Intel's Kaby Lake platform has been appearing on more and more notebooks, and now Lenovo has updated the ThinkPad 13 with the 7th Generation processors. Does the new platform bring enough of a performance increase to warrant an upgrade?

Intel Core i3-7100U, HD Graphics 620, 13.3", 1.4 kg

Sam Medley, 25 Apr 2017 08:20

87% Dell Latitude 14 7414 Rugged Extreme (6200U, HD) Laptop Review

Solid as a rock. Dell´s robust 14-inch withstands dust, liquids, drops and heat. Not only does this laptop offer tough looks, but also potent hardware, lots of ports and a laudable stamina.

Intel Core i5-6300U, HD Graphics 520, 14", 3.7 kg

Sascha Mölck, 25 Apr 2017 07:41