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MSI GE76 Raider review: High-wattage RTX 3080 GPU for the win
The MSI GE76 Raider gaming laptop delivers blazing 155-watt GeForce RTX 3080 performance, with all the RGB your eyes can take.
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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano review: Lenovo drops the mic with its light, fast, and long-lasting ThinkPad
Weighing less than two pounds, the lightest ThinkPad yet hits the sweet spot between power and battery life.
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Razer Book 13 review: A slick laptop with a disappointing keyboard
We don't mind the Razer Book 13's higher price given its slick design and lack of bloatware, not to mention the solid overall performance. But the keyboard is surprisingly subpar, making it a harder sell.
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Asus ROG Flow X13 Review: This laptop breaks all the rules
The Asus ROG Flow X13 is the most powerful tiny laptop you can buy, thanks to its companion eGPU that adds graphics performance. This modular setup has a few compromises, but it's still a great choice for highly mobile users.
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Acer Swift 3X review: This lightweight laptop shows Intel’s Xe Max magic
The Acer Swift 3X is a great laptop for creators, but its value depends on whether your workloads benefit from Intel's Deep Link capabilities for its Xe Max graphics.
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HP Spectre x360 14 review: Luxurious, with long battery life
The HP Spectre x360 14 is the first of its family to sport a 3:2 display. It also delivers sizzling performance and great battery life.
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Gigabyte Aorus 17G Review: A real gaming laptop that’s amazingly quiet
The Gigabyte Aorus 17G gaming laptop looks like it should be loud, but it’s not. It brings awesome GeForce RTX 3080 performance with an arguably small sacrifice.
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Microsoft Surface Pro 7+ review: A giant leap in graphics performance
With the Microsoft's Surface Pro 7+, the best Windows tablet just got much, much better, thanks to its powerful CPU and graphics upgrades. It also offers an LTE option, better battery life and more.
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HP Spectre x360 15 review: A pretty screen that’s best on a desk
The HP Spectre x360 15 offers a beautiful 4K OLED screen and a slick design, but like many convertibles it struggles to stay cool, and the high-resolution display eats battery life.
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Porsche Design Acer Book RS review: This stylish, blazingly fast laptop lives up to its name
The Porsche Design Acer Book RS is a slim, light laptop that replaces the flash of its predecessor for sheer performance.
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Ryzen 5000 mobile review: AMD wins big in laptops
AMD’s new Ryzen 5000 is a powerful mobile CPU. We test it first in the Asus ROG FLow X13, a 13-inch, 3-pound convertible laptop that hammers competitors weighing twice as much.
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 mobile review: The fastest laptop GPU just arrived
Nvidia’s new GeForce RTX 30-series laptops offer very impressive graphics performance, even compared to some of the biggest and heaviest laptops around.
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Tested: How Apple’s M1 chip performs against Intel 11th-gen and AMD Ryzen 4000
We put the PC's best laptops against MacBook Pro M1 to see if Apple's new ARM chip really is all that.
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Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 7 review: Fast and affordable, with discrete graphics
The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 7 delivers performance and value in a slender shell, even if its battery life isn’t quite what we’d hoped.
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Acer Swift 5 (2020) review: This MacBook Air alternative plays Fortnite
The Acer Swift 5 is a MacBook Air alternative that plays Fortnite and other games.
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Up close with Nvidia’s Dynamic Boost feature for gaming laptops
Nvidia's Dynamic Boost can offer near double-digit performance gains by making the CPU and GPU get along
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Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 9310 review: Actual gaming chops in a tiny laptop
The Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 9310 gets Intel’s 11th gen Core i7-1165G7 chip, meaning gaming is actually conceivable on this sub-three-pound laptop.
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Gateway GWTN156-3BK review: A gaming laptop that lives a bit too loud
Gateway's GWTN156-3BK squeezes advanced 10th-gen Core CPU and RTX GPU parts into its $999 shell, but the noisy fans and meager storage detract from the experience.
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HP Pavilion x360 Convertible 14 review: A good laptop with better competition
The HP Pavilion x360 Convertible 14 (dw0097nr) is a competent 14-inch convertible PC, but subpar audio and middling performance hold it back.
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Acer Nitro 5 review: This budget gaming laptop keeps getting better
The Acer Nitro 5 should delight budget-minded gamers wIth a Ryzen 4000-series CPU on board, plus a revamped cooling system and an affordable price.
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Dell Latitude 7310 (2020) review: Tough, speedy and privacy-minded
The 13.3-inch Latitude 7310’s privacy screen and proximity sensor will foil nosey neighbors.
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Asus ZenBook Flip 13 review: A beautiful OLED laptop with one thing missing
Asus has officially killed the headset jack on its ZenBook Flip 13 laptop, one of the first to ship with Intel's new 11th-gen Tiger Lake processors.
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Acer Swift 3 review: Great features outweigh disappointing performance
Acer's Swift 3 nails the basics of a great laptop: a great keyboard, an excellent display, and superb battery life. Performance, though, holds it back.
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LG Ultra PC 17 review: A big, lightweight laptop with graphics pep
The LG Ultra, at 4.3 pounds, is surprisingly light for laptop with a 17-inch display and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 graphics card inside.
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Surface Laptop Go review: Microsoft delivers a decent budget PC
The Surface Laptop Go is Microsoft's most accessible Surface yet, a very good budget laptop that can compete against other midrange models. Even compromises like its fingerprint reader and a sub-1080p screen surprisingly work.
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Lenovo Flex 5 Chromebook review: An affordable 2-in-1 for school or work
The Lenovo Flex 5 Chromebook is an excellent value, but beware of subpar screen and speaker quality.
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Acer Aspire 5 review: Intel’s Ice Lake CPUs come to the budget Aspire line
The latest of Acer’s budget-minded Aspire 5 laptops is here, now with Ice Lake on board.
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Lenovo Flex 5G review: The first 5G laptop offers crazy battery life, as well as compromises
The Flex 5G is the one—and for now, only—laptop to tap into Verizon’s blazingly fast 5G speeds, but its Snapdragon 8cx processor will hold you back.
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Intel 11th-gen Core i7-1185G7 Tiger Lake Preview: It’s (mostly) faster than Ryzen
11th-gen Core i7-1186G7 vs. Ryzen 7 4800U: Who wins?
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Dell Latitude 9510 (2-in-1) review: 24-hour battery life, great audio sell this business laptop
The Dell Latitude 9510 2-in-1 delivers great performance, fantastic audio, and nearly all-day battery life inside an otherwise no-nonsense business notebook.
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Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 7 performance preview: The high-end Ryzen laptop we’ve been waiting for
There's no Thunderbolt 3, but the Leonovo IdeaPad Slim 7 and its Ryzen 7 4800U are about as fast as H-class Intel laptops for a whole lot less money.
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Why your laptop’s SD card reader might be terrible
We tested four modern laptop's SD card readers and found huge performance differences
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HP Envy x360 13: An affordable laptop with Ryzen 4000 and other perks
With its Ryzen 5 4500U, the HP Envy x360 13 gives you premium performance without the premium pricing
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Razer Blade Stealth (2020) review: A tiny gaming laptop with a big price
The 13-inch Razer Blade Stealth is both a fantastic work machine and a solid gaming machine—but it costs more than comparable models in both categories.
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Acer Spin 3 review: A solid $650 budget laptop with nice bonuses
Acer's Spin 3 (SP314-54N-58Q7) is a good budget laptop, with the bonuses of Thunderbolt and a nifty integrated stylus.
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XPG Xenia 15: This Intel-designed laptop is light and fast
The impressively light Xenia 15 offers stellar performance despite older parts
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HP Envy 17t review: Buy it for the huge 4K screen, not the performance
The HP Envy 17t gives you a huge 4K screen at a lower price than some rivals, but don't expect performance to match.
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Dell XPS 15 9500 Review: Buy this laptop instead of a MacBook Pro 16
Dell's totally redesigned XPS 15 9500 features a beautiful 4K screen, 10th gen 8-core Core i7, GeForce graphics and gets here just in time to press F for the MacBook Pro 16.
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Lenovo Chromebook Duet review: Redefining the small and cheap tablet
Don’t be fooled by the Lenovo Duet’s size: It’s an excellent Chromebook at a truly incredible price.
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Lenovo Yoga C640 review: The battery life blows us away
This Best Buy-exclusive version of the Lenovo Yoga C640-13IML may be saddled with a dual-core i3 processor and cramped storage, but it’s blessed with stellar battery life.
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Why this Acer Aspire 5 is usually the bestselling laptop on Amazon
With its AMD Ryzen 3 CPU, this Acer Aspire 5 laptop has a roomy display, a slim-and-trim chassis, solid everyday performance, and a sub-$350 price tag.
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Acer Predator Triton 500 review: A truly portable gaming powerhouse with 300Hz G-Sync
Portability, sleek design, overwhelming gaming power, a 300Hz G-Sync screen—you name it, and the Acer Predator Triton 500's got it. This laptop is something special.
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Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 GX550 review: Two screens and a whole lot of speed
The Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 GX550 is a dual-screen gaming laptop that packs an overclockable 8-core Core i9-10980HK, GeForce RTX 2080 Super, and lots more.
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MSI GS66 Stealth Review: Thin and small, with a 300Hz screen
The MSI GS66 Stealth gaming laptop packs a 10th gen Core i9-10980HK, GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q, and 300Hz screen into a surprisingly thin and light body.
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HP Chromebook x360 12b review: It’s affordable and good
The HP Chromebook x360 12b offers good design and quality where it counts, plus decent performance and solid battery life.
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Dynabook Portege X30L review: Comet Lake power in a featherweight shell
The barely-there Dynabook Portege X30L crams a Intel Comet Lake U-series CPU into a 1.8-pound shell.
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Lenovo Yoga C740 15 review: A budget-friendly convertible that’s a little clunky
The Lenovo Yoga C740 15 has a bright display and long battery life, and its performance is adequate for mainstream tasks. But 15-inch convertibles tend to be unwieldy, including this one.
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Microsoft Surface Book 3 review: The ‘ultimate laptop’ needs new ideas
Microsoft has upgraded its Surface Book 3 with new CPU and GPU options. But the PC industry is racing ahead of this once-innovative design.
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Microsoft Surface Go 2 review: A gorgeous, pricey tablet with a decent CPU
Microsoft's Surface Go 2 is a gorgeous Windows tablet that seems best suited for business travelers. It's expensive, however, and the optional keyboard is cramped.
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