The Verge

APRIL 4, 2021

It’s a quiet laptop, and even under pressure, its fans weren’t loud enough for me to hear once. These are important things for any laptop to get right, let alone one that has a bunch of extra real estate that should be used to avoid flaws like these. Lastly, the large trackpad isn’t always good at palm rejection.

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The Verge

JULY 3, 2020

Unfortunately, for many who have been suddenly thrown into this situation, the best space they have to work is on a small laptop at a dining room table. If you’re used to working at a desk with a large monitor, having to do the same job on a laptop at a table can be frustratingly confining. Photography by Dan Seifert / The Verge.

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The Verge

MARCH 16, 2021

There are a lot of iPad keyboard cases out there that aim to turn Apple’s tablet into a laptop, but the Kensington StudioDock is something altogether different: it turns your iPad Pro into the world’s tiniest iMac. I’m reminded of a recent New Yorker cover showing a woman at home with her laptop precariously perched on a pile of books.

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The Verge

APRIL 20, 2021

Microsoft’s newest Surface Laptop brings better battery life and a better chip On paper, the Surface Laptop 4 is a Surface Laptop 3 with better chips. Sure, there are differences here and there: the Laptop 4 is ever-so-slightly thinner, and there’s a new “Ice Blue” color option. The big changes are on the inside.

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The Verge

AUGUST 21, 2020

Both keyboards are designed to do the same thing: turn your Surface device into a traditional clamshell laptop. The hinges are stiff, so the tablet doesn’t move when you touch it or are using it on an unstable platform such as your lap, and they allow you to close it all up just like you would a standard laptop and throw it in your bag.

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The Verge

JULY 17, 2020

But compared to many other laptops available today, it’s really heavy — it’s about five and a half pounds. Some folks might enjoy hefting a five-and-a-half-pound laptop around the house or in their backpack during the day. inches, the XPS 17 is smaller than many laptops in its class. It looks and feels like a very nice laptop.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

We’ve got the best cheap laptop for you, no matter your budget. The best cheap laptops for video editing, gaming, and more If you’re shopping for the best cheap laptop of 2021, the question to ask is: what’s most important, and what are you willing to sacrifice? Our pick for the best cheap laptop of 2021 is the HP Envy x360 13.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The leather looks and feels great, and Nomad has been pretty thoughtful about some of the details, like the hidden magnetic snaps that keep the case shut or the small cutout on the side that allows for accessing the USB-C ports for charging or docking your laptop while it’s still in the case. Photography by Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 3, 2020

OLED panels — which made a name for themselves in high-end TVs but are growing more popular in laptops as well — can deliver a stunning picture compared to IPS LCD displays. But all those pixels suck up a heck of a lot of battery, and companies sometimes slap them on laptops that can’t fully fill their power needs. It’s just 2.65

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The Verge

JULY 8, 2020

But today, I’ve been trying out a different approach: using an aftermarket lens from Moment to improve my laptop’s existing webcam, rather than replacing it entirely. You secure the mount to a laptop with a screw on its back. The Moment Webcam Set , which I’ve been testing, is a $77.98 Installation is simple. It’s also a little bulky.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 5, 2020

I’m not here to tell you that they are the future of computing or will replace your laptop for getting work done. This is a tablet you buy to watch video and read things, not to try to replace your laptop. Photography by Dan Seifert / The Verge. But I will tell you they are great entertainment devices.

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The Verge

MAY 12, 2021

Best Buy is hosting a one-day flash sale on a few items, and its small assortment of gaming laptops stood out from the rest. The Razer Blade 15 Base seems like a good midrange laptop with its hexa-core Intel Core i7-10750H processor, Nvidia’s GTX 1660 Ti graphics chip, and 16GB of RAM. Image: Razer.

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The Verge

AUGUST 29, 2020

A gaming laptop that doesn’t cut too many corners The Razer Blade Pro 17 is far from an Ultrabook. Like its smaller counterparts in the Blade line, the Pro 17 is chic and professional, lacking the bells and whistles you might expect to see on a large gaming laptop. Even among gaming laptops, that’s… well, not great.)

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

An unremarkable laptop with a remarkable chip AMD has started a laptop revolution. There’s no doubt about it: the Ryzen 4000 series has brought exceptional performance to midrange ultraportable laptops — performance that previously cost an arm and a leg. You can fold the laptop flat but not all the way around.

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The Verge

JULY 10, 2020

The best laptop under $1,000 This year’s HP Envy x360 is a big deal. It’s easily the best laptop under $1,000 that you can buy right now. AMD processors have mostly been fodder for budget and midrange laptops for the past few years. pen, though there’s no place on the laptop itself to store it when not in use.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Perfection, for a price I have used a heck of a lot of laptops in the past year, and some of them are quite nice. But I’ve never touched a consumer laptop as gorgeous as the Spectre x360 14. as tested) the Spectre x360 is easily my new favorite 2-in-1 laptop. With a starting MSRP of $1,299.99 ($1,589.99

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The Verge

MARCH 12, 2021

Functional but could be better This year, multiple companies primarily known for gaming laptops have been branching out into the portable business and productivity sector. The most appealing facets of the Summit-Series laptops are their look and build. I would expect more from a $1,249 laptop.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 4, 2020

It gets toasty, but it’s a better all-around gaming laptop than previous iterations If you’ve seen one Razer Blade laptop in the past few years, you’ve essentially seen them all. It’s easier to stick in a bag than most other hulking gaming laptops. On the CPU and RAM front, Razer’s laptop matches what’s inside of the Aero 15.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Today, we’re looking at the XPS 13 9310, Dell’s best-in-class 13-inch ultraportable laptop. It’s lustrous, sturdy, and just about the best build quality you’ll find in a laptop. percent screen-to-body ratio, which gives you more vertical space than most consumer laptops (which are 16:9). The new XPS 13 starts at $999.99.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

First, as Joanna Stern of the Wall Street Journal demonstrated , laptop webcams suck. For the past few years, computational photography has led to tremendous improvements when it comes to taking photos with your phone. The future of photography is code. There’s no way you’re going to look good with your computer.

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The Verge

JANUARY 29, 2021

The Asus ROG Flow X13 was one of the most-hyped announcements of CES 2021 , with good reason — how often do you see a 13-inch convertible gaming laptop, especially one that looks so cool? — Many reviews pointed out that the X13’s value proposition as a $3,000 gaming laptop is iffy outside of a fairly niche audience.

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Digital Trends

MARCH 14, 2021

Resizing an image is easy, and you have the tool right on your desktop or laptop. We show you how to resize an image on Windows 10 PCs, Macs, and Chromebooks.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

It’s still one of the absolute lightest clamshell laptops you can buy, and picking it up really messes with your mind. Many laptops of this size are now exclusively USB-C. Photography by Monica Chin. Like its predecessor , the smallest Galaxy Book 2 Pro is just 1.92 pounds and 0.44 inches thick.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 2, 2021

On a home-built desktop (Core i7-7700K, RTX 3060 Ti) and a 2017 Dell XPS 15 laptop (Core i7-7700HQ). Windows disqualified my 7th-gen laptop and forced me to do a clean install, though, so I did a dual-boot there.). On a 2019 Dell XPS 13 7390 laptop (Core i7-10710U). On a Lenovo ThinkPad T480 laptop (Core i5-8250U).

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The Verge

MAY 2, 2021

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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The Verge

AUGUST 18, 2020

Though Moment is best known for its mobile photography lenses , the company says that these bags are not designed to be camera bags, but are for everyday use. Inside, the bags have a variety of organizational features, including laptop and tablet sleeves, hidden pockets, key rings, and water bottle pockets. Photo: Moment.

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The Verge

JULY 3, 2020

A massive laptop you probably don’t need Seventeen! This laptop has a 17-inch screen. It’s very unusual to see a 17-inch laptop under four pounds — let alone under three. For that niche, though, this laptop tracks. For that niche, though, this laptop tracks. A laptop so light usually comes with major caveats. (I

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Choose your keyboard Not only is the Dell XPS 13 one of Dell’s best-known laptops, but it’s one of the best-known laptops, period. If you know anything about Windows laptops, you’ve probably heard its name. You can actually play a fair number of games on this laptop without needing to bump the resolution down.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Remarkable tech for a steep price This laptop was a pain in the neck to review. As is often the case with premium, convertible business laptops, there are about a million different configurations with a variety of processors and other specs. pounds, I do find this laptop a bit too heavy to use as a tablet. pounds (1.5

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

It’s made into more of a computer, able to do tasks that once were solely the domain of laptops. iPad things ought to involve using the same charger we use for our laptops. Photography by Dieter Bohn / The Verge. But the list of things we’re asking of our iPads as we are stuck at home is getting bigger.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

intriguing is the all-new ThinkPad X13s, which is the first laptop to feature the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 compute platform. pounds (1.06kg), it’s not quite comparable to the lightest ThinkPads we’ve ever seen, but it’s still quite light for a laptop. Photography by Monica Chin / The Verge. Some news that’s a bit more.

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The Verge

AUGUST 25, 2021

Photography by Monica Chin / The Verge. There is some irony in Microsoft pushing Chromebook users away from using Android apps on their laptops, as Windows 11 will have support for running Android apps. We’ve reached out to Microsoft to confirm this and will let you know if we hear back.

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The Verge

JULY 24, 2021

Genki is also touting that its app and the ShadowCast should appeal to people who casually use their laptops or desktops as a display for their game consoles. This method makes a lot more sense if you’re in, say, a hotel with just your laptop, or if you don’t own a dedicated TV and the biggest screen you’ve got is your desktop all-in-one.

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The Verge

MARCH 3, 2021

A lightweight laptop with a sky-high price The Vaio Z is, speaking pragmatically, a proof of concept. Vaio says the Z is the first laptop to use contoured carbon fiber, though the 2012 Gigabyte X11 also claims an all-carbon fiber build.). pounds, the Vaio Z is the lightest laptop to include an Intel H-Series chip.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The UX425 is light for a 14-inch laptop at 2.49 percent less power than most laptop displays do. This is a clever idea (how often do you see a number pad on a 14-inch laptop?) The ZenBook does ship with a dongle, but the thought of having to take up a precious USB-C port to plug headphones into a laptop just makes me sad.

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The Verge

JUNE 18, 2021

AMD helps bring OLED to the mainstream Seeing a laptop with an OLED screen at a sub-$1,000 price point is wild. But if there’s anyone I’d trust to make sub-$1,000 OLED happen, it’s Asus, one of the masters of affordable, portable laptops. Most unsurprisingly, the ZenBook 13 OLED dominated both of those laptops on battery life.

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The Verge

JUNE 14, 2021

If you’ve been waiting for a 13-inch laptop with the best display technology out there, Dell now has an option for you. Five hours is not great battery life, but it’s especially not great for an ultraportable laptop this close to the $2,000 mark. It’s certainly a dealbreaker for me, even if everything else about a laptop is perfect.

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