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Toshiba Kirabook review: finally, a flagship Windows 8 laptop
Typically when I meet with a manufacturer to talk about new products, they're coy about mentioning their competitors. They refer to "our competition," or "other players," or "similar devices." Every... Read Full Review
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Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11 review: a netbook by another name
A few years ago, netbooks were small, light, inexpensive, often underpowered computers — and the word quickly became a pejorative term, to be used only with the greatest of disdain as you throw your netbook out the window. Then... Read Full Review
Priced At $799.00
Released December 2012
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HP Spectre XT TouchSmart review
Last September, HP introduced one of the most credible MacBook Air competitors we’d yet seen: the 13-inch Envy Spectre XT was thin, light, strong, and yet still comfortable to use, a rarity in a Windows ultrabook. Yet it also had... Read Full Review
Priced At $1,399.00
Released December 2012
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Chromebook Pixel review
"Disposable." When Eric Schmidt and Google first introduced Chrome OS, its operating system designed for desktop and laptop PCs, they kept using that word. Schmidt promised cheap devices that were essentially interchangeable —... Read Full Review
Priced At $1,299.00
Released February 2013
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Asus Taichi review (11.6-inch)
Since Windows 8's debut last October, PC manufacturers have all followed pretty much the same playbook. Build a laptop with a touchscreen? Check. A docking laptop / tablet hybrid? Check. A strange, hinged device that twists and... Read Full Review
Released 2012
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The best gaming laptop: we review the most powerful portable computers on the market
Traditionally, gamers have looked to hefty, monstrous machines with stylish designs — though some prefer the term “ostentatious” — for their portable gaming needs. Even as other laptops get thinner, lighter, and sexier,... Read Full Review
Priced At $2,499.99
Released September 2012
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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch review
When I reviewed the X1 Carbon, Lenovo's flagship ThinkPad laptop, I found few faults. It's an eye-catching computer that combines everything good about ThinkPads – great keyboard, sturdy design, solid performance — with a fit... Read Full Review
Priced At $1,499.00
Released Dec. 11, 2012
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HP Envy x2 review
The more Windows 8 devices I review, the more refined my idea of a perfect Windows PC becomes. A convertible device (a tablet and dock) makes the most sense for me, but I need full-blown Windows 8, not Windows RT and its lack of app... Read Full Review
Priced At $849.99
Released December 2012
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Lenovo ThinkPad Twist review
In ten years, it seems like everything's changed — but maybe things aren't so different after all. In 2002, Acer revealed a PC that was also a tablet, the TravelMate 100. The convertible device used a swiveling central hinge,... Read Full Review
Priced At $849.00
Released Oct. 26, 2012
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Acer Aspire M5 review: the affordable all-purpose ultrabook
Battlefield 3 on a power-sipping ultrabook? They said it couldn't be done. In March, however, Acer and Nvidia proved them wrong. Behind closed doors at the 2012 Game Developer's Conference, the sleek black 15.6-inch Acer Aspire... Read Full Review
Priced At $799.99
Released Oct. 26, 2012
