QUESTION: Can you help me with the alphabet soup of buying a new laptop? What’s actually important to consider for a basic unit? ANSWER: It’s not hard to become overwhelmed by all of the specs thrown ...

For work, school, and play, it’s hard to beat the utility of a laptop. In the course of a day, you might use it to read the news, join a video call, schedule appointments, pay bills, hand in homework, ...

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At last: the laptop buyer's guide we wanted to write three months ago. You see, when it came time to publish our spring edition, Intel was on the cusp of releasing its fourth-generation Core ...

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Apple's new budget MacBook is bringing macOS to a lot of potentially new customers, but its certainly making some meaningful tradeoffs to hit such a low price.

We're not sure how many of you will be lucky enough to receive a spanking new notebook for the holidays, but just in case you've got one on your list (or are shopping for someone else), we've got a ...