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With 2021 coming to a close, it is time again to look back at the laptop market. Despite bumps from the COVID pandemic, the laptop ecosystem continues to flourish, delivering a bevvy of new products based on new platforms. For 2021, AMD launched their very successful Ryzen 5000 series products (codenamed Cezanne) featuring the latest Zen 3 CPU cores paired with AMD Vega graphics. Intel, still basking in the glow of the Tiger Lake launch in late 2020 continues to feature the 11th generation Core platform that is now over a year old. Based on the Willow Cove cores and featuring a much-improved Intel Xe graphics solution, Intel's solution still provides excellent performance and efficiency for the PC laptop space. The big news of 2021 was...
Dell XPS L501x: An Excellent Mainstream Notebook
As we discussed a couple weeks back, Dell has relaunched their XPS brand for laptops, with a focus on quality and "mainstream performance". The latter means that unlike previous...
95 by Jarred Walton on 11/10/2010
Dell XPS Laptops: Back to the Future
Dell's first XPS system debuted way back in 1993, with the first XPS laptops coming a decade later. The past several years have been quiet on the XPS front...
79 by Jarred Walton on 10/21/2010
Dell Shows off 10" Inspiron Duo Convertible Netbook/Tablet
Dell just demonstrated its upcoming 10-inch Inspiron Duo convertible netbook/tablet. Based on the dual core Atom N550 the Inspiron Duo runs Windows 7 Premium. The system can work as...
13 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/14/2010
Dell Studio 17: When Gaming Isn't Enough
Usually when we get to the 17"-class notebooks here, we're dealing with machines designed almost exclusively for gaming. The problem is that these machines also tend to be prohibitively...
41 by Dustin Sklavos on 8/26/2010
Dell Studio 14: Defining Solid
With the back to school season in full swing now, manufacturers are all competing for a slice of a particularly delicious pie: college students. This is a group of...
53 by Dustin Sklavos on 8/19/2010
The Dell Streak Review
The iPhone has an unusual problem. Its UI is fast and smooth enough that you want to browse the web on it. However the device is cramped enough that...
52 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/15/2010
Good From the Factory? The Dell Studio XPS 7100
The tricked-out Dell Studio XPS 7100 is an interesting beast. It lacks any overclocking extras and exotic cooling, but it comes priced to move. Packing AMD's latest hex-core Phenom...
69 by Dustin Sklavos on 7/7/2010
Dell Adamo 13: CULV Goes Upscale
When it debuted at CES 2009, the 0.65” Dell Adamo 13 gave the notebook world a Windows equivalent to the MacBook Air. With the ultrathin body, the brushed aluminum...
67 by Vivek Gowri on 7/6/2010
Mobile Buyers' Guide: 14" and Larger Notebooks and DTRs
The back-to-school season is coming and refreshed product lines are already starting to appear on store shelves. Intel's dual-core Arrandale processors continue to dominate in terms of raw performance...
64 by Dustin Sklavos on 6/30/2010
Dell G2410H Review: A Green 24" LCD
If you haven’t been paying attention lately, energy conservation and being green is the latest and greatest trend sweeping the consumer electronics market. From energy-sipping power supplies to notebooks...
39 by Brian Klug on 5/7/2010
Alienware M11x: World’s Smallest Gaming Laptop
When you think of a gaming notebook what usually comes to mind is a 17" behemoth with a ridiculous paint job and the weight of a small child. ...
47 by Jarred Walton on 3/30/2010
Dell M6500: A Precision Strike on Bling
The Dell Precision M6500 is what we expect from a mobile workstation: high on quality and low on fluff. It’s also very expensive, but the cost of the hardware...
42 by Jarred Walton on 3/9/2010
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