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Acer Swift Edge is a 2.6 pound notebook with a 16 inch 4K OLED display and Ryzen 7 6000U

by Brad Linder Comments Off on Acer Swift Edge is a 2.6 pound notebook with a 16 inch 4K OLED display and Ryzen 7 6000U

The Acer Swift Edge is a premium thin and light notebook that weighs just 2.6 pounds and measures just over half an inch thick. But it has a big, high-resolution display and plenty of horsepower thanks a 16 inch, 3840 x 2400 pixel OLED screen and support for up to an AMD Ryzen 7 6800U or […]

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Lenovo Yoga Pro 13s Carbon coming soon (2.2 pound laptop)

by Brad Linder Comments Off on Lenovo Yoga Pro 13s Carbon coming soon (2.2 pound laptop)

This week Lenovo introduced half a dozen new laptops including the AMD-powered Lenovo Yoga 6 with a fabric-covered lid and a bunch of new Lenovo Yoga 7 series laptops and convertibles with more traditional designs. But the company’s not quite done — Lenovo posted shared a teaser for another thin and light Yoga-branded laptop on Chinese […]

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Dell Precision 5750 is a mobile workstation with a 17 inch display, thin and light design

by Brad Linder Comments Off on Dell Precision 5750 is a mobile workstation with a 17 inch display, thin and light design

Dell is refreshing its Precision line of mobile workstation PCs with a bunch of new laptops featuring the latest chips and updated design. But the most unusual is probably the new Dell Precision 5750. It’s a laptop that measures 14.7″ x 9.8″ x 0.5″ and which has a starting weight of 4.7 pounds. A few years ago, those […]

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Acer Swift 7 review: ultra-thin, ultra-light 14 inch laptop

by Brad Linder 3 Comments on 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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Exclusive: LG Gram 2019 laptops include 14 inch convertible, 17 inch thin-and-light

by Brad Linder 9 Comments on Exclusive: LG Gram 2019 laptops include 14 inch convertible, 17 inch thin-and-light

The LG Gram line of laptops is entering new territory in 2018. The new models are still thin and light laptops but LG is introducing its first convertible tablet-style model, as well as the first LG Gram laptop with a 17 inch display. LG hasn’t officially announced the new laptops yet, but a reliable source […]

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Asus updates its ROG Zephyrus S gaming laptop with slimmer design, faster CPU

by Brad Linder 2 Comments on Asus updates its ROG Zephyrus S gaming laptop with slimmer design, faster CPU

The Asus ROG Zephyrus S laptop was one of the most compact gaming laptops with a 15.6 inch display when it launched last year. Now Asus is making it smaller… and more powerful. The new 2018 ROG Zephyrus S features an Intel Core i7-8750H hexa-core processor, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or GTX 1070 Max-Q graphics, […]

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Lenovo IdeaPad U160 reviewed: Ultraportable desktop replacement?

by Brad Linder 1 Comment on Lenovo IdeaPad U160 reviewed: Ultraportable desktop replacement?

Over the last few years we’ve seen a lot of 11.6 inch laptops from major PC makers. Most of these new thin and light laptops have been budget machines that are designed to fill a niche between a low power netbook and a full-fledged laptop or desktop PC. They’re not usually designed as full-on desktop […]

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Fujitsu LifeBook PH520 thin and light laptop now shipping for $599

by Brad Linder 7 Comments on Fujitsu LifeBook PH520 thin and light laptop now shipping for $599

The Fujitsu LifeBook PH520 is a thin and light 11.6 inch notebook with an AMD processor. And like most Fujitsu notebooks, it’s a bit pricier than the competition. The Fujitsu PH520 was first introduced a few weeks ago, and now it’s available for purchase in the US for $599. That’s about $170 more than Amazon […]

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Acer Aspire 721 now shiping for $430

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Acer’s latest 11.6 inch thin and light laptop with an AMD chipset is now available for purchase. Amazon is selling the Acer Aspire One 721 for $429.99 plus free shipping. The laptop, which was introduced last month, features a 1.7GHz AMD Athlon II Neo processor and ATI Radeon HD 4225 graphics with 384MB of dedicated […]