Tag: Nvidia

AI infrastructure company, Firmus Technologies, has entered into a binding agreement to acquire the fabrication, design and projects businesses of Canberra-based HVAC and mechanical services firm, Benmax, for A$300 …

Atlassian has reported quarterly revenue of $1.77 billion for the fourth quarter of its 2026 fiscal year, representing 28 per cent growth over the prior year period, while also …

Kioxia Corporation has introduced the CM10 Series of enterprise solid-state drives, the company’s first PCIe 6.0 SSDs and the first to use its BiCS FLASH generation 10 TLC flash …

AI takes a beating, but this was starting to drive me mad. The gaming laptop that I use for most of my work started turning off and restarting without …

As artificial intelligence workloads shift from pilot projects to full-scale enterprise deployment, the pressure on Australia’s digital infrastructure is mounting. Power density is climbing, cooling demands are intensifying and …

Nvidia has released a wave of technical detail across its next-generation hardware and software platforms, spanning new GPU and CPU architectures, AI training benchmarks, developer tools and simulation capabilities …

AMD has unveiled a broad set of hardware and software products targeting AI infrastructure, covering new data centre GPUs, server processors, a rack-scale compute platform, developer tools and embedded …

Nvidia Founder and CEO Jensen Huang has used a visit to Japan to unveil a series of partnerships and initiatives spanning physical AI, robotics, healthcare, quantum computing, financial services …

Australia’s peak body for heating, ventilation and air conditioning contractors has partnered with a Brisbane-based AI centre to build tools that reduce the time needed to produce compliant safety …

IBM and Red Hat have commercially launched Lightwell, a platform that delivers automated vulnerability remediation through two offerings: Lightwell Network and Lightwell Clearinghouse Premier. Lightwell Network gives enterprises access …

ARM Hub’s Propel-AIR program has launched its 2026 cohort, bringing together seven Australian AI and robotics ventures for a month-long sprint that will culminate in a virtual pitch night …

Lenovo has expanded its Hybrid AI Advantage portfolio with a suite of AI inferencing and agentic AI products aimed at reducing the cost of running AI workloads across on-premise, …

As part of its 40th anniversary celebrations, MSI told its R&D team to go out and build the fastest Nvidia RTX 5090 graphics card on the market… no expense …

AMD has published performance projections arguing its EPYC server processors deliver significantly more usable compute capacity than competing chips from Nvidia and Intel when measured at the rack level …

Asus has released the ExpertCenter Pro ET900N G3, a deskside AI supercomputer built on the Nvidia DGX Station GB300 architecture and powered by the Nvidia GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra …

Gigabyte Technology is using Computex 2026 in Taipei to demonstrate a range of AI infrastructure products spanning rack-scale data centre systems, modular deployment platforms, clinical AI applications and desktop …

Vertiv has developed a production-grade digital twin capability for its SmartRun integrated infrastructure platform, designed to work within the Nvidia Omniverse DSX Blueprint and aimed at accelerating the design, …

Google DeepMind (the company’s flagship artificial intelligence research and development laboratory) has released Gemma 4, a new family of open-source AI models designed for advanced reasoning and agentic workflows, …

Red Hat has announced version 3.4 of its AI platform, introducing tools for managing autonomous AI agents at scale alongside a new Model-as-a-Service capability designed to give developers governed …

Lenovo has launched its Gen 11 Legion gaming portfolio in Australia, confirming local pricing for two new laptops and giving the country its first look at the Legion Pro …

Australia and Finland have announced a jointly funded quantum research partnership, as global technology companies including Nvidia, IBM and Microsoft deepen their investment in quantum technologies. The cross-border collaboration, …

Sales of photonic integrated circuit (PIC) based optical transceivers are forecast to reach $48 billion by 2036 as AI workloads strain the limits of copper interconnects, according to research …

Australian sovereign AI infrastructure provider SouthernCrossAI (SCX) is now providing AI inferencing capacity through the Equinix Fabric AI ecosystem, making its ASIC-powered inference nodes accessible to enterprises, government agencies …

Google has released its Gemma 4 family of AI models, a set of four multimodal and multilingual models built in collaboration with Nvidia to run across a range of …

Lenovo has used Nvidia GTC to announce a broad expansion of its Hybrid AI Advantage portfolio, spanning workstations, edge servers, data centre platforms and gigawatt-scale AI cloud deployments built …

AMD has announced two strategic collaborations with South Korean technology firms as the chipmaker moves to expand its footprint in the country’s sovereign AI infrastructure market. The deals see …

Lenovo has announced an expanded multiyear collaboration with Nvidia to bring AI systems to the global sports industry, targeting live event operations, broadcast workflows and on-field performance analysis. The …

Adobe and Nvidia have entered into a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating AI-powered creative and marketing workflows, including the development of the next generation of Adobe’s Firefly AI models. …

Nvidia has announced DLSS 5, a new version of its AI upscaling technology that moves beyond performance gains to target visual quality, using a real-time neural rendering model to …

Kioxia has announced a new category of solid-state drive built to allow GPUs to directly access high-speed flash memory, effectively expanding the memory available for AI workloads beyond the …

JFrog has unveiled a new Agent Skills Registry designed to provide governance and security controls for autonomous AI agents, with Nvidia as its first integration partner. The announcement, made …

Lenovo has confirmed its involvement in delivering a 1,000-GPU Nvidia B200 cluster for Australian neocloud provider Sharon AI (NASDAQ:SHAZ), to be housed at NEXTDC’s Tier IV M3 data centre …

It takes us three days to test a modern laptop. Our testing methodology is exhaustive and has been honed and tweaked over the past three years so buyers can …

Nvidia has released DLSS 4.5 Super Resolution across its ecosystem, making the upgrade available to all users via the Nvidia app. The update introduces a second-generation transformer model aimed …

Lenovo has unveiled a suite of Ai-powered tools aimed at reducing store downtime, improving frontline operations and supporting retail teams in real time. The announcements, made at NRF 2026 …

Seagate has begun shipping what it calls the world’s first 32TB conventional magnetic recording (CMR) hard drives to global retail and channel partners, in a move it claims will …

Lenovo and Nvidia have announced a new joint initiative aimed at accelerating the deployment of large-scale Ai infrastructure, launching the Lenovo Ai Cloud Gigafactory program at CES 2026. The …

Nvidia used its CES 2026 briefing to unveil a range of hardware and software updates across its RTX product suite, including DLSS 4.5, G-SYNC Pulsar monitors, RTX Remix updates …

Asus Republic of Gamers has introduced a new flagship in its Zephyrus line at CES 2026: the Zephyrus Duo, which the company claims is the world’s first 16-inch dual-screen …

Red Hat has expanded its collaboration with Nvidia as the two companies look to align enterprise open source platforms with emerging rack-scale Ai infrastructure. The move is aimed at …

Magna Ai, a joint venture between Trend Micro and Wistron, has joined the Nvidia Inception program as part of its strategy to deliver large-scale Ai systems across enterprise and …

The High Performance Laptops Best Laptop Group Test is unique in Australia as it’s based upon reviews that take over 100 hours to produce and which actually cite Australian …

Microsoft, Nvidia and Anthropic have unveiled a series of intertwined partnerships that will reshape how Claude models are trained, deployed and accessed across cloud platforms. The agreement gives Microsoft …

Nexa.ai has released a new version of its Hyperlink agent for local search and analysis, adding accelerations for Nvidia RTX AI PCs to improve indexing and response times. The …

It’s not often that a laptop can steal the show at a major international exhibition, but that’s just what MSI did at Computex 2023 when – completely out of …

Asus has launched its XA NB3I-E12 Ai server, built on the Nvidia HGX B300 platform, as part of its push to deliver scalable Ai infrastructure for enterprise and cloud …

Asus IoT has unveiled the PE3000N, a compact edge Ai platform designed for robotics and intelligent automation. The new system is powered by Nvidia’s Jetson Thor and incorporates the …

High Performance Laptops publishes several, on-going, laptop group tests but our quest to determine Australia’s Best Business Laptop operates a little differently and has significantly evolved over time. The …

Asus Australia has confirmed the launch of its compact desktop Ai supercomputer, the Ascent GX10, with availability beginning October 15, 2025. The system is positioned as an accessible platform …

Nvidia has announced it is open sourcing its Audio2Face models, SDK and training framework, making the tools available for developers to build high fidelity digital characters with more realistic …

Melbourne startup, Nexobot, has taken out the inaugural Propel-AIR accelerator competition, securing a residency at MassRobotics in Boston for founder Dominic Lindsay. The accelerator, run by ARM Hub in …

Australia’s first dedicated Ai and robotics sprint, Propel-AIR, has named its inaugural cohort of finalists. The program, delivered through ARM Hub with backing from the Australian Government’s Ai Adopt …

Adobe has announced a significant update to Premiere Pro, introducing more than 90 new effects, transitions and animations, alongside upgrades to audio editing and playback. The new tools, launching …

Nvidia has released its Jetson AGX Thor developer kit and production modules, positioning the hardware as a foundation for the next phase of robotics powered by physical Ai. Jetson …

Nvidia has announced Spectrum-XGS Ethernet, a networking technology designed to link distributed data centers into unified Ai super-factories. Addressing Data Center Limitations The company said individual data centers are …

Asus has unveiled the NUC 15 Performance, a compact barebone mini PC featuring Intel Core Ultra processors and Nvidia GeForce RTX laptop GPUs. The 3-litre system targets business and …

Nvidia has announced that its RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs will be available in new 2U mainstream servers from major system providers, targeting accelerated computing across enterprise …

Nvidia has unveiled new Omniverse libraries, Cosmos physical Ai models and computing infrastructure aimed at accelerating robotics development. The announcements, made at SIGGRAPH, include tools for world reconstruction, spatial …

HP has impressed us with its Omen gaming laptops in recent years. Now, here’s its latest, attractive, ultraportable gaming laptop that seeks to be an enticing alternative to rivals …

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 …

Trend Micro has unveiled a cybersecurity model based on digital twin technology, designed to simulate cyber threats and help enterprises test and adapt defences in real time without disrupting …

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 …

Lenovo has unveiled a wide array of Legion-branded gaming laptops and accessories during its Celebration of Legion event in Alexandria, Sydney which was held in collaboration with Intel. The …

We should probably start by setting something straight… a big 18-inch laptop is not really designed to sit on your lap – it’s more of a desktop replacement PC. …

Asus showed-off some seriously cool new computing kit at Computex. Here’s a video tour of the booth plus a rundown of the individual new products. New Top-Tier Hero Motherboards …

Trend Micro has unveiled a cybersecurity framework for safeguarding agentic Ai systems across their full lifecycle, aligning with Nvidia’s Agentic Ai Safety blueprint and integrating security across data, infrastructure …

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 …

Nozomi Networks has announced a new integration with Nvidia BlueField-3 data processing units (DPUs), aiming to expand the use of Ai-powered security tools across operational technology (OT), Internet of …

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 …

Gaming laptops are big, heavy and bulky and can’t do AI, right? Well, not anymore. The 2025 update of MSI’s popular Stealth is upon us and it’s everything you …

When a gaming laptop is so powerful that it can be used for industrial applications, it will turn heads everywhere and that is what MSI’s S-Tier laptop, the Titan …

In the wide world of gaming laptops, MSI’s Raider range is legendary. Every model has won our prestigious Best Gaming Laptop Award and now MSI has tasked SMBtech and …

New Lineup Redefines Performance for Gamers, Creators, and Professionals MSI has announced its new RTX 50 Series laptops at its MSIology: Dragonforged Dominance Launch Event. MSI says the new …

Lenovo has introduced new Yoga and IdeaPad Ai-powered laptops at MWC 2025, along with software and concept devices aimed at improving productivity and creativity. The company has expanded its …

In our exhaustive, monthly group tests, we update the price, availability and value scores from High Performance Laptops’ definitive laptop reviews, to determine the ranking of various groups of …

Nvidia has launched DLSS 4, introducing Multi Frame Generation for GeForce RTX 50 Series graphics cards and laptops. The update comes alongside the release of the GeForce RTX 5090 …

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 …

Lenovo has introduced advanced high-performance computing innovations designed to enhance energy efficiency and unlock the potential of Ai-driven solutions. The announcement was made during Supercomputing 2024 (SC24) in Sydney …

PanaAI has announced a partnership with Nvidia and ASPAC Ai Computing Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed Junee Limited, to create the most powerful Ai supercomputer in the Southern …

When designers and creators realised that gaming laptops – with their powerful discreet graphics – were perfect for design tasks and rendering, laptop makers like MSI started catering for …

Lenovo’s Legion Pro 7i was our Best Laptop for over a year. The Lenovo Legion Pro 5i is its second-tier model which doesn’t quite have as much bling (or …

MSI’s Sword range of budget gaming laptops has been a perennial favourite since it first appeared. It’s typically offered all the important features, design elements and performance levels that …

Cloudian has introduced support for Nvidia Magnum IO GPUDirect Storage technology, aiming to simplify Ai data workflows by enabling seamless object storage management. The integration offers performance levels exceeding …

Acer’s Nitro 5 budget gaming laptops have (mostly) been incredibly popular over the years. They’ve been notable for packing a punch where it counts while keeping the costs down …

Lenovo has presented its products at Tech World 2024. The event highlighted the company’s goal to provide “Smarter Ai for All.” Key announcements included Lenovo AI Now, a local …

At Lenovo Tech World, Lenovo Chairman and CEO Yuanqing Yang, alongside Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang, unveiled the new Lenovo Hybrid Ai Advantage with Nvidia. The announcement marks …

MSI’s Vector series is its premium gaming line that eschews eye-melting RGB bling and ostentatious decorations for an office-friendly chassis that can suit all occasions. We’ve been greatly impressed …

Lenovo has announced a new suite of services aimed at accelerating the adoption of Ai across industries. These services include Lenovo TruScale GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS), Lenovo XClarity One, and advanced …

Trend Micro Incorporated is advancing its efforts to integrate Ai into enterprise and government systems through a new collaboration with Nvidia. The company’s latest offering, part of its Vision …

Acer introduced the Predator Helios Neo a couple of years ago and it replaced its flagship “Helios 300” gaming laptop. While the toned-down appearance disappointed some, the more-sober looks, …

At SIGGRAPH 2024, Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang sat down with WIRED’s Lauren Goode to discuss the future of AI-enhanced human productivity and the growing importance of energy-efficient …

Gigabyte has designed the Aorus 16X ASG to be a premium-but-affordable gaming laptop that will also suit creators with its generative-Ai chops. It exhibits some interesting design flourishes and …

Asus’ ROG Zephyrus line was designed to be a premium range that caters to both gamers and workers who wanted an ultraportable laptop that can do it all – …

The Lenovo Legion 7i is a slightly watered-down version of its ‘Pro’ spec’d big brother which won High Performance Laptops’ Laptop of the Year Award in 2023. It’s not …

Lenovo has launched a suite of new enterprise Ai solutions and advanced liquid cooling technologies aimed at enhancing Ai deployment across various industries. The latest offerings include the 6th …

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 …

Equinix a global digital infrastructure company, has announced the launch of a fully managed private cloud service. This innovative offering allows enterprises to seamlessly acquire and manage Nvidia DGX …

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 …

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 …

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 …

In a significant development in the gaming industry, Valve recently unveiled Counter-Strike 2, marking a pivotal moment in the Counter-Strike series history. The game represents a substantial technological advance, …

A new strategic partnership has been unveiled between VAST Data, a prominent AI data platform company, and CoreWeave, a specialized cloud provider known for powering significant generative AI efforts …

Excitement and optimism surround the potential of Generative AI transforming the Asia Pacific technology landscape, as showcased at VMware Explore 2023 in Singapore. Leading innovators, including ComfortDelGro, LG CNS, …

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 …

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 …

Lenovo has named John McCloskey as its new Managing Director for the Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) for ANZ region. Stationed in Sydney, McCloskey is set to play a role …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …

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: …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …

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 …