Notebooks
Jumper EZBook X4 Gemini Lake EZBook 3L Pro Successor
Update: It’s now up for preorder for $319 over at Gearbest here. Thanks to TheGiolly for pointing this one out, Jumper’s Official Aliexpress store has just listed the EZbook X4, it’s basically the EZbook 3L Pro with the new Gemini Lake N4100, 2.4Ghz, DDR4 RAM but only 4GB. I predicted this would happen since DDR4 prices are much higher than DDR3 and the 3GB RAM chips made by Sams...[Read More]
Hands-On With The Xiaomi Mi Gaming Laptop – First Impressions
Xiaomi’s Mi Gaming Laptop, a not so typical Gaming Laptop without the gamer red or green accents, silly dragon, flame, or alien logos. A more discreet look. But still has RGB lights if you want it. With up to Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB GPU options it can game well at 1080p with High to Ultra settings. The new Mi Gaming Laptop, this one took a while to get hold of. Xiaomi has released only very limi...[Read More]
Deal Alert: Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro For Just $799 (Updated)
Update #4 – I received my order, just 12 days to Spain with the free post method and tax-free so not bad at all. The coupon also now live and working again, so if you missed out the first time around you have a second chance using the below coupon. My order has shipped out already so the deal is 100% legit, and still working but only a few units left on this XMNB01 coupon for $799 here befor...[Read More]
Thermal Repaste & Overclocking The Nvidia 940M In The D-Book Pro
The Daysky D-Book Pro is an interesting $350 combination of dedicated Nvidia 940M 2GB GPU and the ever so common Celeron N3450. The CPU is far too weak for any real serious gaming as it bottlenecks almost all of the new and demanding titles, so I set out here in this video to see if it’s possible to improve both thermals and GPU performance. And If you caught my review of the DaySky D-Book P...[Read More]
Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro Vs Mi Notebook Air 13 2018 Comparison
Since I now have both of the Mi Notebook’s with the same configuration, Core i5 8250U’s, 8GB of RAM and 256GB SSD’s. Here is a hands-on comparison of both of them. This video comparison covers all the key differences between the two models. And It’s not as straightforward as you might think but they also have some big differences in performance, battery life, screens and ev...[Read More]
Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro Bios 0401 SSD Fix & Unlocked XTU Settings
I took a risk with this one, ordered this unit 3 weeks ago and struck it lucky, this is one of the newer models of the Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro and it comes with bios 0401. Why is this important? Well if you caught my review of the Mi Notebook Pro the SSD slot was only running at x2 speed on both SSD slots, so it never let the Samsung PM961 256GB NVMe run at full x4 speed. Limiting reads to around 1...[Read More]
Chuwi Lapbook Air First Impressions And Hands-On
This Chuwi Lapbook Air could be the last Apollo Lake N3450 laptop I review, and possibly the best one? Maybe even topping the EZbook 3 Pro V4. It’s also the first Apollo Lake laptop to get 8GB of RAM, only a few Apollo Lake mini PC’s use 8GB and the rest of the laptops I’ve reviewed have 6GB or 4GB. So it’s great having the extra RAM. Video index: 02:11 – Design 04:15...[Read More]
Hands-On With The EZBook 3 Pro V4 – The Best Just Got Better
Finally my EZBook 3 Pro arrived, it took 3 weeks to arrive due to some hold up with customs in the UK. So this new revision brings a change in the bios unlocking the power limits. So no need to apply the TDP mod on this one to improve performance. The touchpad is much, much better. It’s now a precision touchpad, so much more accurate and usable. I don’t have to resort to using a mouse ...[Read More]
Xiaomi Notebook Pro Official – 15.6″, i7-8550U, MX150 & 16GB RAM
Remember those Xiaomi Geekbench 4.0 benchmarks that showed up with a Core i7 8550U and 16GB of RAM? Well turns out it was the new Xiaomi 15.6″ laptop. The Xiaomi Notebook Pro. This great looking laptop features a Quad-Core Gen 8 CPU, up to 16GB of RAM dual channel RAM and up to 1TB of SSD storage. The new laptop uses the same dedicated Nvidia MX150 GPU as the 2017 Mi Notebook Air13.3″ ...[Read More]
Jumper EZBook 3 Plus Hands-On, The Core M3-7Y30 EZBook 3
So Jumper has moved in the right direction releasing a Core M3-7Y30 Kaby Lake laptop. Mine finally arrived with non-express shipping that took over 2 weeks. But one direction they have gone on this model isn’t great, the screen is a TN panel with bad vertical viewing angles. Take a look at my unboxing and hands-on video below for a proper look at that screen: Horizontal view angles are fine,...[Read More]
Daily Deals: Cube Thinker $399 & Mi Air 13 2016 $637, Mi Air 12 7Y54 $509!
Update #2 – Seems the stock at that price and the coupons have all been used up. You have to be quick. Try again tomorrow and see if they add more stock? If you spot any new deals please let us all know in the comments. Update: Kalle has just pointed out the Cube Thinker i35 is only $399 over at Banggood. But only 15 hours left at this price. And the Mi Notebook 12 Core i5 7Y54 has already s...[Read More]
Increase Apollo Lake/Gemini Lake TDP & Boost Intel HD Graphics Performance by up to 80%!
This is a game changer (literally). Something I have been trying to get on all the Apollo Lakes after testing the Tbook Air/ Civiltop air with no power limits. It has a huge difference in Intel HD 500 GPU performance. I discovered it was like the Core M’s when the power limits are increased or even disabled the Intel 500 / 505 integrated GPU it can finally stretch its legs so to speak and hi...[Read More]
