I ordered this 15.6″ Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro laptop for my wife in December 2023 to replace her previous Samsung Galaxy Book Pro laptop (link). Unfortunately, a full cup of tea was spilled directly on her old laptop which resulted in the somewhat acrid smell of shorting electronics, followed...
Laptops
This sub-category details all the laptops I’ve owned since 2012.
ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 16
The ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 16 gaming laptop (2023 model G634JZ-XS96) is my current laptop as at the time of this writing. I purchased it from XoticPC in early June 2023, basically the day it became available there. Although ASUS generally have very good products at the high-end level,...
Sager NP9371V
The Sager NP9371V (based on the Clevo X370SNV-G) was technically the fifth gaming laptop I owned, although I only had it for a week or two. Purchased from XoticPC in April 2023, the Sager NP9371V was the first full sized 17.3″ laptop I had owned for personal use (although...
Sager NP8852N
The Sager NP8852N (based on the Clevo PD50PNN) was the fourth gaming laptop I owned. Purchased from XoticPC in April 2022, the Sager NP8852N was a 15.6″ laptop running an Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake i7-12700H 14 core / 20 thread processor (6 performance-cores and 8 efficient-cores) which ran...
Sager NP7879PQ-S
I ordered the Sager NP7879PQ-S (which is based on the Clevo NH77HPQ) from XoticPC in March 2022 as a replacement for my daughter’s Acer Nitro 5, which had basically died way sooner than it should have. The Sager NP7879PQ-S is a 17.3″ laptop running an Intel 11th Gen Tiger...
Samsung Galaxy Book Pro
I ordered the 15.6″ Samsung Galaxy Book Pro in ‘mystic blue’ for my wife in January 2022 as a replacement for her dying Lenovo LaVie which she had been using for over 6 years. Again, the intended use was general internet and media; this was not going to be...
Acer Nitro 5
I ordered the Acer Nitro 5 (model AN517-51-76V6) for my daughter in 2020 when schools moved to fully remote classes due to the pandemic. I figured if I was getting her a laptop, might as well make it a fairly decent gaming laptop. The Acer Nitro 5 had good...
Gigabyte Aero 14Wv7
The Gigabyte Aero 14Wv7 was the third gaming laptop I owned, and the first that wasn’t a Sager. Purchased from XoticPC in January 2017, the Gigabyte Aero 14Wv7 was a beautiful looking 14″ laptop running an Intel 7th Gen Kaby Lake i7-7700HQ quad core processor with Intel HM175 chipset,...
Lenovo LaVie Z
I ordered the 13″ Lenovo LaVie Z for my wife back in 2015, the intended primary use being internet and media – this was not a gaming machine, at least not for any games that demanded high graphic specs. My Mrs’ primary requirement was that it had to be...
Sager NP7338
The Sager NP7338 (based on the Clevo W230SS) was the second gaming laptop I owned, and it was solid machine. Purchased from XoticPC some time in 2014, the Sager NP7338 was a 13.3″ laptop running an Intel 4th Gen i7-4810MQ quad core processor with Intel 8 series HM87 chipset,...