The Chromebook Flip C536 uses a 14-inch Full HD IPS display in the increasingly old-school 16:9 aspect ratio. Asus doesn’t provide any specifications for the display, and I can’t use my colorimeter with Chrome OS laptops. That limits the objective data I can provide. Subjectively, thoug...
Speakers are louder than on the average budget laptops. Since they’re located on the bottom, one would expect muted sound. But that problem is present only when you hold the device on your lap. On flat surfaces, as well as in stand and tent modes, the sound is perfectly clear, with ...
This is because the central processing unit or CPU overheats and the standard cooler is unlikely to work effectively with all of the upgrades. There are many CPU coolers online to help keep gaming laptops cooler. Just be sure to check that they are compatible before purchase. Upgrade your GPU...
It's great to see more touch-screen Windows 8 laptops under $600, but note that the Asus X202E requires some compromises in performance and battery life. The 11-inch Asus VivoBook X202E is $549, even apart from holiday sales (technically the list price is $599, but it's widely ava...
The MacBook Pro speakers continue to be amongst the best laptop speakers, with the difference made more dramatic when comparing to a few Windows laptops that's this small and at this price point. Impressive for a base model When it comes to performance, our base model 13-inch ...
Windows 10 Pro version adds some business-specific features in comparison to the standard Windows Home. Windows 10 Pro upgradeable to the latest Windows 11 Pro for free. Warranty1-year A typical laptop warranty. Check Price on HP Amazon Deals on Laptops ...
In my experience windows is terrible on chromebook class hardware (celeron, 11.6" screen, 2gb-4gb ram, emmc). I'd say $500 is inexpensive for an attractive windows laptop with decent hardware. Acer certainly sells cheaper laptops that lose the aluminum, thin bezels, etc and still run windows...
Blues and especially the White Point were completely skewed out of the box on this unit that I got to play with, but a calibration run with my Spyder4 turned the panel in one of the most color-accurate I’ve seen in a while on 13 inch laptops. This sort of calibration should be inc...
Looking more closely at the top half of the board, on the left side we see a small heatsink with a lot of surface area covering the VRMs. Unlike the ASRock board, Asus didn’t extend this heatsink over the IO area, so it doesn’t look as ‘clean’ as the ASRock. Delivering power...
We are looking for an inexpensive (sub $100 CAD) headset option that works with OCS. We find that with normal headsets the audio inputs can be a little random using the internal sound card. It is particularrly bad on laptops that use docking stations that also have audio capabilities. Any...