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touch displays and reclining designs, but also lack the
muscle of the Envy 32. Last is the main non-Windows
option, the 27-inch Apple iMac. HP targets this AIO
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processing, spreadsheet work, web browsing, and video-
conferencing. The test generates a proprietary numeric
score; higher numbers are better.
PCMark 8, meanwhile, has a storage subtest that we use
to assess the speed of each AIO’s storage subsystem. This
also yields a proprietary numeric score; again, higher
numbers are better. (The iMac is excluded from these
Windows-based tests.)
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contenders don’t have an opportunity to stretch their
legs. All these AIOs are more than capable of meeting
these demands with no slowdown, and their snappy boot
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