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A few years ago, we ranked the coolest laptops of all time. However, new additions to it have been few and far between. MSI has been one breath of fresh air …
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 …
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 …
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 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. …
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 …
Asus’ Zenbooks have been knocking it out of the park for more than a year. This has even progressed to the S 14 becoming our Number 1 Best Laptop …
It wasn’t long ago that HP impressed us with (what turned out to be) its final Spectre ultraportable convertible laptop, but here’s it’s successor, the re-branded HP OmniBook Ultra …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
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 …
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’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? …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
