Ultrabooks

I bought the new Asus Zenbook UX433 ultrabook. After few days of operation, I noticed it started to make these strange pulse noised, in a sporadic way. sometimes it would be heard every 30-40 seconds, and sometimes not heard at all: https://imgur.com/gallery/TuiODlx (turn up the sound and...

Looking for an ultrabook. Don't love the Apple premium, though I've been using MacBook Airs provided by employers for the last decade or so. Love the slim bezels of the XPS and MateBook X Pro. But I do a lot of video-conferencing and can't abide the webcam positioning (and don't want to carry...

Hey guys, Since this is quite a specific question, I chose to make a thread. I'm a beginning Industrial Product Design student, and since I postponed choosing a laptop till the end of the vacation, I only had a few days to decide. I'm going to be working with solidworks and in my personal...

So, right now I am looking to buy an ultrabook, but the problem is I want a dedicated/discrete GPU with it. I'm looking for a 13" laptop with at least a 1080p HD resolution and a Core i7-8550U with 8GB RAM (preferrably 16GB). And of course, the dGPU. I really like the Dell XPS 13, but the...

Hi! I'm looking for a new laptop for my engineering studies. It'll be used for a wide variety of tasks, and has to be very capable. I'll typically be doing CAD work in SolidWorks, programming, everyday tasks and connecting external equipment. I've looked at mobile workstations and I'm...

Hi everyone! I'm looking to buy a laptop, but I can't seem to find the perfect one... Can anybody help me with the decision? I would like to get a light laptop with a 15.6" 1080p (FHD) anti-glare screen with good viewing angles. Processor: i7 8550U (or some other intel quad-core 8th gen...

I recently bought an Asus Zenbook UX430UN-GV069T in ROYAL BLUE color. The lid of laptop is made of what company claims as Nano Imprint Lithography(NIL) which makes it looks extremely beautiful in the light.However, I recently noticed that the NIL coating is a complete fingerprint magnet and is...

I will be buying small and compact computers for coworkers for their ability to work on the go. While searching I saw Ultrabooks and Subnotebooks, They both had similar specs. I wanted to know the difference between both a Subnotebook and an Ultrabook. PLEASE RESPOND ASAP.

I'm potentially looking into buying a new laptop. I don't care about things that can be upgraded in the future (such as RAM and HDD), but I want an ultrabook that has a decent construction, a decent screen and a good CPU. Thunderbolt 3 would also be nice. Are there any ultrabooks that fit those...

So I've been looking for a while to buy a new ultrabook. However I don't really want to buy the really high end models. So I'm placing my budget as $850. As far as today's deals go, I've seen the Huawei Matebook X going for $800 on amazon and the macbook air (I know it's kind of dated, but...

Hi, I want to buy an ultrabook - concretely ASUS ZenBook UX330UA, and there are a i5 7200U + M.2 256GB SSD or i7 7500U + M.2 512GB SSD versions. My questions are: - considering price difference, is it worth to pay circa +180€ for i7/512GB ? - how will i7 effects battery life-time ? - is there...

I've been researching ultrabooks for the past while, I've been wanting a thin sub 14" laptop with a discrete GPU, which limited my options until seeing a bunch of new ultrabooks coming out with the MX150 chip. Currently the only available unit is an Acer Swift 3 with i5-8250u and MX150 for...

So I've been looking at several types of laptops for University (gaming, ultrabooks, macs, etc) and I would like to hear what people recommend as a good all round laptop (around ~$1000ish CAD). A few of my current choices include: Dell XPS 13 1080p Touch ($1150)...

Hi, I'm going on a 9+ months travel where I'll be spending a lot of time outdoor and carrying my gear on my back. While I've been doing photo editing for some time already (Lightroom) I'll now move into video editing (likely Premiere). Video will go on my website and potentially Youtube. The...

The Laptop was running low on battery, so I got the original HP Charger connected to the wall socket and turned on the switch, while I was looking in the dark for the Pin in the laptop I moved the charging plug to the 3.5mm jack, which suddenly created spark, and the laptop got turned off...

Hi there, Was looking at buying the new razor blade stealth. The model i want is $2200 AUD from the Australian store. On amazon america for the same model it costs 1399USD which is around 1750 AUD. Thats a 450 AUD price difference. Any idea how much it would cost overall to buy it from there...

I am looking for a powerful ultrabook for college, preferably under 1000€. It should be able to handle light gaming and have a long battery life. Current options: Asus Zenbook UX310UQ Campus edition Display: 33.8 cm (13.3") Full-HD WideView Matte (1920 x 1080), CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-7200U...

Hi all, need some help from people who know more than me about laptops! Basically I'm going travelling abroad and looking to replace my ageing laptop. I'm not quite going backpacking or anything but I *do* need a laptop that's very portable and has good battery life. So a sturdy build is pretty...

Hi all, Currently looking for a 15" ultrabook to replace my aging poorly specced MacBook Pro. Looking for an ultrabook with Minimum of a 1440P screen good battery 6hrs+ good GPU (GTX 1050 is preferable) minimum 512GB SSD minimum 8GB RAM i5 or i7 processors are preferable $2000 budget as well...

Ok so i Have a idea for a gaming and school hybrid. There idea is to get a ultrabook for school; something with good battery life ,a decent display for content creation and at least a 13.3 inch display (also is 8 gigs of ddr4 ram enough for content creation?). The reason I'm calling this a...