Chromebooks – laptops that run on Google’s Chrome OS – sometimes get a bad rap because the initial offerings looked cheap, felt disposable and lacked speed. The Acer Chromebook 14 (CB3-431-C539) has none of these issues, thanks to its brushed metal lid and aluminum chassis that give it a sleek design, and translate to a great build quality.
HP’s Pavilion x360 2-in-1 convertible is offered in many flavors, and our review unit (14-dh2011nr) is designed for productivity-minded executives who need something portable....
The world’s smallest 14-inch ultra-thin laptop is finally updated for 2020. The Asus ZenBook 14 has always been our favorite since we first reviewed...
With a remarkably compact chassis and solid performance, the Asus ZenBook 14 has always been the laptop I’ve reviewed that I could easily buy for myself. Now, it gets newer components, but the priced hasn’t been adjusted upwards. We’re talking of Asus’s newest ZenBook 14 UX431FA-EH55 that now packs Intel’s 10th Gen CPU and puts a 14-inch display on a frame of a traditional 13-inch laptop, and its sexy utopia blue aluminum chassis is tested to military-grade durability.
The Lenovo Chromebook S330 has three redeeming features: It’s one of the most affordable Chromebooks on offer, it’s nicely designed, and it gets a great battery. But it’s also not very fast for use on complex tasks, and it functions rightly as a budget notebook.
The Chromebook Flip C434 is an exciting laptop, providing class-leading performance, and it’s by far the most exciting piece of hardware around. It runs fast enough for the usual OS tasks, it runs a long time on a single charge of the battery, and its sleek metallic design makes it easy to carry around in college and at work. That’s more than we always say about Chromebooks in this price range.
The Pavilion line has for years been HP’s consumer mid-range Swiss army knife, and the 15-eg2025nr fits right in; it’s not quite an ultraportable,...
The latest HP Pavilion x360 sits right at the edge of a premium laptop, boasting strong productivity performance, a comfortable keyboard, and a pair...