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First look: One Mix 3 Yoga mini laptop with 8.4 inch display, Intel Amber Lake

by Brad Linder 35 Comments on First look: One Mix 3 Yoga mini laptop with 8.4 inch display, Intel Amber Lake

This is shaping up to be a busy year for mini-laptops, with new models coming from GPD, Chuwi, and One Netbook. The One Mix 3 Yoga is the first out of the gate, and it’s a little laptop with an 8.4 inch touchscreen display, a 360-degree hinge, and Intel Amber Lake processor. It went up […]

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HP EliteBook 1050 is a 4.5 pound, 15.6 inch business laptop with Coffee Lake-H and NVIDIA graphics

by Brad Linder 2 Comments on HP EliteBook 1050 is a 4.5 pound, 15.6 inch business laptop with Coffee Lake-H and NVIDIA graphics

Most of the new laptops and tablets HP is launching this spring are updates to existing products. The HP EliteBook 1050 G1 is something brand new (the G1 stands for 1st-gen, after all). This business-class notebook features a 15.6 inch display, support for up to an Intel Core i7-8850H hexa-core Coffee Lake processor, and NVIDIA […]

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Hands-on with Lenovo’s 2018 ThinkPad X1 Carbon, X1 Yoga, and X1 Tablet

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Lenovo is launching its 2018 line of ThinkPad X1 devices at the Consumer Electronics Show this week with three new models: the 2018 ThinkPad X1 Tablet, and the latest ThinkPad X1 Carbon and ThinkPad X1 Yoga laptops. They’re all premium thin-and-light machines designed for the business market and, unsurprisingly, they’re not cheap. Prices start at […]

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Hands-on with the Lenovo Miix 510 2-in-1 Windows tablet

by Brad Linder 23 Comments on Hands-on with the Lenovo Miix 510 2-in-1 Windows tablet

Lenovo is the latest company to launch a Microsoft Surface Pro clone… with a significantly low price tag. The Lenovo Miix 510 is a 12.2 inch tablet with a full HD display, a built-in kickstand, and a starting price of $600. And that price includes a detachable keyboard. Microsoft’s Surface Pro tablets have prices that start […]

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Hands-on with the Lenovo Yoga Book

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When details about Lenovo’s Yoga Book started to leak earlier this year it was clear that the laptop would feature a convertible tablet-style design. What wasn’t at all clear until Lenovo officially unveiled the Yoga Book in August was that the Yoga Book was unlike any convertible notebook you’ve ever seen before. That’s because it doesn’t […]

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Hands-on with Cube i6 Air 3G dual-boot Android/Windows tablet

by Brad Linder 24 Comments on Hands-on with Cube i6 Air 3G dual-boot Android/Windows tablet

A year ago it looked like dual-boot tablets and 2-in-1 notebooks that could switch between Android and Windows might be the next big thing… or at least a thing. But big companies that had introduced dual-OS solutions backed down from actually releasing those devices, reportedly due to pressure from Google and Microsoft. Now we’re starting to […]

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Hands-on with the HP Stream Mini, Pavilion Mini tiny desktops

by Brad Linder 7 Comments on Hands-on with the HP Stream Mini, Pavilion Mini tiny desktops

HP’s launching two tiny desktop computers this week. The HP Stream Mini is a little desktop with an Intel Celeron processor, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of solid state storage, and Windows 8.1, while the Pavilion Mini is a pricier model that features an Intel Pentium (or faster) processor, 4GB of RAM, and 500GB of storage. These little […]