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Dell XPS 15 (2020) review: new design, familiar problems

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percent screen-to-body ratio. The new XPS 15 has three USB-C ports as well as an SD-card reader, an audio jack, and a lock slot. Say hello to the 16:10 aspect ratio, another welcome addition to the XPS 15. Seeing it feels a bit like viewing a fancy OLED TV. No more USB-A, though it comes with a dongle. The keys are snappy.

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The best laptop you can buy

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Apple fixed the Air’s biggest problem — the keyboard — and upgraded to more modern processors. percent screen-to-body ratio with a bottom bezel of just 4.6mm. You’ll still want a discrete graphics card for serious gaming, but you’ll have no problem running lighter fare like Overwatch and Rocket League. It has a 91.5

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Sony Xperia 5 II review: the right tool for the right jobs

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The combination of Sony’s trademark 21:9 aspect ratio with a slightly smaller 6.1-inch The Xperia 5 II’s screen’s aspect ratio makes it hard to reach the top of the screen when using it one-handed, but you get a lot more useful screen real estate across many apps like Twitter or Gmail.

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Microsoft Surface Book 3 (15-inch) review: more power, more problems

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Microsoft is using the same nearly 4K display (3240 x 2160) from the Book 2 here, with the typical 3:2 aspect ratio found on Surface devices. This Surface Book detachable design has also caused issues in the past, with the Surface Book 2 experiencing a problem where the GPU would disappear and stop working.

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MSI Summit B15 review: average business

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Gen 1, one combination audio jack, one microSD reader, and one HDMI jack, in addition to the barrel-plug power port. Audio jack, HDMI, USB-C, USB-A, and power port on the left. Additionally, it uses a 16:9 aspect ratio, which is falling out of fashion among premium business laptops for a reason — it’s cramped for multitasking purposes.

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HP Envy x360 (2020) review: AMD wins again

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So if you’ll need to be working with Premiere Pro for video on the go, don’t buy this (at least until Adobe fixes that problem). A big part of that is the display: the 2020 Envy has an 88 percent screen-to-body ratio, compared to 79 percent on last year’s model. This is far from a deal-breaking problem, of course.

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Honor 50 review: lose a Huawei, gain a Google

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9 aspect ratio and a small centrally orientated hole-punch notch for the phone’s 32-megapixel selfie camera, which moderately curves around the left and right edges of the phone. I had no problems with performance during my time with the phone. Around front, the Honor 50 has a 6.57-inch inch 1080p OLED display, with a 19.5:9

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