Geekom GeekBook X16 Pro review: A business laptop offering older but still potent Intel hardware to those working to a budget

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TechRadar Verdict

The Geekom GeekBook X16 Pro brings a big, bright 16-inch screen and a capable Intel Core Ultra 9 silicon to a laptop that wants to be judged by the costs of the big brands. Build quality feels solid, and the display is a genuine highlight, but the review unit highlights why a 100Whr battery will never be a retail option.

Pros

  • +Big screen
  • +Efficient processor
  • +A little USB Dock is included
  • +Keyboard has a numeric pad

Cons

  • -Zero memory upgrades
  • -Only one USB4 port (unlabelled)
  • -Second M.2 is 2230-sized
  • -Clunky touchpad

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Geekom GeekBook X16 Pro: 30-second review

Before we all get confused, and I well might be, Geekom is selling the GeekBook X16 Pro laptop series in the USA, but it most likely isn’t the model that they supplied me for review purposes.

According to Geekom’s own website, the retail hardware comes with either a Core Ultra 9 185H or a Core Ultra 5 125H CPU, both mobile chips from Intel’s 100 series stable.

These machines come with 32GB of LPDDR5X memory and 2TB of SSD storage, sport Arc graphics and AI Boost.

That’s a decent amount of power for a laptop, and to keep the 16-inch 2560 x 1600 resolution IPS panel running through a working day, it has a 77Wh battery inside.

My review hardware had the same Core Ultra 9 platform and screen, less RAM and storage, but more battery capacity. Apparently, this design went through some late changes, and considering how heavy the review machine was, many of these were positive changes.

The cost savings Geekom made to offer this laptop at the modest asking price of around $1350 mean there is only one USB4 port, the webcam is only 2MP, and the keyboard and touchpad aren’t the best quality.

How much those things impact you will depend on how you are likely to use it, but this laptop isn’t built to the level of a $2000 machine from Acer, Dell, HP or Lenovo.

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