Maingear ML-16 MK2
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Primary Camera: 2.1 MPix
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Average of 1 scores (from 2 reviews)
Reviews for the Maingear ML-16 MK2
The ML-16 MK2 emphasises GPU power, price, and thinness to be an attractive option for gamers or creators constantly on the move. The drawbacks, however, are difficult to ignore in the most literal sense as the fans can be quite loud.
Source: Hot Hardware
The Maingear ML-16 gaming laptop was a delight to use, and there is plenty to like about it. For one, it is very well built, and feels like a premium machine. It also comes with a vibrant 16-inch QHD IPS display, which delivers crisp images at 2560x1600 resolution. When it comes to sound, the built-in speakers delivered acceptable though not outstanding quality audio. Battery life was about what one would expect with any gaming laptop with these specs as well. On the performance side, this machine delivered the goods, with its GeForce RTX 4070 pushing the pixels for gaming and its reasonably robust Core Ultra 7 CPU handling productivity tasks and standard laptop use cases well.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 11/13/2024
Source: Lifewire
The ML-16 computer lineup starts at $1799. You can choose a preconfigured option—choosing Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 graphics pushes you above the $2100 range—or customize a machine to your specifications. It's also worth mentioning that Maingear will let you customize the lid of your laptop for an additional fee, too. So, you can make this machine look and run any way you want it to. If you're into gaming and need good graphics and enough computing power to support those activities, then the ML-16 is absolutely worth it. Just remember that the trade-off is a machine that gets pretty hot and will likely be uncomfortable to use without some kind of surface under it.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 08/03/2024
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NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU: High-end graphics card for laptops based on the Ada Lovelace architecture. Offers 8 GB GDDR6 (128 Bit) and is configurable with a TGP of 35 - 115W (+ Dynamic Boost).
These graphics cards are able to play the latest and most demanding games in high resolutions and full detail settings with enabled Anti-Aliasing.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Ultra 7 155H: A high-end Meteor Lake chip that debuted in December 2023. This 1st Gen Core Ultra processor has come to replace 13th generation Core chips; it has 16 cores (6 + 8 + 2) and 22 threads at its disposal. Its Performance cores, of which there are 6, run at up to 4.8 GHz while its Efficient cores, of which there are 10 (8 main cores plus 2 extra ones found in the Low Power Island) run at up to 3.8 GHz. The integrated AI Boost NPU offers two Gen 3 engines for hardware AI workload acceleration. This laptop processor's Base power consumption is 28 W while its Turbo power consumption is supposed to stay within 115 W. » Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
16.00":
15-inch display variants are the standard and are used for more than half of all laptops.
The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, often allows high resolutions and thus offers rich details on the screen, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact - simply the standard compromise.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.Maingear: US-American computer manufacturer, founded in 2002 with low international relevance.
80.9%: This rating is slightly above average, there are somewhat more devices with worse ratings. However, clear purchase recommendations look different.
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