Laptop Buying Guide 2014: 9 Essential Tips

You might take your smartphone everywhere and use your tablet while lying in bed, but when it’s time to do serious work or have serious fun, you’ll need a laptop. Laptops offer physical keyboards for faster typing; they’re better at multitasking, and they offer a lot more power for everything from editing video and creating PowerPoint presentations to playing the latest games. So what type of laptop should you get?

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Best & Worst Laptop Brands 2014

When readers ask us (and they often do), “What laptop should I buy?”, most of them really mean, “Which brand name should I look for?” That’s a tough question to answer, because there are so many factors to consider. How did a company’s systems perform on our benchmark tests? How good is the company’s support? Are the company’s systems well made on both the inside and the outside?

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Acer announces new Aspire V Nitro series laptops

Today, Acer has announced 15-inch and 17-inch Aspire V Nitro series laptops. These laptops look slick and offer cutting edge performance for tackling things like photo and video editing or playing games and watching Blu-ray movies. For those looking for even more performance, Acer is also announcing a special Aspire V Nitro Black Edition.

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