Awesome Laptops

Call it the DellBook Pro. The latest update to Dell’s bestselling 15″ laptop now uses the latest Intel Kaby Lake CPUs, has a larger battery and gives you the option to upgrade to an NVIDIA GTX 1050 GPU, 4K touchscreen, up to 1TB SSD, and 32GB RAM. Price starts at $999.

We’ve seen laptops with more than one display before, but Razer takes things to the next level. Its Project Valerie is a proof-of-concept that adds two additional 17.3″ 4K displays to the Razer Blade Pro, with a mechanism that automatically deploys the side displays.

Lenovo managed to cram in a 14″ 1080p/1440p screen, the latest Intel CPU, 2 USB-C ports, 2 USB 3 ports, an HDMI port, an Ethernet port, a microSD/SIM card slot, and its vaunted full-size keyboard in a tiny weatherproof carbon fiber case that weighs just 2.5lb.

Dell’s compact and nearly bezel-less laptop now has a hybrid variant. The XPS 13 2-in-1 has Intel Core M CPUs for a fan-less setup, a 1080p or 1800p touchscreen, two USB-C ports and a microSD card slot. It also comes with a USB-C to USB-A adapter.

This light and compact charger will soon be available with a USB-C connector for the 2016 13″ MacBook Pro, Dell XPS 13 and other laptops with USB-C ports. If you already have the FINsix charger itself, you can purchase just the USB-C cable for $35.

The Eve V is a crowdsourced Windows tablet-laptop hybrid. It can be configured with a mobile Core i7 CPU, 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD. It has a 12.3″ 2736 x 1824 IGZO LCD touchscreen and four speakers. Ports include two USB 3, one USB 3.1 Type-C and one Thunderbolt 3 Type-C.

Alienware’s smallest gaming laptop now comes with a mobile version of the new GTX 1060 GPU and quad-core i5/i7 CPU, and its keyboard now has N-key rollover. It works with Alienware’s external GPU dock and can be configured with a 2560×1440 OLED touchscreen.

The most powerful version of Microsoft’s hybrid portable computer packs a more powerful Intel Core i7 CPU, GTX GeForce 965M GPU, up to 16GB RAM, up to 1TB SSD storage and a battery that lasts up to 16h. It also works with the new Surface Dial control peripheral.

Apple’s latest pro notebook is thinner, faster, has a much larger trackpad, a new keyboard, Touch ID, and a color multitouch toolbar that replaces the function keys with customizeable and contextual controls. In 13″ or 15″ sizes with a variety of Core i5 & Core i7 CPUs.

Razer updates its 17″ gaming laptop with a 4K G-Sync-compatible touchscreen, a GTX1080 GPU, a 2.6Ghz i7-6700HQ CPU, 32GB RAM, up to 2TB SSD and low-profile mechanical keys, all in a minimalist frame that could pass for an ultraportable. Drops soon for $3.7K+.

Built to run the latest VR games, the GT83VR Titan SLI is a monster of a gaming laptop, with an 18.4″ display, Intel’s quad-core i7-6920HQ or 6820HK CPU, 512GB to 1TB SSD, Nvidia GTX 1080 Dual SLI GPUs, and a mechanical Steelseries keyboard with RGB backlighting.

ElectroBOOM opened up his old laptop to try and fix its cooling fan while discussing a few of the things that can go wrong when the fan stops working. He also shared his patent pending fan cleaning and external cooling solutions.

An affordable dumb terminal for Android devices. The Superbook weighs 2lb and has an 11.6″ 1366 x 768 screen, a multitouch trackpad, a keyboard with Android keys, a USB Type-C port, and a battery that lasts up to 8h that also charges your device.

The mature gaming laptop continues to impress. For the same price as the base 15″ MacBook Pro, you get a 14″ 3200×1800 touchscreen, a 6GB GTX970M GPU, RGB LED backlit keys and a USB-C port to connect it to the Razer Core and other peripherals.

The ZenBook 3 has Apple squarely in its sights. It weighs just 2lb and is just 0.46″ when closed, making it lighter and thinner than a MacBook. Yet it packs serious specs, including a 12.5″ 1080p display and up to a Core i7 CPU, 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD. Drops Q3 2016 for $999+.

The new Acer Predator 17 X gaming laptop can be ordered with up to a 17″ 4K IPS display, a 2.7GHz Core i7-6820HK quad core CPU, 64GB RAM, and an NVIDIA GTX 980. Yes, the desktop graphics card. This hefty 10lb machine drops 6/2016 starting at $2800. More here.