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| | 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? The answers to all of these questions matter, especially as companies experiment more with laptop-tablet hybrids. That's why every year, we pit the biggest brands on the market against one another in the battle to end all battles, with the ultimate goal of telling you which companies deserve your hard-earned cash.  | | | |
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|  | | |  | | | Dell is jumping on the Chromebook bandwagon after Acer, HP and Samsung, but the company is hoping to stand out by focusing on students rather than all laptop shoppers. The textbook-size Dell Chromebook 11 puts Intel Haswell power and a great keyboard and touchpad into a gorgeous shell that students will love. At $299 (as configured; starting price $279), this Dell laptop is pricier than some competing Chromebooks, but overall, it's an excellent choice.  | | | |  | | | The market for competitively priced Windows 8 laptops keeps getting better. Case in point, ASUS' latest laptop, the $699 VivoBook V451L, features a touch-screen display along with a solid array of components, spearheaded by a Core i5 CPU, 4GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive with a 24GB SSD as a fast-booting sidekick. ASUS also throws in a DVD drive for those who still want to play (or burn) discs on the go.  | | | | | | |
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