Category: Reviews

HP has launched a new office multifunction inkjet printer, the OfficeJet Pro 9122e, which does everything you might want a printer to do. It also uses HP’s Instant Ink …

Lenovo has a huge range of desirable 14-inch business and productivity laptops and each range has multiple highly configurable variants. The 2025 (Gen 10) Lenovo Yoga 7i 2-in-1 is …

Omen is HP’s flagship laptop range. It’s available in many SKUs which make use of Intel, AMD and Nvidia hardware. This HP Omen 16.1 is near the top of …

Not long ago, HP impressed us with its OmniBook Ultra Flip 14 which itself was an evolution of the impressive Spectre. Both were high-end, consumer-grade, ultraportable convertible tablet AiPCs. …

Asus’ (many) ROG SCARs have always impressed us at High Performance Laptops. Now, here’s the latest, heavily updated, 18-inch gaming laptop which is bigger and badder than ever… but …

It’s back. The darling of the internet, our back-to-back Laptop Of The Year Award winner in 2022 and 2023, the laptop which went strangely AWOL in 2024, has returned …

There are some impressive new laptops on the horizon, but MSI is one of few manufacturers that has actually got one to market. The MSI Crosshair 16 HX AI …

Asus’ Zenbooks and Vivobooks have impressed us greatly over recent years and now, here’s the Asus Vivobook 14 Flip which is a 14-inch ultraportable, convertible tablet that’s designed for …

After months of writing about a forthcoming new generation of gaming laptops, they’re finally here. And, once again, it’s a laptop from Australia’s Pioneer that’s the first to land …

There have been various reasons why I’ve not reviewed a MacBook for a very long time, but none of them hold water any more. I also don’t think there’s …

We’ve been big fans of Acer’s Swift Go laptops since we first saw them two years ago. But, the latest iteration is based on the Qualcomm SnapDragon platform. That …

We’ve been fairly suspicious of SnapDragon-based laptops since they appeared: they might be lightweight, have the Ai chops to support Microsoft’s CoPilot+ features and have impressive battery lives, but …

Both HP and AMD recently made a big fuss about the launch of the new ZBook. It strives to be an Ai-laden, ultraportable, workstation-grade, business-focused powerhouse for demanding professionals …

I loved the Acer Swift Edge 16 when it appeared in late 2023. It was a smart-looking, 16-inch ultraportable that oozed quality. The ‘new’ model is mercifully identical in …

We like a business-grade ultraportable laptop as they’re tough, mobile and don’t have glossy screens. Here’s the latest Acer TravelMate P4 Spin 14 which is also a convertible tablet. …

The Vivobook S 15 is the first Snapdragon laptop that we’ve seen from Asus. We’ve been devilishly impressed with the company’s Zenbooks and Vivobooks for a long time now, …

We’ve been massively impressed with HP’s ultraportables in recent years. Now here’s our first Snapdragon-based model, the ‘business-grade’ HP EliteBook Ultra G1q. We’ve had some issues with Snapdragon laptops …

Everyone’s new-fangled laptops (or should that be Ai PCs?) were doing the rounds at CES 2025 in Las Vegas recently, but it will be some time before they manifest …

Around 2019, the laptop industry realised that many designers were buying gaming laptops because their discrete, 3D graphics processors were great for rendering and design tasks and, subsequently, Creator …

The new MSI Raider is here and we’re a bit excited. It retains the gamers-first look of the previous model – rather than the older, please-everyone, gun-metal grey livery …

If you wanted the most powerful laptop in 2023, then you essentially had the choice of several ROG Strix SCAR laptops, several of which are still on sale. Now, …

In the world of High Performance Laptops, the Asus’ ROG Zephyrus range is always popular. It’s Asus’ version of the do-it-all laptop that’s portable, can fit into an office …

Asus’ Zenbooks have been knocking it out of the park in recent times. Their ability to meld great build quality, excellent ergonomics, decent power and great value into a …

We’ve seen some stunning laptops from Acer in recent months. Portable workhorses like the Swift Go 14 and the Swift Go 16 both became our daily drivers. We declared …

MSI’s Vector line is its lesser-known, gaming-laptop range. It eschews the glitzy RGB, pure-gamer bling of the company’s better-known Titan and (nowadays) Raider ranges, to deliver a top-tier gaming …

A load of laptops from Asus turned up and the smallest one was the Asus Zenbook S 13. It’s one of the smallest laptops we’ve seen in ages and …

We were a little disappointed when we reviewed the last generation Asus Vivobook 16X OLED as we felt corners had been cut and that a potentially very good creator …

Only yesterday we reviewed the hugely desirable MSI Mercedes laptop. However, the MSI Stealth 16 Studio A13V is essentially the same laptop without the race trim. As such, while …

We were blown away when MSI announced its partnership with Mercedes-AMG motor sport at Computex, earlier this year. We were also impressed when we spent some time with the …

We liked the first Acer Triton we saw as it was a perfect sleeper laptop that was good at gaming but could also hide in an office. However, the …

It’s fair to say that Lenovo makes some very good laptops. Just about every device we’ve seen has ended up at (or nearly at) the top of our monthly …

The Lenovo Yoga 7i wasn’t just one of the best, ultraportable business laptops we’d ever reviewed, it remains one of the best laptops we’ve ever used. Now, here’s the …

We rounded off 2022 with the Lenovo Legion Pro 7i taking top spot on our Best Laptops list and, ever since, we’ve been looking forward to seeing what the …

Omen is the HP’s flagship gaming brand. In the past, its laptops have been based around mid-range components and features, but the HP Omen Transcend 16 feels much more …

Acer has refreshed its super-popular, Nitro 5 budget gaming laptop. The new model has an Nvidia 4000-series RTX 4060 GPU, new cooling and new power brick. As such we’re …

We first saw the Acer Aspire Vero back in March. It had an 11th-Gen Intel processor and felt like a decent, middle-of-the-road laptop which was great because its existence, …

HP only recently showed off its new folding, OLED convertible laptop at its HP Flex event that was peripheral to SXSW Sydney. It was commonly called the HP Fold …

The HP Elite Dragonfly G4 is designed to be a top-tier, business-grade ultraportable laptop and it didn’t take us long to suspect that HP might have succeeded. It’s not …

Not long ago we reviewed MSI’s Katana 15 – a very popular budget gaming laptop which went on to be our Best Value Laptop overall. Now, here’s the Gigabyte …

We’ve already reviewed a bunch of different ROG Strix SCAR 17s including updates, Special Editions and Limited Special Editions. This isn’t such a bad thing… every variant has ended …

We’ve been shamefully hoarding laptop stands without covering them and now that’s going to change. First cab off the rank is the brand new Twelve South Curve SE laptop …

It’s been way too long since we’ve had a Gigabyte laptop in our lab, so we’re very pleased to get two in at once. First up is the Gigabyte …

MSI’s twin, budget gaming laptops, the Sword and Katana, quickly became popular when they launched, owing to them lying in an entry-level sweet spot of price, performance, styling and …

The Acer TravelMate B5 14 is an interesting laptop. It’s designed for school (and the education system in general) and features enhanced robustness and replaceable components to complement this. …

We reviewed a bunch of Acer laptops in recent months, but finding them to buy has been difficult. Now, here’s a brand-new, 13th-Gen gaming laptop from the company’s top-end, …

Previous iterations of the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 have been among our favourite laptops, ever. They’re genuine, ultraportable gaming laptops that have the most head-turning looks on the market. …

We were very impressed with Acer’s recent GO 14, but now here’s the Acer Swift Go 16. We expected it to be the same but two-inches bigger, but it …

Asus’ Vivobooks have impressed us with their great ergonomics and value over the past year. Now, here’s the Intel Evo-certified ‘S’ model which promises more high-value performance and usability …

HP has an almost bewildering array of smart, business-class laptops, but the Pavilion isn’t one of them. It looks like a business laptop but, as our review explains, the …

It’s been a long time since we’ve seen an HP Omen gaming laptop and too long since we’ve been mesmerised by the lovesome logo on the lid. However, the …

Microsoft is back with its latest flagship convertible: the Surface Pro 9. It’s very thin and light (and Intel Evo certified) and the fact it’s almost more of a …

In the world of bonkers Asus’ engineering exercises, the fact that the Evo-certified, Asus Zenbook Pro 14 Duo OLED still exists, is noteworthy. Many such exercises fail shortly after …

One of our favourite-ever laptops is finally back, but we barely recognised it. MSI’s Raiders have been the company’s de facto flagships for years in the face of its …

Acer’s Swift Go 14 is an Intel Evo-certified, ultraportable laptop with high-end features and some beefy power under the bonnet. Over the years, we’ve seen impressive laptops in this …

We’ve been enormously impressed with Asus’ Expertbook laptops in the past. They’ve been incredibly well made and impressively portable. This 16-inch version promises more of the same and we …

It’s been a long time since we’ve reviewed a Razer laptop – the company hasn’t been very ‘focused’ on the Australian market for the past year or so. However, …

Alienware’s laptops have, historically, been a mixed bag. They look great and be very fast indeed, but they can also be heavy and somewhat unstable. The new Alienware m16 …

We’ve seen a few MSI Titans in our time. They can be imperious and all-conquering or imperious with a few niggles to the point where many people consider the …

At its recent ‘new gaming laptops’ event, MSI revealed a new budget model that aimed to provide great design and great value to gamers of any budget. It would …

Lenovo’s flagship gaming laptops always do very well so we were hoping for great things from the Lenovo Legion Pro 7i. Will it be our new Number 1 Best …

We like a good Asus ROG Strix SCAR 17 at High Performance Laptops. They have a habit of redefining the industry with their absolutely massive leaps in performance. This …

What do you call a laptop with no keyboard? It sounds like the set-up to a joke but the actual answer is a tablet and yet the Asus Zenbook …

The Lenovo Yoga 7i seeks to be an ultimate business laptop that can convert into a tablet. The latest 16-inch model has a 13th-Gen Intel processor (which in Lenovo’s …

We’ve only just reviewed (and been blown away by) Aussie independent laptop manufacturer Pioneer and it’s monstrous DreamBook Power X370 RTX which had a full complement of top-tier tech. …

Asus’s Zephyrus range has been one of our favourites since it first appeared. Its aim is to be sleek, powerful and portable and many models, over the years have …

This site’s very first review was of a beefy Pioneer Dreambook but, sadly, we weren’t overly impressed with the performance and value proposition. However, the Pioneer DreamBook Power X370 …

The Lenovo Ideapad Slim 1 is a low-cost laptop based on AMD technology. It’s ultraportable, should have a great battery life but has a bunch of cost-saving limitations. Is …

MSI’s Modern laptops are mid-range offerings that don’t excel at much but can offer great value as a general purpose, portable computer. The new, 13th Gen range has been …

Asus’ Zenbooks have been impressing the pants off us lately. They might not excel at all tasks, but they are phenomenal, all-rounders that will suit many tasks. We reviewed …

We finally have our first 13th Gen Intel laptop in for review. It’s also the first with an Nvidia RTX 4000 series GPU. Much as we’re dying to see …

The Asus Zenbook Pro 16X OLED is part of Asus’ ProArt line for Creators. It’s not cheap, but it’s powerful and properly packed full of features. There’s also a …

We’ve had to wait a while, but we’re finally reviewing Lenovo’s flagship gaming laptop. It follows in the footsteps of some amazing gaming laptops including the all-conquering behemoth, Asus …

We reviewed our last ROG Strix almost a year ago and absolutely loved it. Remarkably, you can still buy it at a bargain price and it’s still well worth …

MSI has been owning the show with its Raider, Titan and Stealth gaming laptops for more than a year now. However, there’s another premium MSI gaming laptop range and …

Many people know Acer’s Helios and Nitro gaming laptops for being high-value gaming machines. But, fewer people seem to know about the Triton gaming range. The Acer Predator Triton …

Microsoft Surfaces exist because Microsoft got a bit fed up that laptop partners weren’t always implementing all of its latest Windows features into its most popular laptops – in …

Of the three laptops HP recently sent us, the HP ZBook Power G9 differs in that it’s a beefy, (corporate) workstation rather than an ultraportable. It’s not a laptop …

The HP Envy x360 2-in-1 Laptop 13-bf0022TU (to give it its full name), is yet another another business-class, ultraportable in our labs. But, despite its office-friendly credentials it’s actually …

We’ve been impressed with Acer’s flagship gaming laptop in the past. It might not be the fastest gaming laptop, but it’s typically offered a great combination of value and …

We’ve had a bunch of business-grade ultraportables pass through our labs lately and we’ve had a bunch of them disappoint us. This is the souped-up version of one of …

Asus’ ExpertBooks have been some of our top-rated portable laptops since the site began. But, it’s been a while since we’ve had one in and they’ve been getting long …

We’ve seen all manner of amazing MSI gaming laptops come through our doors in recent months, but this is the one we’ve been waiting for most. It’s a Raider …

HP’s top-tier business-oriented have impressed us in the past and now the company has several different ranges hitting the market. This is the HP Elitebook X360 1040 G9 – …

MSI has been knocking it out of the park with its high performance laptops this year. Models from its Raider and Stealth ranges have topped our Best Laptop ratings …

To say we’re fans of the MSI Prestige range is an understatement. Never has a laptop provoked such a visceral reaction for both its looks and performance except, perhaps, …

We’re seemingly swamped with ultraportable laptops at the moment but each one is impressing us in at least one way. At first glance, the new, Intel Evo-certified, Acer Swift …

We like a well-made ultraportable almost as much as an innovative Asus science experiment. Well the Asus Zenbook 14X OLED ticks both boxes and chucks in an OLED screen …

We found the 17-inch MSI Stealth GS77 to be the almost-perfect High Performance Laptop: it’s thin, light, portable and very very powerful. Now, here’s the 15.6-inch version, the MSI …

MSI’s Modern laptops tend to be mid-range, general-productivity, ‘Lifestyle’ laptops that offer reasonable quality at a reasonable price. They tend not to excel at much, but they can also …

Who doesn’t like an ultra-light ultraportable? Well, the Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 is just that. It’s incredibly thin, feels incredibly solid and yet it also promises premium performance. We’ve seen …

We’ve been impressed with Dynabook’s Portégé laptops which have kept true to the original Toshiba designs that revolutionised the world of ultraportable laptops back in the 90s. Now, here’s …

The Raider GE76 is has been our number one ranked laptop for a few months now. It’s both phenomenally fast and (… and this is a big deal) actually …

In the world of High Performance Laptops, Lenovo Legions are highly regarded. But, while the 5 series might represent a second tier (with a few limitations compared to the …

Hot on the heels of Dell’s Dark Knight-like Latitude 7330 Rugged Extreme laptop is a lesser, but much-more-accessible, rugged offering: the Acer Enduro Urban N3. It’s definitely a bit …

We haven’t had many rugged computers at High Performance Laptops, but suddenly we’ve got two different flavours in our labs. The ‘Rugged Extreme’ Dell Latitude 7330 2022 is a …

Asus likes pushing boundaries and the ROG Flow GZ13 is another of it’s, ‘I can’t believe they invented it’ models. Should people want a convertible tablet, with an RGB, …

Last year we declared the Zephyrus G15 to be the best laptop we’d ever seen. It was borderline ultraportable and yet one of the very best high-performance gaming laptops …

The MSI Crosshair 15 is one of MSI’s upper mid-range gaming laptops. This is an attractive proposition as the company’s top-tier models can get prohibitively expensive while this seeks …

A few months ago we were impressed with the 16-inch Asus Vivobook 16X OLED Creator laptop. It was most notable for having some funky design flourishes and sumptuous OLED …

MSI has impressed the pants off us recently thanks to its power-packed, svelte Stealth GS77 and MackBook-Killing Creator Z17. However, both have a thin chassis which causes thermal throttling …

In a world where high performance laptops are almost whizz-bang in their existence – thanks to rapid refreshes and upgrades – we’ve recently been heartened to see that the …

HP Victus is a replacement for HP’s not-so-sporty-sounding Pavilion gaming brand – sitting a tier down from the top-end Omen range. So, as a ‘budget’ gaming laptop, how does …

The Acer TravelMate Spin is a business-grade, convertible ultraportable laptop that aims to do it all in a stylish and robust manner. In a crowded market, where should it …

The Acer ConceptD 3 Ezel is a Creator-designated workstation with a flip-top touchscreen. Inside it uses relatively old technology, but is it still a good buy? Acer ConceptD 3 …

We were impressed with our first look at MSI’s last MacBook Killer, the Creator Z16, a few months ago. However, before we got to test the real thing, we …

We’re big fans of schemes that address e-waste. So far it’s been Australia’s own Venom computers who have led the charge – offering 7-year warranties with a guaranteed $500 …

Not so long ago we raved about the fact that the MSI Stealth GS76 (with its 11th Gen Intel processor) had finally come close to breaking the law that …

Regular readers will know we’re big fans of Asus’ ExpertBook ultraportables. They’re small, light, very usable and tend to have exceptional battery life, depending on the spec. Now, here’s …

Back in the day, Lenovo was the Rolls Royce of business notebooks but the rest of the world caught up. This latest Lenovo ThinkBook 15 wants to be a …

The MSI Katana GF76 (12th Gen) is the first high performance laptop we’ve seen to wield a 12th generation Intel processor. Naturally we were particularly keen to see how …

The Alienware X17 R1 is the most expensive and most high-spec laptop we’ve seen on this site. But will this review reveal whether it’s desirable or a dud? Related: …

Of Huawei’s three, recent, ultraportable MateBooks, the MateBook D 14 is the cheapest. While it’s hard to distinguish it from it’s pricey brethren, there are a fair few changes …

We recently reviewed the flagship model of Huawei’s new MateBook series, the MateBook X Pro 2021 and the cheaper MateBook D 14. The Huawei MateBook 14 is the mid-range …

Huawei recently launched three new ultraportable ‘MateBook’ laptops. The Huawei MateBook X Pro 2021 is the flagship model which promises all the bells and whistles. So how good is …

The Asus Vivobook 16X OLED is a Creator-designated, 16-inch laptop with an OLED screen. It ticks a lot of boxes for designers but who else will benefit from it …

We weren’t too impressed with Alienware’s m15 R5 and m15 R6 laptops because, despite being fast, there were some significant thermal throttling issues. Now, here’s the super-thin Alienware X15 …

MSI’s Summit series has always been aimed at “Business Elites” but we’ve always felt it’s come up short. Now here’s the latest MSI Summit Flip E16 and there are …

We finally got our hands on Asus ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition G513 which is a laptop that online communities have tended to rave about. So, what’s all the …

The interwebs are full of Lenovo Legion fanboys on all the big forums. But the language is starting to become uncritical and zealot-like. We’ve already had some experience with …

The new Dell XPS 17 9710 is Dell’s latest and greatest Creator laptop that’s designed for designers… and office types who want something better than the riff raff has. …

The new Dell XPS 15 9510 looks rather similar to those of the past few years. However, as we’ve learned with high performance laptops, this tends to suggest that a winning …

Regular visitors to this site might have noticed that it’s been a bit light on the latest Lenovo Legion laptops. While we’ve been assured that the latest and greatest …

We’re big fans of Venom computers for an unusual reasons: the company guarantees a $500 trade-in payment after seven-years of use! That’s a great way of dealing with e-waste. …

We recently reviewed Alienware’s m15 R5 Ryzen Edition gaming laptop but it has a non-identical twin: the Intel-based Alienware m15 R6. This is exactly the same except that it has an 11th-Gen Intel …

We’ve seen some ungodly high performance Alienware laptops in the past. However, at first glance, the Alienware m15 R5 Ryzen Edition appears somewhat more sober and subdued. Is it proper Alienware?  …

Everybody likes the look of Razer’s gaming laptops. That may be why they’ve barely changed in years. However, they have had some issues – they can get hot, loud …

The Acer Swift X is not your typical high performance laptop, but compromise is necessary if you want a budget ultraportable that plays games. How does it fare? Update: Check out the …

Not long ago we reviewed the MSI Sword which hit a very popular sweet spot between budget and performance. It was part of MSI’s GF range which is nominally …

We’ve reviewed many iterations of the MSI GS76 Stealth over the years and always been left with the same impression – it’s a laptop that we want to love but fitting all those …

Asus is arguably the most innovative of Taiwan’s flagship tech manufacturers in that it’s not afraid to make bonkers design concepts and show them off to the public at …

We reviewed the 10th Gen Acer Predator Helios 300 a few months ago and noted that while it seemed under-powered for a company’s flagship gaming laptop, it still had …

If you sit the Acer Nitro 5 next to its top-end Predator Helios 300 sibling you might wonder what the difference is. Both use the same black chassis, screen, …

We recently reviewed Asus’ mid-range TUF Gaming A15 laptop which offered decent performance at a decent price. However, the value proposition was tinged by its propensity to overheat when …

Despite the fact this is the fifth MSI GE-series Raider laptop we’ve seen this year, we were particularly keen to get our hands upon it. But first, for those …

With the Asus Zephyrus G15 blowing us away with its unholy alliance of an AMD CPU and an Nvidia GPU, we were very keen to see how the much-cheaper …

MSI recently released a bunch of new laptops. Among them were the twin MSI Sword and MSI Katana designer laptops which were differentiated in a Luke Skywalker vs Darth …

We’re big fans of MSI’s limited edition laptops. The first we saw was the Dragonshield GE66 designed by the guy who designed the Death Star’s trench in Star Wars: …

Asus has launched its new ROG Zephyrus G15 which is an unholy alliance between AMD and Nvidia: the former provides the CPU, the latter provides the GPU. So, how …

It doesn’t take long to see what’s special about the MSI GE66 Raider, MSI’s 15.6-inch all-rounder. While the styling might not have the head-turning gaudiness of a Lambo, it’s …

In some ways MSI is great for consumers – offering a crazy number of gaming laptops for every type of gamer there is means there’s something for everyone. But …

Aorus is Gigabyte’s gaming brand. The primary difference between it and Gigabyte’s Aero-brand laptops (which are more for Creators) is usually the screen. Screens for professional designers are often …

Ever wondered what putting all the best hardware into a portable laptop would look like? The Gigabyte AERO 17 HDR YC can show you. Gigabyte has stuffed in a …

We reported on the launch of the Pioneer Dreambook PC70 back in February but here we are reviewing the beast. Unlike the several-kilo, Clevo breadbaskets of yore, this is …

The Razer Blade 15 Base Model 2021 is a cool-looking, CNC-milled, black, anodised aluminium laptop with sharp lines and high-contrast, green colour accents… just as it was when it first appeared in 2018. The latest 2021 model …

Venom is a computer brand that’s based in Melbourne but sells to the world. While the Venom BlackBook Zero 14 Phantom isn’t the usual high performance laptop we’re used …

The Acer Predator Helios 300 is Acer’s top-end gaming laptop but its pricing is more mid-range in the high performance laptop market. It begs the question, is it a gaming bargain …

Dynabook is the evolution of Toshiba’s laptop division which subsequently got bought by Sharp… another great name in notebooks… at least in Asia. We recently reviewed the company’s Portégé …

MSI’s Summit range of laptops targets ‘Business Elites’ and seeks to marry high performance, style and portability together in order to create a desirable all-round-laptop. There’s even a reasonable graphics …

Lenovo’s ThinkVision M14t monitor is a thin, glossy, touch-screen panel that plugs into your computer via USB-C and provides a second display. There are no drivers required and it …

Dell’s XPS laptops have had a familiar look and feel for a few years now, but why change a winning design? The Dell XPS 13’s milled aluminium chassis and …

Asus’ ExpertBook range has been around for a few years, but this latest evolution, the Asus ExpertBook B9450, offers some head-turning features. Update: Check out the updated model, the Asus ExpertBook B9400 (which has …

We were big fans of Toshiba’s Portégé range of laptops. When laptops first got popular, the category was full of fugly-looking portable boxes that weren’t light and had no …

Lenovo’s Yoga is a laptop and tablet rolled into one. Courtesy of its “Yoga 360” hinge, the Lenovo C940’s screen folds back (essentially) 360 degrees to become a 14mm tablet. But, there …

MSI’s Prestige 14 laptop sits atop a varied heap, offering portability and premium performance in a pulchritudinous package. We’ve tried-out two colour varieties; a sober, Carbon Grey sandblasted aluminium …

MSI makes, what can appear to be, a bewildering array of laptop variants. What’s more, those variants are all available in sub variants. The benefit of this is that …

Back in ye olden days, there was a great industry gasp when the first laptops with widescreens appeared. The extra real-estate was cited as revolutionary. Now here’s Huawei crowing …