ALLDOCUBE GT Book 15
ALLDOCUBE GT Book 15, the latest lightweight budget laptop, comes with a much larger screen and a few upgrades from its predecessor, the GT Book released last year. To be honest, it’s been a while since we’ve seen a decent-budget laptop like the GT Book series. The brand ALLDOCUBE is always one of the few manufacturers who know how to include the right set of configurations, as well as make acceptable compromises. Although you wouldn’t be satisfied with all the specs, it’s still hard to find a better option than the GT Book 15 under US $400, especially when it’s upgraded with a larger display and a full keyboard with a number block.
Design & 15.6″ display
The larger 15.6-inch laptop is impressively thin and lightweight with an aluminum and magnesium body. When I first opened and set up the laptop, the 15.6-inch 1080P IPS screen with narrow edges looked much more stunning than its predecessor. At this price range, the GT Book’s display may be the best option you can have. The big size of the IPS screen is especially suitable for desktop work, browsing, video conferencing, and entertainment like watching films. During the two weeks, I carried it around and used it for mobile office work. I was happy with the size that easily fits in my backpack, and the comfortable experience without visual fatigue even when working on my business trips.
And the delightful experience is also attributed to the compact full-size keyboard, which offers a similar typing experience to those mechanical keyboards. More keys allow for more comfortable finger movement, but for those who are not familiar with this compact layout, it may take some time to get used to it. For those who have to deal with numbers a lot, the numeric keypad can certainly alleviate a lot of pain if you have to carry a mobile PC.
The feedback at the fingertips when typing is light but clear. The operation panel where the keyboard is located is neat and aesthetic. The keyboard layout almost runs through the entire panel. Underneath the keyboard is a large touchpad, which responds fast without significant latency.
Although we had concerns about the lack of interfaces on this lightweight PC, it didn’t cause me any trouble in daily use. It is thin and light enough, but there are still multi-ports including HDMI, USB-A, USB TYPE-C, and a 3.5mm audio jack.
Peformance
The GT Book 15’s configuration is focused on power efficiency. The low power quad-core SoC from the jasper Lake series – Celeron N5100 is a widespread processor for inexpensive notebooks, running with clocks between 1.1 – 2.8 GHz and integrates a DirectX12-capable graphics adapter with 24EUs and up to 800MHz. The Celeron N5100 SoC’s cores are slower than in the 11th Core Series, but they are both manufactured in the same 10nm process, which gives the laptop’s SoC the same or even greater advantage in terms of power consumption. ALLDOCUBE also gives the laptop 12GB of large-capacity LPDDR4x RAM (dual-channel 2933MHz), which not just supports higher and more stable performance but also brings slightly lower power consumption compared to traditional laptops’ memory.
Apart from the 256GB SSD internal storage, the GT Book 15 supports expanding storage up to 128GB with a Micro SD, and mounting a 2.5-inch SATA drive up to 3TB inside.
Obviously, the laptop is not designed for gaming or heavily loaded applications. The integrated graphics (Intel UHD Graphics 600) supports video decoding at up to 4k 60fps and is possible for some light games, but the laptop is fully adequate for office work, and multitasking with browsing and 4K video playback. Since it uses the same performance specs as its predecessor, the GT Book 15 has almost the same performance as its predecessor. For more information about its stress tests and performance test, you can check the review I did here.
In addition, it’s noteworthy that the running noise was almost unperceivable, and it has a slightly better thermal design with a slightly larger body.
Double battery capacity
The battery is another significant upgrade to the GT Book 15. On top of its predecessor’s 5000mAh, the new GT Book surprisingly doubles the battery capacity to 10000 mAh, which gives it a working life of over 8.5 hours for a single charge. Under Power-saving mode, the lasting time could be even longer.
As we said before, ALLDOCUBE is a brand that you cannot ignore if you are looking for a full-sized decent laptop for an affordable price. The GT Book 15 is very likely to be another popular option for those who want a feature-packed laptop at a budget price.
If you are interested in the new GT Book as I do, you can learn more about the new laptop on their official website, or just click here on Amazon to buy it.
