Items tagged with convertible
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Aaron Leong - Wed, Jan 31, 2024
BMW bean counters have finally relented—fans of the current BMW Z4 will be getting a pricier six-speed manual transmission option. It'll be part of a $3,500 package that also unlocks a couple of striking color options for the...
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Zak Killian - Thu, Jan 05, 2023
Given its stewardship of the ThinkBook brand and its origins at famously-stodgy IBM, one could assume that Lenovo is a prosaic company, but that's never been the case. At CES this year, Lenovo's debuting a hoard of hardware that really...
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Tim Sweezy - Mon, Aug 08, 2022
The Ford Mustang is one of the most iconic muscle cars of all time. Ringbrothers has taken a 1964.5 Mustang convertible and restored it to make any and all gear heads drool.
There is no mistake when you look into your rearview mirror...
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Rod Scher - Tue, Feb 05, 2019
On paper, the Lenovo Yoga C630 WOS (Windows on Snapdragon) laptop doesn't seem to stand out much, save for perhaps the somewhat unique system processor under its hood. Regardless, as an affordable, always-on, always-connected convertible PC with middle-of-the-road specs and benchmark scores...
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Shane McGlaun - Mon, Jan 08, 2018
HP is set to drop a very powerful convertible laptop on the masses at CES 2018. In fact, HP claims that the machine is the world's most powerful convertible PC, and we have no reason to doubt the company.
The Spectre x360 15 is available...
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Rob Williams - Tue, May 02, 2017
Remember when convertible notebooks were considered a luxury? That's especially true for convertibles that have four different modes: laptop, stand, tent, and tablet. It was also considered a luxury to have a notebook that could last more...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Apr 20, 2017
HP is not one to let the weeds grow under its feet, at least not when it comes to its Spectre x360 line. The company it has no problem changing things up in an effort to keep its premium ultraportable hip and trendy. Having already gone...
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Dave Altavilla - Tue, Feb 14, 2017
Dell's XPS 13 and 15 line of notebooks have done well for the company, sparked by a reinvention of the product line back in 2015. Since then, its design signature has reached iconic status for Round Rock, with the ultra-thin bezel of its...
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Chris Goetting - Wed, Jan 04, 2017
CES 2017 is just warming up, but already we have seen a ton of hot new products unleashed. Among these is Dell’s new XPS 13 2-in-1 convertible notebook, which first broke cover on Monday. Today, we had the pleasure of taking a closer look at this Infinity Edge’d stunner.
Dell’s XPS 13...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Apr 06, 2016
With the release of Windows 8, Microsoft effectively encouraged its hardware partners to think beyond the confines of traditional PC design, giving them the nudge they needed to introduce bold new products. Lenovo embraced the challenge...
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Dave Altavilla, Joshua Gulick - Fri, Mar 11, 2016
Update 4/26/2016: We've updated our battery life test suite for this review and have new more real-world metrics to share on page 6. It was just about this time last year that HP first took the wraps off its chic, convertible ultrabook, the original Spectre x360. Although the Spectre name...
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Ray Willington - Mon, Feb 29, 2016
The 2-in-1 and convertible PC space has changed significantly over the past couple of years. What was once a cluttered mess of kludges is now a well-defined market segment packed with refinement, power, and plenty of options. You could...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Jan 05, 2016
The era of laptops with crappy displays might be coming to an end. How so? The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas has turned into a launchpad for several new laptops and hybrids with high quality panels, and such is the case with...
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Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Dec 29, 2015
When Microsoft first launched its Surface line of products, it caused quite a stir in the mobile PC market. It may have taken a couple of iterations to get things dialed in to the point they are today, but simply entering the market with its own branded hardware put Microsoft in the position...
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Brandon Hill - Sat, Sep 12, 2015
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so Microsoft should be “elated” that the competition is coming to market with tablet design that look surprisingly similar to its Surface Pro 3. The iPad Pro was introduced earlier this...
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Joshua Gulick - Thu, Jul 23, 2015
It’s back-to-school season, which has traditionally been a good time to pick up a laptop or tablet at a decent price. Asus just released a low-cost Chromebook that is worth a look, but Windows users are getting some love, too. The Acer One...
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Ray Willington - Wed, Jul 01, 2015
For years, the notion of a tablet replacing one's laptop was a novel idea, but hardly feasible. Much has changed in recent times, with Microsoft going so far as to claim that its newest Surface units are indeed powerful enough to take the place of a bonafide laptop. It's that push that has...
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Brandon Hill - Fri, May 08, 2015
We were all hyped up about Lenovo’s latest LaVie Z series of tablets and convertibles, which both went on sale this week. After all, both models — first announced at CES — offer 13-inch QHD displays, a Core i7 processor, 8GB of RAM, and a...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Feb 16, 2015
It was a year ago this month that Sony sold its VAIO PC business to investment firm Japan Industrial Partners Inc., thus signaling a likely end to the VAIO brand in the U.S., at least on computers. Is that still the case? We're not sure...
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Marco Chiappetta - Thu, Nov 13, 2014
When Microsoft first released Windows 8, the company hoped that hardware manufacturers would get creative with form factors and customers would be enticed by the intriguing new PC designs. One of the clear leaders to emerge since Windows 8's launch is the Lenovo Yoga series of laptops, which fold in half to mimic tablets or can be used in...
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Joshua Gulick - Thu, Nov 13, 2014
When Microsoft first released Windows 8, the company hoped that hardware manufacturers would get creative with form factors and customers would be enticed by the intriguing new PC designs. One of the clear leaders to emerge since Windows 8's launch is the Lenovo Yoga series of laptops, which fold in half to mimic tablets or can be used in...
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Joshua Gulick - Tue, May 27, 2014
When it rains, it pours. Toshiba took the wraps off half a dozen refreshed and new mobile devices today, including convertible and detachable laptops, Windows tablets, and a bargain-basement Android tablet. The laptops will start dropping...
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