The Acer Swift 3 line of laptops are thin, light, and designed to offer a good balance of performance, mobility, and price – and the latest version seems to very much deliver on that promise. The Acer Swift 3 (SF314-42-R9YN) is a 14 inch laptop that weighs less than 2.7 pounds, measures just over 0.6 inches thick […]
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GMK NucBox review – 2.4 inch mini PC with Intel Celeron J4125
There’s a new crop of tiny desktop computers that are small enough to hold in the palm of your hand. They all feature low-power Intel Gemini Lake processors, measure about 2.4″ x 2.4″ x 1.7″ and seem to be based on the same OEM design. But there are a few key differences between models, and […]
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Dell XPS 13 9300 review (13.4 inch thin and light laptop with Intel Ice Lake)
The Dell XPS 13 has been setting the standard for thin and light laptops for years — and the 2020 model is the smallest to date, measuring just 11.6″ x 7.8″ x 0.6″ and weighing just 2.64 pounds. Dell accomplished that by shrinking the bezel below the display to give the laptop a 91.5 percent […]
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Intel Frost Canyon NUC 10 review (with Intel Core i7-10710U Comet Lake)
Intel’s NUC computers are tiny desktop PCs that typically have laptop-class processors. But the thing about laptop processors is that some of them have gotten pretty good in recent years, offering desktop-class performance in some situations. For the past few weeks I’ve been using a new Intel NUC 10 mini PC with a Core i7-10710U […]
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Magic Ben MAG1 8.9 inch mini laptop review
It’s tricky to make a great mini-laptop. Want a super-small screen and a device that’s compact enough to fold up and put in your pocket? The you probably aren’t going to get a great keyboard. Need a keyboard that’s comfortable for touch-typing? Then you’ll likely get a larger display… and still not have room for […]
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Chuwi MiniBook 8 inch mini-laptop preview
The Chuwi MiniBook is a convertible mini-laptop with an 8 inch touchscreen display and a 360 degree hinge, a backlit keyboard, and a fingerprint sensor. It’s the first mini-laptop from Chuwi, a Chinese company that’s been selling cheap tablets, notebooks, and compact desktop computers for a few years. The folks at Chuwi sent me a […]
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Acer Swift 7 review: ultra-thin, ultra-light 14 inch laptop
Pick up the Acer Swift 7 (2019) laptop and you almost won’t believe that it is a laptop. It’s barely thicker than an iPhone, measuring just 9.95mm (0.4 inches thick). And weighing just 890 grams (a little under 2 pounds, it’s lighter than some hardcover books. Acer’s laptop has a 14 inch display, but it’s more […]
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One Mix 3 Yoga 8.4 inch mini laptop review
The One Netbook One Mix 3 Yoga is the smallest laptop I’ve ever used with a keyboard that’s comfortable enough to let me type at around 80 words per minute. Measuring about 8″ x 5.1″ x 0.6″ and weighing about 1.5 pounds, the little computer with an 8.4 inch display is small enough to slide […]
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Zotac ZBOX CI660 nano fanless mini PC review
The Zotac ZBOX CI660 nano is a small desktop computer with the guts of a decent laptop… but it outperforms most laptops I’ve tested in benchmarks despite the fact that it’s a fanless system that relies on passive cooling to keep its processor from overheating. Zotac has been selling fanless mini computers since the company first […]
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Topjoy Falcon 8 inch convertible laptop preview
Tiny laptops are having their moment… again. A decade after the rise and fall of netbooks and UMPCs, a crop of Chinese device makers is breathing new life into the idea of laptops with small screens and tiny keyboards. The TopJoy Falcon is the latest entry in the category. It borrows liberally from the design […]