Powerful small gaming laptop
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This base model of the Vapor 15 Pro carries an Intel i7-9750H with 16GB RAM and a Nvidia Geforce GTX 1660ti – a combo I would consider to be for a mid-tier gaming laptop, which are paired extremely well with the 1080p 144hz display. Sidenote, the display dims further when in Battery Saver mode. You might want to look at other options or consider a separate monitor if that’s a deal breaker for you. But for creatives, the display definitely falls short on colour accuracy. While the display is great for gaming, which is what it’s meant for, the brightness and contrast are just alright for general browsing and media consumption. Having a 144fps-capable display and achieving 144fps are two different things, but we’ll get to that later.
POWERFUL SMALL GAMING LAPTOP FULL
Level 51 was able to put in a 15.6-inch 144hz Full HD display into the Vapor 15 Pro – a fact that I was surprised to learn given the smaller form factor.
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As for the size, it barely measures 17 inches across and is 20.3 mm thin, so it wasn’t even cumbersome for me to carry it by hand, let alone in a backpack. Fun fact: it’s the lightest gaming laptop that goes up to a Nvidia Geforce RTX 2070. Weighing in at just 1.88 kg, it’s a laptop you can just have with you for day-to-day without it weighing you down. I mentioned its magnesium-alloy build – the material is why the entire laptop is so light. This design trend can actually be seen in other brands these days – straying away from the gaudy black-with-red-accent, a trend I wholeheartedly endorse. I personally love the more modest design that doesn’t scream GAMING LAPTOP from a mile away. You’ll be hard pressed to find a gaming laptop without any lighting, and this one has them under the keyboard and in a lightbar in front of the touchpad – Yes, they are customisable RGBs with a plethora of modes. The magnesium-alloy device is black and entirely matte-finished with the glossy logo subtly embossed on the top.
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I was not expecting a thin and light, minimal – almost boring-looking laptop. When I first heard, without context, that I was reviewing a gaming laptop, I was fully expecting the generic edgy chunky ones that you see all over the place. I’ll say it now: the Vapor 15 Pro really delivered. This device is actually a collaborative effort between Intel and several different brands to deliver a thin and light gaming laptop that’s unique from the rest. A brand that I’ve personally only been introduced to for this review – Level 51, specifically their new Vapor 15 Pro gaming laptop. Well, just to make your lives harder, I’m going to throw in another brand into the mix. Choosing a gaming laptop has never been easy, what with brands aggressively curating their devices to every tier in the market – Acer, Asus, Dell, you name it! So, there’s certainly no shortage of options to go around.