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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?” percent screen-to-body ratio. The Swift 3 is 2.65

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LG’s latest Gram 17 makes a stellar case for 17-inch laptops

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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. The screen’s large size and 16:10 aspect ratio give content a lot of room to breathe.

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HP Envy x360 (2020) review: AMD wins again

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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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Acer’s Swift 5 (late 2020) puts the ‘ultra’ in ‘ultraportable’

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A lightweight laptop that doesn’t cut too many corners If you need a laptop that’s not just light, but among the lightest of the light, you’re looking for the 14-inch Acer Swift 5. I’m not sure how many people are catching diseases from their laptops to begin with, but I suppose it can’t hurt. Last year’s model had an 86.4

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Lenovo’s IdeaPad Slim 7 is a showcase for AMD’s exceptional new processor

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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. On the Better Battery profile, it lasted over 11 and a half hours.

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MSI Summit B15 review: average business

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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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Dell XPS 13 (late-2020) review: greatness, refined

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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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