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It’s back to school for Microsoft. Microsoft wants its laptops and software once again to have a prime place in the classroom, where it once held a stronghold until Google’s cheap, efficient Chromebooks came along. At its EDU event on Tuesday, Microsoft announced a new Surface laptop, along with some partner PCs, meant to help …

Now playing: Watch this: Acer announces a new beastly Predator 1:16 Acer’s annual global press conference was held, April 27 in New York. The recorded stream of the event is at at the top of this page, and a list of newly announced products is below. Acer makes a wide range of popular laptops, desktops, tablets and monitors, and is …

A few of the best tablets can cost over $1,000, if you include high-end accessories like a keyboards and stylus. But not everyone wants or needs all of that. Here are some of the best tablets that currently cost around $200. Some models on this list have seen price reductions in anticipation of their replacements, offering a bargain to those …

The most important feature for many laptop shoppers is battery life, and rightly so. We carry these devices to meetings, to class, on airplanes and even just from room to room at home. Maximizing time away from the power outlet keeps you mobile and lets you move around without lugging a power brick. Buying the best laptop Laptop buying guide …

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy Book tablet has its sight set on the Microsoft… 1:09 Samsung’s new Galaxy Book is a Windows 10 ($144 at Amazon) tablet that comes bundled with a stylus and keyboard case. Sound familiar? That’s because it’s a pretty common trend these days among two-in-one tablet PCs. The Lenovo Miix 510 and Acer Aspire Switch …

There’s no shortage of reasons to be paranoid in 2019, and Lenovo‘s refreshed lineup of ThinkPad business laptops, announced Sunday at MWC 2019, reflects our anxiety.  Andrew Hoyle/CNET After updating its premium ThinkPad X1 Carbon and X1 Yoga business laptops at CES in January, the company has now installed some premium security features across the remainder of its ThinkPad portfolio. In addition to standard enterprise fundamentals like …

Microsoft‘s Surface tablet PCs have come a long way since their 2012 launch, but the concept behind the design remains unchanged: A tablet that can convincingly double as a laptop. Both the hardware and the Windows OS had to mature, and it finally hit its stride with 2015’s Surface Pro 4. It instantly became the ideal that other PC makers …

Intel’s processors power the majority of laptops, but it doesn’t actually make laptops. That hasn’t stopped the chipmaker from patenting a design here and there. Among the company’s latest is a 2-in-1 laptop/tablet hybrid with a detachable curved display according to a design patent. The US Patent and Trademark Office granted the patent in November, but apparently it went noticed …

Google just made it a no-brainer for school districts to kick Apple and Microsoft to the curb. At the education technology conference Bett, the search giant announced two new Chromebooks from Acer and Asus that basically offer low-cost, secure alternatives to iPads and Windows notebooks in one device. Google has been pushing hard into the education market for the past …

Back at CES 2017, Acer announced a Chromebook built for heavy use day after day in schools. Now, it’s giving the same treatment to a Windows laptop — and it’s a convertible one to boot. The Acer TravelMate Spin B1 is an 11.6-inch laptop running Windows 10 Pro with 360-degree hinges letting students use it like a clamshell, a tablet …