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ReviewsLaptopsMicrosoft’s Surface Laptop 4 Is Nearly Perfect
The Surface Laptop 3 was a special machine due to Microsoft’s decision to put an AMD processor in it for the first time. But the company has outdone itself with the smart improvements it’s made to the Surface Laptop 4, which has a more compelling price and better battery life, all while keeping key features … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsThe HP Envy 14 Sports a Taller Display and Webcam Shutter to Better Balance Work and Play
As the line between home and work continues to blur, HP has revamped its mainstream Envy 14 laptop with a fresh new design, which includes a taller display, a physical webcam shutter, and faster components to better balance play and productivity. By moving up from last year’s 13-inch chassis, the new Envy 14 is a … Continued
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ReviewsLaptopsIt’s Been a While Since an HP Laptop Felt This Competitive
You used to know a cheap HP laptop just by glancing at it. There’d be a lot of plastic painted to look like metal, and it’d probably be too thick. But the new HP Envy 13 is a shockingly good deal of a laptop. It looks good, it’s fast, and boy is it cheap. But … Continued
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ReviewsIt Is Kind of Shocking Who Is Doing Some of the Most Interesting Stuff in Laptops Right Now
There are things I associate HP with: printers, hyper-expensive ink for printers that threatened to ruin me that one time in college, and inexpensive enterprise computers. Oh, and very interesting laptop design? I know, it’s weird. Over the last few years, HP’s been crafting some of the most exciting laptops on the market. It’s taking … Continued
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Tech NewsHP Fixed Everything Wrong With Its Budget-Friendly Detachable Notebook
It’s hard to build a cheap two-in-one PC that doesn’t have something fundamentally wrong with it. Believe us, we’ve looked—lower end convertibles usually have bad screens, flimsy hinges or sell essential accessories separately. Then something like the new 10-inch HP Pavilion x2 comes along. It’s small, costs only $300 and, at first blush, seems to … Continued
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If You Call HP’s Laptop Hotline, You’ll Ring a Land Rover Dealership
I hope you aren’t too excited to reserve a new HP Envy today, because the number listed on their site is for Land Rover of Sudbury, a car dealership in Massachusetts. People will be confused today! I called up the people at Herb Chambers’ Land Rover Sudbury (who also sell Jaguars, mind you) and they’re … Continued
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HP’s Envy Notebooks Finally Look Great
HP’s Envy line of serious fun notebooks (as opposed to serious business, bleh!) have always been a bit on the tacky side. I hate to say it, but they looked like expensive toys. Now they’re grown up, in and out. The new Envy 15, 17, and yes, 3D models borrow heavily from Apple. It’s disappointing … Continued
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HP Pavilion dm1: A Netbook You Can Actually Use
By jumping ship to AMD Fusion guts for their Pavilion dm1 laptop, HP is in the vanguard of manufacturers turning out netbook-sized PCs with full notebook performance. That means 1080p video and DirectX 11 graphics on an 11.6-inch machine. The dm1 measures less than an inch thick and claims nearly ten hours of battery life—both … Continued
