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Microsoft announces Surface Neo dual-screen tablet and Windows 10X

Microsoft Neo – a Windows folding tablet Update 2019-10-02 8:50 PM CST: I have added my personal opinions on the device and my speculation as to its future. These can be found...

HP Chromebook X360 12b and 14b with support for universal styluses (USI)

HP has updated their mid-range Chromebook line-up with the HP Chromebook X360...

The best small mini laptops (11.6 and 10 inch screens) available in 2020

These days the offer for thin, light and fast ultraportable laptops is...

Apple acknowledges issues with keyboard design on MacBook and MacBook Pro

Apple has now admitted to a design problem with the ‘butterfly mechanism’...

The One Mix Yoga is an ultra-compact 7-inch mini laptop

Ultra-mobile PCs (UMPCs) with 7-inch displays haven’t really taken the market by...

Dell Chromebook 5190 (2018 model) reviewed – what to expect

Dell introduced a new Chromebook — the Chromebook 5190 – which promises 10 hours of battery life and Android app support. Chromebooks are affordable laptops and a good choice for students and users with basic needs from a computer due to how easy they...
Acer Spin 1 SP111-32N review – premium build, average experience

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A few years ago netbooks were highly popular, as light, compact and inexpensive laptops you could easily lug around to school or work. They weren’t very well crafted though and didn’t perform that well either, so eventually faded away. These days there are still a...
Acer Switch 5 SW512-52 review – fast, fanless and affordable Windows tablet

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If you’re interested in the Microsoft Surface Pro, you should also check out the product covered in this article, the Acer Switch 5 SW512-52. Much like the Surface Pro, this one is a Windows tablet with a similar form-factor, a kick-stand on the back...
Asus Chromebook Flip C302CA review – an excellent premium 2-in-1 Chromebook

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This article is about the Asus Chromebook C302CA, still one of the best Chromebooks available in stores these days. Unlike most Chromebooks, this one is more expensive, selling for between $470 to $650 depending on the configuration you choose. And that’s because it’s nicer...
GPD WIN review – what to expect from the “laptop that fits in your pocket”

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Portable gaming has been a demand for quite some time now. I fact, since Nintendo’s release of the Game Boy, pretty much every console manufacturer has made a “portable” version of their machine in order to play games on the fly. For PC’s, the...
HP Spectre X2 with Core m3 CPU update: RealSense camera, Pen and how to update the LTE module

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Over a year ago, you might remember that I reviewed the Core m7 version of the HP Spectre x2. Overall, I was pretty pleased with what HP had to offer, but at the time it was slightly inferior to my old Surface Pro 3...
Nintendo Switch review, after getting to know it better

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Probably one of the hottest topics lately has been the Nintendo Switch. In case you’ve been living in a cave for the past few months, this is Nintendo’s latest portable console that just hit the shelves. What makes it unique is the ability to,...
HP Spectre X2 review – gets the looks and the performance, but…

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You might have heard me mention before that I am a proud owner of a Surface Pro 3. For years Microsoft has been the only one with a tablet that can actually replace your laptop. Many have tried to make something close with Atom...
The Lenovo Yoga Book Review: Beward of keybaord (typos intentional)

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The Lenovo Yoga Book made a lot of waves when it debuted earlier in September at IFA. It wowed all but the most jaded consumers and tech analysts alike; its design an inspiration of innovation in a market saturated with iterative products that talked...
Asus Transformer Mini T102HA review – an excellent miniaturized 2-in-1

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Many years ago the offer for 10-inch mini laptops was vast and netbooks were the thing everyone craved for, but then they grew unpopular with the rise of tablets and these days you can count the decent ultra-compact computers that run Windows on your...
Asus Transformer 3 T305CA preview – a sleek and fanless Kaby Lake tablet

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Asus launched an entire series of Windows 10 tablets earlier this year, and after I’ve shared with you my impressions on the Transformer 3 Pro T303UA in a previous article, I’m also going to cover the mid-ranger Transformer 3 T305CA in this post, with...
Asus Zenbook 3 UX390UAK (UX390UA series) review – is this THE ultraportable of this generation?

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A while ago Asus unveiled the Zenbook 3 UX390UA and I’ve mentioned my initial impressions and expectations in this article. In the meantime I’ve spent a few weeks with two different versions of this computer and I can now tell you what I actually...
Asus Transformer 3 Pro T303UA review – a beefed up alternative for the Microsoft Surface Pros

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There are a few kinds of 2-in-1s out there, and among them there’s this narrow niche of full-power Windows slates with 12-inchish screens and matching keyboard folios, a niche pioneered by the Microsoft Surfaces a few years ago. Unlike most other hybrids that are...
Asus Zenbook 3 UX390UA – impressions, expectations and prices

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It’s been a while since Asus actually released completely new ultraportables. Their Skylake models to date were actually upgrades of Broadwell and even Haswell chassis, but that’s going to change in the second part of 2016 with the newly announced Zenbook 3 and the...
Initial impressions on the Asus Transformer 3 Pro T303UA, Transformer 3 T305CA and Transformer Mini T102HA

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Aside from the Zenbook 3 ultraportable that we covered in a different post, inspired by the Apple Macbook, Asus also recently released a new series of Transformer tablets, which we’re going to talk about in this article. It’s been a while since we’ve seen...