PC Magazine - USA (2019-06)

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JBL UA True Wireless Flash $169.95 Llllm Pros: Powerful bass-forward but balanced audio performance. Solid mic clarity. Strong b ...

Beats Powerbeats Pro Review $249.95 Llllm Pros: Powerful audio performance with intense bass depth and bright highs. Strong EDWW ...

EDITOCHOICERS’ The Acer Chromebook 514 is an upscale Chromebook with a 14-inch screen. Priced higher than the Acer Chromebook 14 ...

METAL ALL THE WAY No ifs, ands, or plastics: The exterior of the Chromebook 514 is all aluminum. The lid and chassis are impress ...

TOP-NOTCH INPUT DEVICES The Chromebook 514’s keyboard is on the money for touch typing. The full-size keys have a light, springy ...

For silent input, my loaner Chromebook 514 has Acer’s optional touch display. Besides the obvious fun factor, touch adds practic ...

OLDER, BUT NOT OBSOLETE The breakneck pace of consumer-laptop technology makes the Intel Pentium N4200 processor in the &KUR ...

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This is an excellent result for a Chromebook, especially considering the Chromebook 514 has a large 14-inch display. The same ca ...

EDITOCHOICERS’ The HP Spectre x360 13 is the sort of 2-in-1 convertible laptop that turns the heads of people accustomed to the ...

WHAT’S CHANGED? The Spectre x360 is available in either 13-inch or 15- inch variants. Both have 360-degree hinges that let you c ...

That’s exactly what the company did. The new Spectre [LVLQFKWKLFNDQGZHLJKVSRXQGV² small enough increases th ...

Speaking of plugging in peripherals, one of the main problems with doing so is that the cord will almost always stick out of the ...

,¿QGWKH6SHFWUH[LQ¿QLWHO\PRUHDWWUDFWLYHWKDQ mainstream 2-in-1s such as the Dell Inspiron 13 7000. I even prefer it ...

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Alas, the Spectre x360 13’s touchpad is subpar. It’s far too twitchy out of the box, making accurate cursor movements all but im ...

Wireless connections include standard Bluetooth 5.0 and 802.11ac Wi-Fi. A gigabit LTE modem with dual SIM support is an optional ...

Thanks to the similar SSDs and CPUs in each of these machines, they all perform within a few hundred points of one another on th ...

We also run a custom Adobe Photoshop image-editing benchmark. Using an early 2018 release of the Creative Cloud version of Photo ...