There are a couple of reasons (battery, screen) why you’d go for the Surface Pro 4 instead, but the Miix 510 offers an awful lot for the price. If you’re on the market for a workhorse convertible that covers the basics then the Miix 510 isn’t a bad choice, but it’s far from the complete […]
Laptops
Acer Swift 7
Good Excellent design Built-in LTE option Decent battery life Bad Touchpad doesn’t click Awfully weak performance for price Poor webcam placement Lacking audio The Acer Swift 7 is an ultra-compact notebook that is well suited for mobile use. The Swift 7 slightly improves on its predecessor in all areas; the greatest difference is the larger […]
Dell Precision 3520 Review
You can’t work at your desk all the time. The Dell Precision 3520 uses discrete graphics in a workstation that’s small enough that you could carry it around. The Nvidia Quadro GPU and Intel Core i7 CPU make a potent mix for multitasking and graphics performance, and the optional six-cell battery lasted over 10 hours. […]
Huawei’s MateBook X Pro Review
FOR Incredibly slick, sensible design Gorgeous, bright display Strong all-around performance Terrific battery life AGAINST No SD card slot Clever webcam is still flawed Mystic Silver is Core i7 only Huawei might be better known for its smartphones, but the brand has been in the laptop game for a few years and its new MateBook […]
Dell XPS 13
Dell’s flagship is back, and this year is a return to form for the Dell XPS 13. This leading laptop has finally addressed its most glaring design flaw, the webcam, while making the battery life last much longer. But, beyond the webcam and battery, the Dell XPS 13 largely remains the same, continuing the lineage […]
Microsoft Surface Pro review
Unlike Apple’s efforts with the iPad Pro, the Microsoft Surface Pro has always done things a bit differently. Instead of asking what a computer is, it asks ‘how can we make the computer better?’ Because it’s a Microsoft product, the Surface Pro obviously does this through Windows 10, arguably the best operating system the company […]