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Before the Surface Laptop Studio: A brief history of notebooks easel-like hinges and pull-forward displays

Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop Studio is an unusual-looking convertible notebook. Sure, you can use it as a laptop or tablet, but its display doesn’t rotate 360 degrees until it’s behind the keyboard. Instead you pull the screen forward. Pull part way and you’ve got an easel that you can use to create digital artwork. Keep pulling […]

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HP Elite Folio is a convertible notebook with a pull-forward display

The HP Elite Folio is a business-class convertible PC that can be used in laptop or tablet modes. But unlike most current convertibles, that doesn’t mean it has a 360-degree hinge that allows the screen to flip all the way around until it’s back-to-back with the keyboard. Instead, the HP Elite Folio has a pull-forward […]