DELL Precision M3800

VERDICT Good for processor- and graphics-intensive tasks, but its touchpad and display scaling issues are frustrating DELL’S PRECISION M3800 is a powerful mobile workstation that’s loaded with top-end components, including an Nvidia Quadro graphics chip. It’s the business version of Dell’s XPS 15 laptop, with which it shares many of the same physical and performance characteristics. You … Read more

Dell Chromebook 13 Review

Dell chromebook 13 review – A Chromebook from Dell that really means business, or so Chuong Nguyen likes to believe. Unlike rival makers, Dell is targeting specific niches with its Chromebooks – eg the Chromebook 11 was aimed at the education market, and this year Dell is back with a larger, more premium Chromebook 13 … Read more

Venom BlackBook 15 U02507

Venom hails from Melbourne, Australia, but the firm is making a global push by offering free worldwide shipping on its laptops, with a single price in US dollars. The BlackBook 15 is its flagship machine, and the U02507 model sports an Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M GPU. This chip has a 924MHz core and 1,280 stream … Read more

Dell Inspiron 15 5558 Review

POOR BATTERY LIFE ASIDE, THE DELL INSPIRON 15 5558 IS A POWERFUL LAPTOP THAT’S UNBEATABLE VALUE FOR MONEY So-called “do everything” laptops are getting cheaper with every innovation from component manufacturers such as Intel and Nvidia. Dell’s Inspiron line has long been a popular choice for those on a tight budget, and this 15.6in laptop … Read more

Acer Aspire Switch 10 E Review

Laptop? Tablet? Windows 10 helps to blur the lines On your first glance at this very compact portable PC, you might be forgiven for thinking the ‘netbook’ was making a comeback. On closer inspection, however, the Acer Aspire Switch 10 E Review is a ‘convertible’: a touchscreen laptop that also works as a tablet. It … Read more

Lenovo Y50 70 – Another middle-of-the-road machine

Y50 70 – Another middle-of-the-road machine It’s been a while since I’ve seen a gaming laptop from Lenovo, so I jumped at the chance to check out its refurbished Y50 70 model. Given how tough the gaming laptop market is at the moment, with MSI and Aorus offering killer laptops, I was very interested to see … Read more

MSI GT72 Dominator Pro

A fearsome gaming laptop, delivering uncompromising graphical power in an (almost) portable package.

The MSI GT72 Dominator Pro harks back to the days when gaming laptops were giants. Weighing near 4kg, this 17.3m Goliath isn’t a device you’d want on your lap. It’s also the most powerful gaming laptop the world has ever seen – and puts many gaming desktops to shame.

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MSI GT72 Dominator Pro

The GT72’s size isn’t its only attention-grabbing characteristic. Gaming glam is everywhere: the LED strips along the front edge, the keyboard and even the touchpad ignite with multi colored backlighting of your choosing.

MSI GT72 Dominator Pro

The brushed-metal lid, meanwhile, adds a touch of class.

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Medion erazer X7829 review

Not small or pretty – but it does the business. Squatting on your lap with all the elegance and portability of a broken Ford Transit, the Medion Erazer takes the term ‘mobile’with a pinch of salt. It weighs nearly four kilos, has a full 17-inch display panel, and would very likely break your spine if … Read more

Dell Inspiron 15 5547 Review

A quality good-value 15in laptop for Windows 8.1. Most budget 15in laptops tend to be chunky and plain-looking, or just downright ugly, but that’s not the case with the Dell Inspiron 15 5547. Although most of this Windows 8.1 laptop is made of plain black plastic, the metal lid adds a touch of class. It’s … Read more