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AI is coming for the laptop class

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Enjoy the laptop lifestyle while it lasts, folks. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images My entire job takes place on my laptop. I write stories like this in Google Docs on my laptop. I coordinate with my editor in Slack on my laptop. I reach out to sources with Gmail and then interview them over Zoom, on my laptop.

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Asus ExpertBook B9450 review: lightweight, long-lasting work laptop

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Asus is touting it as the world’s lightest 14-inch commercial laptop, and it is light. That means the ExpertBook isn’t the longest-lasting business laptop I’ve ever tested (the $3,000 Dell Latitude still holds that crown), but it’s certainly in the hall of fame. Carrying it around, I felt like I was carrying nothing. My test unit is 2.19

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What’s the best student laptop? We asked students

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The Dell XPS 13 is one of the best laptops for high school and college students. Shopping for a laptop can be stressful — doubly stressful if you or your children will be learning online for the first time. Kids of different ages have a range of different laptop use cases and different needs. Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge.

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Acer Chromebook Spin 513 review: a chip off a new block

The Verge

I’m picky about touchpads, but this one is quite roomy, with a smooth Gorilla Glass surface — I’d choose it over plenty of touchpads I’ve used on multi-thousand dollar Windows laptops. But the Spin 513 has a quite nice 1920 x 1080 screen, which is as good of a resolution as you’ll ever see on any laptop at this price.

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Acer’s Swift 3 is a solid laptop for students

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A portable device with some compromises I recently surveyed a bunch of students about the most important aspects of a high school or college laptop. Because at $649 list price (it’s about $673 on Amazon at time of press), the question isn’t “Does this laptop knock your socks off?” It’s got a budget laptop look. The Swift 3 is 2.65

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Budget roundup: the latest lower-cost Windows and Chromebook systems

The Verge

If you’re now working at home, if your kids are now learning at home, if you’re just stuck at home and looking for a good computing experience, you may be in the market for a new laptop. What follows are reviews of a variety of laptops that you might want to consider for the use of yourself and your family. (It Acer Swift 3.

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Apple macOS 11 Big Sur review: a long time coming

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This is what the future of the Mac looks like Last week might’ve been the most important week of this year for consumer laptops. Apple announced its new M1 chip, which, if the company’s claims about performance gains are to be believed, could redefine our expectations for laptop processors. You don’t interact with Rosetta 2.

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