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

The Verge

The compromises exist, but the gist is that, for Google Docs work, Zoom calls, streaming, emailing, and other tasks that many students spend the day doing, the Swift 3 does the trick. At a $649 list price (it’s about $673 on Amazon at time of press), the question isn’t “Does the Acer Swift 3 laptop knock your socks off?”

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

The Verge

If you’re looking for an affordable Netflix machine, the Spin is a great candidate — especially given its movie-friendly 16:9 aspect ratio. I’ve been using the Spin as my primary work driver for a week, and I was able to get done most of the things I needed to — Google Docs for work, emailing, tweeting, etc.

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Acer’s Swift 3 is a solid laptop for students

The Verge

The compromises exist — I’ll get into them later — but the gist is that, for Google Docs work, Zoom calls, streaming, emailing, and other tasks that many students spend the day doing, the Swift 3 does the trick. The other hindrance is the 16:9 aspect ratio, which makes multitasking a pain. percent screen-to-body ratio.

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Alienware’s QD-OLED monitor sets a new standard for gaming displays

The Verge

But not every game plays nicely with the 21:9 aspect ratio. If you’re purely gaming, you may not need to make any adjustments to the color profile, but the out-of-the-box contrast and brightness settings were not suitable for simpler use cases, like using productivity apps — namely Gmail, Slack, or Google Docs.

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Live Blogging: 09NTC Mapping Your Social Media Strategy

Amy Sample Ward

Qui - for clients that are larger, we set up media citation reports (like a word doc with titles and links and relevant info about the mentions and how they should respond). assessed the conversation and they had a 58% negative blog/conversation ratio (used manual researching, icerocket, forumtracker, search.twitter, etc.),

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Acer Chromebook Spin 713: the Chromebook to buy

The Verge

Samsung’s Galaxy Chromebook, Asus’ Chromebook Flip C436, and many of last year’s top contenders like the Pixelbook Go all used a 16:9 aspect ratio — a more square 3:2 screen is taller and gives you significantly more vertical space. Two big factors set Acer’s Chromebook Spin 713 apart from the rest. The first is its 3:2 display.

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Lenovo Chromebook Duet review: this has no business costing so little

The Verge

The display does have a 16:10 aspect ratio, which I appreciate — and if you’re used to using 16:9 panels, you’ll notice the extra vertical space. Docs and Spotify each crashed once or twice, but it wasn’t a rampant problem. I still feel slightly less constricted on a 13-inch 16:9 screen, but it’s close.