Laptops

Journey is a relatively new company that specialises in accessories for Apple products, such as cases and chargers. They specialise in producing products that are attractive and premium-looking with a simplistic design. Two of their stand-out products are the ALTI Wireless Charging Desk Mat and NEXA 4-in-1 Laptop Sleeve. In both cases, they take a …

The Acer Swift Edge 16 2023 was announced back in June and received enthusiastic but clichéd opinions from the press about this being the next MacBook killer. What that means is that this is a well-specced slim laptop that has an ultra-lightweight body, a beautiful OLED display and a powerful process in the form of …

Following on from the guide of the best 60W+ PD power banks that are ideal for the Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck and lightweight laptops. This guide looks at power delivery power banks that are capable of 100W or higher. These tend to have a price premium, which is understandable as they are higher specced. With …

As well as launching the new Samsung Galaxy S23 series, Samsung announced a new range of Samsung Galaxy Book3 laptops. Four laptops have been announced: Samsung Galaxy Book3 Ultra This one is the most interesting to me, it is a powerful, relatively light laptop that has a dedicated GPU and is one of the first …

Gaming computers have been around for quite some time now. Take Alienware, for example, which began in the mid-nineties, the result of two friends and their mutual love of all things aliens and all things gaming. What started as ideas between the two became a range of products, including some that have stood the test …

It looks like this is the third time I have reviewed an Acer Swift 5. The first time was four years ago with it running an Intel Core i7-8550U, then in 2020 with the Intel Core i5-1035G1. The 2020 refresh runs the new Intel Core i7-1260P, which is a very different CPU from the usual …

Today, during the next@acer global press conference, Acer have expanded and refreshed its Predator product line-up. Predator Helios 300 SpatialLabs Edition — 3D Gaming Laptop – (PH315-55s) Acer has previously experimented with Stereoscopic 3D displays on the ConceptD 7 laptop which aimed to be beneficial for professional work such as D projects for CAD designs, …

I should hopefully be reviewing my first WiFi 6E router soon. Many new laptops are compatible with the WiFi 6E standard, but older models will be limited to either WiFi 6 or WiFi 5. I have previously upgraded my old Dell XPS 15 but rarely use that now, so to prepare for the review, I …

Acer has been experimenting with improving its environmental credentials for a while now. Most recent laptops have used environmentally friendly packaging. Even the inks used are specially selected. The new Apire Vero, which would likely be part of the  Aspire 5 lineup, takes things a step further, taking an environmentally friendly approach to the whole …

Three years ago, Qualcomm invited me to London to learn more about Windows on Arm and the new Snapdragon 835 Mobile PC Platform, and I later reviewed one of the first Windows on Arm devices, the HP Envy X2. It was an adventurous move by Qualcomm. ARM-based chips don’t natively run x86 applications, so they …

As part of today’s launch, Acer has announced four new Chromebooks. The most interesting one is the new Acer Chromebook 514 (CB514-2H/T) which features the octa-core MediaTek Kompanio 828 processor. At the time of writing this chipset has not been announced yet. Acer don’t go into details about the exact specification. The current MediaTek Kompanio …

Yesterday, Huawei announced the Huawei MateBook 14s, which sits on the high end of the price and specs from the Huawei range of laptops. Only the MateBook X Pro 2021 costs more. On the Huawei website, there are now 4 laptops listed with some variation of the MateBook 14 name, and without going into each …

Today at Next@Acer, the brand announced their 2nd special edition laptop, the Acer Predator Triton 500 SE. I previously reviewed the Acer Predator Triton 300 SE, which is the first sub-15” laptop from Acer and, in my opinion, the best small form gaming laptop on the market at the moment due to the attractive price …

This week Acer has refreshed several of their gaming orientated laptops including the Predator Triton 300, Predator Helios 300 and Nitro 5. This refresh including using the latest 11th Gen Intel® Core H-series processors and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Series Laptop GPUs For the GPU, these will be one of the first laptops to offer …

The new Acer Swift 3x is one of the first laptops on the market to launch with the new discrete Iris Xe Max GPU. It is far from a gaming GPU but instead aimed at aimed at improving performance for GPU orientated productivity such as photo and video editing.  The Xe Max GPU will therefore …

There are some fantastic deals to be had this Cyber Monday if you are looking for a new laptop as a gift this Christmas or perhaps because you now work it home. Acer Deals Acer 715 15.6″ Chromebook for £329 saving £170 including a mouse and case – this is a decent Chromebook, perfect for …