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Final videos for December

Alright there's just one more video coming in December, so this is likely going to be the final update post of 2023!

Thursday 14th: Intel Meteor Lake preview

Intel's Meteor Lake launch date is public, and I've got a video ready as soon as it ends. That wasn't going to be the case though.

Between last week's BTS update and yesterday, my mind was changed and I had cancelled the video, as I thought it would be too boring.

I instead spent the time updating...

Videos for December 4th - 10th

Just one video this week, but it's a big one!

Tuesday 5th: Lenovo Legion 9 review

It's a massive review, just over 29 minutes long because there are so many different features to discuss. This will be the final review for 2023, but not the last video (hopefully).

Our Intel Meteor Lake laptop arrived a few hours ago, so hopefully I can have a 12th & 13th gen CPU comparison ready for the embargo on December 14th.

I've been given some numbers we shoul...

Videos for November 27th - December 3rd

Move over Black Friday, hello Cyber Monday 😅 here's what's happening this week:

Monday 27th: Gaming Laptop Awards 2023
Friday 1st: 5 tips to make your laptop last longer

We've been very busy over the last few days, mostly with keeping the deals site up to date with all the sales.

I also did the 2nd video of the year on the 2nd channel talking through all the deals available, maybe half the deals are still active but many have changed, ...

Videos for November 20th - 26th

Black Friday week is here! Which is what the companies selling stuff seem to be calling it at least. I'm still not sure how a single day has become an entire week, but here's what we've got coming this week:

Monday 20th: Ranking all 34 gaming laptops tested in 2023 with a tier list
Friday 24th: Top 5 best gaming laptops of 2023

I might also do a video on the 2nd channel on Friday covering the best deals that we've found as a bonus. I've never d...

BTS 24: Lenovo Event in Singapore, New Laptops & More!

Lenovo invited us to Singapore to check out some new gaming laptops and we also had a couple days off to check out the city.

Videos for November 13th - 19th

We're back to the regular 2 video schedule, here's what's on coming this week:

Tuesday 14th: Should You Buy A Gaming Laptop Now or Wait?
Friday 17th: Top 7 Tips for Buying a Gaming Laptop

The first video is ready to roll and I should finish the second one later today. Once that's done we'll get into the highly anticipated ranking video where we rank every laptop we tested, which will come out next week!

We got back from our Singapore trip...

Videos for November 6th - 12th

Alright so now this is the week of 1 video, not last week (see my comment on last weeks post to get caught up)

November 10th: The most popular gaming laptops you bought in 2023

This video analyzes all gaming laptop sales that were attributed to us from affiliate programs.

I think it's quite interesting as we can see trends, what CPUs/GPUs people are going for and which models are popular etc.

The reason for one video instead of two is we're heading to ...

Videos for October 30th - November 5th

There's just one video this week, as we'll be in Singapore next week and just have less time. Also there's just less to review this late in the year, so this video might be our final gaming laptop review of 2023!

October 31st: ASUS TUF A15 Review

I'm editing this at the moment, so it should be ready for tomorrow.

At this point I'm going to assume we're not getting the Legion 9i, at least in time for the end of year November round up content, as Lenovo still ...

Videos for October 23rd - 29th

So this is a little embarassing, I forgot to post this on Monday like normal because I usually have a weekly calendar reminder on my phone. I swapped from the Pixel 6 Pro to iPhone 15 Pro and forgot to move my calendar over, but that's all sorted now.. Anyway here's what's happening!

24th: Comparing all laptop & desktop GPUs (as you already know!)
27th: I Added a $3800 GPU to a $100 Laptop

The 2nd one is a bit of a fun/stupid eGPU video. 2023-10-24 23:30:06 +0000 UTC View Post

Videos for October 16th - 22nd

There are a couple of videos this week, but the schedule might change a bit as I'm waiting on confirmation from some sponsors.

17th: Apple MacBook Pro 14 Review
20th: The big 34 laptop & desktop GPU comparison

I don't expect the MacBook video to do very well, but I've used it for over 6 months now and figured it might be interesting to some. Otherwise the GPU comparison is the biggest project I've ever worked on, there's just a stupid amoun...

Videos for Octover 9th - 15th

We've got a couple of videos coming your way this week!

10th: Acer Helios 18 Review
13th: Is the MUX Switch Useless?

The 2nd video is the CASO testing I was talking about in Discord a few days ago. Basically a 25 game comparison with optimus on vs off to show that the difference is way smaller these days.

This week I'm planning on finishing a video on the MacBook Pro 14 for next week, as well as other general review work on the MSI GP68. ...

Videos for October 2nd - 8th

Another couple of videos coming up this week:

3rd: HP Victus Review (RTX 4050)
6th: Intel Core i7-13700H vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

The Victus review is done, but still a lot to do for the CPU comparison. The 26 games at 1080p and 1440p is complete, I worked through the weekend to get it done, so now it's just the CPU tests left.

I think it's going to be a big video because same laptop with each CPU means we can do things like thermals/battery...

Videos for September 25th - 30th

We've got a couple of videos coming up this week:

26th: Dell G16 Review
29th: Monthly Q&A

The YouTube community post going up asking for questions for the monthly Q&A is scheduled 24 hours or so before the Dell G16 review goes live, but you can get yours in through Discord in the #questions-for-qna-only channel.

I think this is the first time we've done a Q&A a month after the last one, the idea was that they could be a monthl...

Videos for September 18th - 24th

This is going to be more of a testing week, so just 1 video (definitely not because I played Starfield for 3 days).

19th: Lenovo Legion Slim 5 14" OLED Review

I'll spend Monday (today) finishing this review off, then after that I'll probably spend a day working on the Helios 18 for a future video.

There was originally going to be a 13700H vs 6800H comparison on Friday, but that's delayed as Lenovo never helped me out with getting the Intel based Slim 5i, so ...

Videos for September 11th - 17th

Back to a couple of videos this week, on the usual Tuesday and Friday:

12th: Alienware x16 Review
15th: The cheapest gaming laptop I could get for $400

The Alienware video is ready to go, I'll be starting on the second one today. Most of the data should already be collected though, as this is the laptop I used in a collab video a few months ago with the Just Josh channel: 2023-09-11 22:55:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Videos for September 4th - 10th

Just one video this week:

5th: XMG Neo 16 Review

This one took a lot of work and is a bit longer than normal due to covering air + water cooled tests. I was originally planning on a 13700H vs M2 Max (MSI Stealth 14 vs MacBook Pro 14) comparison for Friday, but in the end decided not to go ahead with it after the AMD one, would have been nicer if I had an i9, but at the end of the day I don't think there's enough interest to spend days on it.

Instead I'm work...

Videos for August 28th - September 3rd

We've got a couple videos coming this week:

29th: Q&A
1st: 7945HX3D vs 7945HX vs 13980HX in 25 games & apps

I won't be filming the Q&A until tomorrow, so if you have questions get them into Discord in the new #questions-for-qna-only channel.

The 7945HX3D testing is taking a long time. I already did 7945HX vs 13980HX in 25 games but it was 4-5 months ago, and I was able to get both laptops back in so refreshing all the results ...

Videos for August 21st - 27th

Here's what's happening this week!

22nd: Lenovo Legion Slim 5 Review
25th: ASUS TUF F15 Mini Review

I bought both of these laptops to cover. The Slim 5 is basically the popular Legion 5 from last year, but they added "Slim" into the name for some reason despite it not being slim at all. The TUF F15 is the same one I used in the ROG Ally vs Gaming laptop comparison, but it's also very popular on Amazon, so figured I'd find out why that's the cas...

Videos for August 14th - 20th

Here's whats coming up this week!

15th: MSI Stealth 14 Review
18th: Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Apple M2 Max - 14" Laptop CPU Comparison!

The MSI review is done, the CPU comparison is on hold while I wait for MATLAB support to get back to me regarding a benchmarking license for Apple M2. They only have native Apple silicon support in a new pre-release version that requires a license - the normal free trial can't use it. If they can't get it to me by mid-...

Videos for August 7th - 13th

I got back from LTX on Wednesday and had a break to recover from all the time zone changing, but I'm back and here's what's coming this week!

8th: RTX 4060 vs RTX 4070 Laptop Comparison
11th: Razer Blade 14 Review

I actually finished both of these before leaving on the trip so that there wouldn't be lots of pressure upon return, so here's what we're actually working on at the moment.

I'm working on a 14" laptop CPU comparison between the ...

LTX Wrap Up + Videos for August 1st - 6th

I just finished up at LTX, here's the update - but first, the videos coming this week:

1st: Nvidia RTX 2050 vs RTX 3050 Laptop Comparison
4th: ASUS Zephyrus G14 Review

As for LTX, well it was awesome and I had a great time.

Unfortunately for you, this means that I didn't really take enough random video on my phone to justify a dedicated video, but I'll upload random stuff along with this post that I did get.

Everything after the LMG...

Videos for July 24th - 30th @ LTX

Here are the two videos coming this week!

25th: ASUS ProArt Studiobook 16 OLED
28th: HP Omen Transcend 16 Review

The Studiobook overview video is sponsored content as it's not a gaming model.

I'm flying to Canada on Wednesday for LTX and will hopefully be able to get enough content for a short BTS video of the trip once I get back. I'll be gone for a full week, but pretty much 2 entire days will be eaten up by travel.

I honestly don...

Videos for July 17th - 23rd

Here's what's coming up this week!

18th: Lenovo Legion Slim 7i Review
21st: RTX 4070 vs RTX 4080 Laptop Comparison

The Legion review has been heavily requested, and now it's finally here! The 4070 vs 4080 comparison is quite interesting too. In many cases, it's actually worth spending more for the 4080 because the performance gap is just so big, as you'll see.

This week I'm working on the review of the HP Omen Transcend 16 for next week.<...

Videos for July 10th - 16th

We've got an extra video this week for 3 in total!

10th: 6800M Revisit
11th: Gigabyte G5 Review
14th: RTX 4070 vs RTX 4080 Laptop Comparison

The bonus video is because we had some sponsors want advertising around Prime day, but regardless I think it's still a great video.

We were able to get the RX 6800M 12GB back after 2 years for some retesting. The 6800M revisit tests 24 games at 4K, 1440p and 1080p and sees where i...

Videos for July 3rd - 9th

Here are the videos coming your way this week!

5th: ASUS Strix G16 Review
7th: RTX 4060 Laptop vs Desktop Comparison

Tuesday's video moves to Wednesday this week due to a sponsor requirement of not having an ad running over July 4th in the US.

I've spent pretty much all monday working on the 4060 comparison, it's actually super close because for the first time this generation, the laptop and desktop parts are using the same GPU die with s...

Videos for June 26th - July 2nd

Here are the videos coming your way this week!

27th: $700 ROG Ally vs $700 Gaming Laptop
30th: Top 5 BEST Gaming Laptops in 2023 (So Far)

After the Ally video with RTX 4090 mobile GPU last week, I figured it would be worth seeing how a gaming laptop for the same price compares to the Ally alone.

Otherwise we're about half way into the year, so it's time for a mid-year update talking about the good and bad laptops that we've tested so far ...

Videos for June 19th - 25th

The week is only just starting but it's already super busy! Here are the videos coming your way:

20th: Acer Helios Neo 16 Review
23rd: ASUS ROG Ally + RTX 4090 Mobile

I had originally only planned that one Ally video, as they wanted it back Monday (today, the courier literally just collected it!) but I instead worked all weekend to get another one done for next week.

This weeks Ally video focusses on the XG Mobile, and seeing how far we c...

Videos for June 12th - 18th

Hey everyone,

We have been getting back into the swing of things after Computex and are back into review mode! 

This weeks videos are:

13th: Lenovo LOQ 15 & 16 Review
16th: RTX 4080 vs RTX 4090 Laptop GPU Comparison

I know people have been pretty keen to see how the LOQ performs, so I hope you enjoy the review. It includes both the LOQ 15 and 16, so differences and similarities are all covered.

We started testing on ...

BTS 23: The Rest of Computex 2023 + Q&A

Here's everything else we got up to in Tapei last week during Computex, as well as some answers to questions we got in Discord!

Videos for June 5th - 11th

Hey everyone,

We're back from Taiwan and Computex! After an epic 13hr sleep last night, we're ready to get back into reviews!

This weeks videos are:

6th: Q&A with Hardware Unboxed
9th: RTX 4050 vs RTX 4060 Laptop Comparison

As you might recall, a few weeks ago I was down at Steve from HUBs place where we built a new desktop for me (https://www.yout...