Allen Ngo

Lead U.S. laptop editor for Notebookcheck of over ten years. I post my personal experiences with laptops and other random thoughts. Nuff' said.

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Dell quietly changed the way they measure thickness on laptops. The XPS 13 9310 2-in-1 is 14.35 mm thick vs. 13 mm on the older but identical XPS 13 7390 2-in-1. Very misleading for consumers.

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Razer says it's normal, but we still can't get over how damn hot their AC adapters get even for the latest Blade 17 RTX 3070

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well.. this certainly can't be right

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Next generation switch needs G-Sync — make it happen Nintendo

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Dell just released BIOS v1.4 for its XPS 15 9510 that fixes the performance of the RTX 3050 Ti. We're seeing a frame rate uptick of up to 20 percent over the older BIOS v1.3.2

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Our new MSI Summit laptop has been in sleep mode for over an hour and it's still burning up. Modern Standby fail

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might want to fix that horrible screen bleeding on some of your laptops, Asus

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after not including Thunderbolt on most of its gaming laptops, Asus is making it real clear now that the latest 11th models are finally supporting it with this huge sticker

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one of the worst feelings in life: a screw cam out on a brand new laptop. this one happened to be a budget model from Infinix

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USB-C video output is completely borked on our 2021 HP Pavilion 15 test unit

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HP Sure View impacts image quality wayyy too much even when it is disabled. The picture is too grainy and nowhere near what a regular glossy display is capable of

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Using darker themes or colors on OLED laptops makes all the difference in battery life

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Rumored Core i7-1195G7 with 5 GHz Turbo Boost will mean nothing when existing 1165G7 laptops can barely maintain their current maximums

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USB-C just got better and more confusing at the same time
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The translucent chassis on the new 2021 Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 is a nice visual touch #asus

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windows reset fail

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hot laptops aren't ideal.. unless if you're my cat