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Built-in Tile is one of my favorite laptop features to ever exist

Tile and Intel are working together on enabling tracking features in laptops. After testing it out, it's quickly becoming a must-have feature.
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Lenovo IdeaPad Duet review: Great Chrome tablet at nice price

The Pixel Slate was Google's attempt at a Surface or iPad competitor. It failed. Can Lenovo's affordable alternative rise above?
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The best laptops for battery life

In this roundup, we consider one of the most important portability criteria, battery life, to help you find the laptop that will last the longest on a charge.
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Asus ZenBook Duo review: Two screens, four cores, and $1,500

The Asus ZenBook Duo takes great advantage of its ScreenPad 2.0, a second display that offers some real advantages to creative users and multitaskers.
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I’m a Windows fan for life, but here’s why the new MacBooks almost won me over

The Apple MacBook Pro 16 has such an excellent keyboard, touchpad, and speakers that sound so great, I'm almost tempted to switch from Windows to Mac.
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Asus Chromebook Flip C436 review: Chromebooks have grown up

The Asus Chromebook Flip C436 proves that Chrome OS 2-in-1s can be just as well-built as their Windows 10 alternatives. Plus, they can be just as fast.
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Dell Inspiron 15 7000 review: Powerful, affordable, and expandable

The Dell Inspiron 15 7000 specializes in upgradeability, letting you swap out the RAM and add up to two drives for more storage. Otherwise, it's just average.
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Acer ConceptD 9 review: Drawing easel, meet workstation

The ConceptD 9 is an innovative machine that's focused on creative professionals who need color accuracy and who will benefit from a Wacom pen and easel display.
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Everything you need to set up your new coronavirus-ready home office

The coronavirus is shuttering offices, and companies are trying to avoid lost productivity. Here's how to maintain that productivity while working from home
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This $700 laptop has Thunderbolt 3, and that’s great news for the future of PCs

Acer's new Swift 3 doesn't look like a stand-out laptop, but it has one unmistakable feature: A Thunderbolt 3 port, for a laptop that costs just $700. Here's why the new accessibility of Thunderbolt 3 is a great sign for the future of PCs.
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Lenovo’s new ThinkPad laptops offer choice of Intel or AMD hardware

Lenovo has updated numerous ThinkPad laptops with 10th-gen Intel vPro CPUs and AMD Ryzen Pro 4000 processors, marking an expansion of AMD options..
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Lenovo Yoga C940 15 vs. HP Spectre x360 15

Both the HP Spectre x360 15 and the Lenovo Yoga C940 are powerful 15-inch 2-in-1s that offer fast 45-watt, six-core CPUs and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 graphics. Both offer 2-in-1 flexibility with more power, appealing to creative types. But the HP wins out thanks to its spectacular AMOLED display.
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ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 2 vs. Dell XPS 15

The 15-inch laptop class is where you'll find the best combination of performance, display size, and relative portability. Two of the best options are the Dell XPS 15 and the ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 2, both of which offer fast Core i9 CPUs, GTX 1650 graphics, and AMOLED displays. Which is best?
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5G laptops finally made their big splash at CES 2020. But will it matter?

It hasn't been that long that we've enjoyed fast 4G LTE connections on our laptops. Even so, there's a new sheriff in town: 5G laptops are starting to arrive that promise even faster mobile connectivity with a host of additional benefits. It won't be too long before your mobile office can be anywhere.
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Are laptops with a 16:9 aspect ratio on their way out?

For a decade or so, PC displays have been produced in the 16:9 aspect ratio that's great for watching video and not so great for anything else. Apple has been at 16:10 forever and Microsoft adopted 3:2 for its Surface line. With Dell using 16:10 displays in its 13-inch XPS laptops, is 16:9 on the way out?
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I tested a Wi-Fi 6 router and laptop together. Is it really that much faster?

Wi-Fi 6 offers significantly increased performance when both the router and device supports the latest Wi-Fi 6 protocols. In addition, it offers better network performance with many Wi-Fi 6 devices connected. The question remains, though. Is it worth buying into Wi-Fi 6 today? We set out to answer it.
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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 2 Review: The fastest Thinkpad ever

The ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 2 is well-named. It's a ThinkPad on the outside and a PC geek's dream laptop on the inside. It's incredibly fast and has a display that will please the most exacting creative professional, while sporting the things ThinkPad enthusiasts will love just as much.
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HP Spectre x360 13 (late 2019) review: Smaller, faster, and better in every way

The late 2019 version of the HP Spectre x360 13 is smaller than ever thanks to tiny bezels and a 90 percent screen-to-body ratio. It's also faster, offers a class-leading OLED display with incredible brightness, colors, and contrast, and it maintains the same excellent build quality as always.
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If you care about privacy and security, Brave should be your browser of choice

Chrome might be the default choice for most, but as security and privacy become increasingly important, some are looking for alternatives. Brave has finally come out of beta and been officially released, offering an interesting mix of security features.
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Lenovo Yoga C940 15 review: The do-it-all 2-in-1?

Lenovo's Yoga C940 15 seeks to bring big-time power to the 2-in-1 form factor. It succeeds in terms of processor performance, rivaling the fastest clamshell laptops with Intel's Core i9. The Nvidia GTX 1650 brings mid-range gaming, while battery life and display quality are concerns. It could be better.
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HP Pavilion x360 14 (2019) review

The HP Pavilion x360 14 provides a solid value in a budget 360-degree convertible 2-in-1. As reviewed, the Intel 8th-gen CPU provides average performance that's just fine for productivity use, and the option of upgrading to an Intel 10th-gen processor is a real plus. That's the version you'll want to buy.
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Lenovo ThinkPad X390 vs. Dell XPS 13

Lenovo updated its ThinkPad X-series -- the smaller version of its iconic business laptop -- with a new 13.3-inch version. The ThinkPad X390, therefore, joins the competitive ranks of modern 13-inch laptops. It comes up against the Dell XPS 13, the best small laptop around. Which is more worth your cash?
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Lenovo ThinkPad T490 review: A classic workhorse

The ThinkPad T490 is an excellent replacement for the venerable T480 as the line's workhorse laptop. It's fast enough for productivity work and can be upgrade to perform better at creative tasks and gaming, and it has excellent build quality and battery life. You can spend more on a ThinkPad, but why?
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Asus ZenBook 13 UX333 vs. Dell XPS 13

The 13-inch laptop market is more competitive than ever, with more and better options across the board. That's true for budget laptops like the ZenBook 13 UX333, and for more premium options like Dell's awesome XPS 13. Pitting these two laptops against each other might not seem fair, but read on.
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Asus ZenBook 13 UX333 vs. Apple MacBook Air

Asus has long produced some fine "budget" laptops in its ZenBook 13 300-series lineup. The latest ZenBook 13 UX333 is a little different, in that it not only offers great value, performance, and battery life, but also looks great. We matched it up against the Apple MacBook Air, renovated in late 2018.
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HP Chromebook 15 review: The bread and butter laptop

The HP Chromebook 15 is solidly build, looks good, and equips some fast components that keeps Chrome OS humming. It's keyboard leaves a little to be desired, but the touchpad and touch display make input and control a little easier. Battery life is also a plus, giving this laptop all-day performance.
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Asus ZenBook 15 UX534 review: Smaller, not better

The Asus ZenBook 15 UX534 is the company's latest to leverage tiny bezels to fit a larger display into a smaller chassis. It offers fast quad-core Intel 8th-gen CPU performance and solid casual gaming thanks to an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 CPU. But, battery life is disappointing and the display is average.
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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 4 review: So metal

Lenovo mixed things up with the ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 4, swapping out the usual magnesium alloy and carbon fiber chassis with aluminum. That makes the 360-degree 2-in-1 not only robust on paper thanks to its MIL-STD-810g testing, but also solid in hand. And it's still a ThinkPad on the inside.
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Microsoft Surface Book 2 13-inch review

The Surface Book 2 is one of the most powerful 13-inch laptops ever made, with amazing battery life, a high-resolution display, and great internal components. But against competitors like the Dell XPS 13 and HP Spectre x360, does it really justify its high starting price?
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Acer Swift 3 (2019) review

The Acer Swift 3 is a tweener laptop that’s not quite budget and not quite premium – and it feels and performs accordingly. It manages to hold its own, though, thanks to its discrete GPU that gives it some entry-level gaming and creative chops.
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Dell Inspiron 13 7000 2-in-1 Black Edition review

Dell's Inspiron 13 7000 2-in-1 Black Edition is aimed directly at laptop buyers who would love an XPS 13 2-in-1 but don't have the budget. It looks to offer a build quality, aesthetic, performance, and configuration that rivals the best at a significantly lower price. Did Dell succeed in its objectives?
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Dell Latitude 7400 2-in-1 review: The DeLorean of laptops

Dell’s Latitude 7400 2-in-1 is the world’s smallest 360-degree convertible with a 14-inch display. It’s made for business users, but consumers with fat wallets will like its features and battery life – and they won’t have to sacrifice performance along the way.
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Lenovo ThinkBook 13s review

The Lenovo ThinkBook 13s is intended to provide small and medium business users with just enough business features to woo them away from competing consumer offerings. Unfortunately, we don’t think it offers enough.
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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 7 review: Pure class

The 7th-gen Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon makes a number of changes to its predecessor. It's thinner and lighter, which brings some compromises in the keyboard and battery life, and it offers a wider range of displays including an excellent 4K option. Overall it's a solid update to an already great laptop.