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ASUS Vivobook S 15 OLED BAPE Edition Review: Stealthy, Stylish, and Practical

The ASUS Vivobook S 15 OLED Bape Edition blends style and practicality in a 15-inch package that won't weigh your bag down.

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3 Reasons Why Chromebooks Are the Spiritual Successor to Netbooks

Many people consider netbooks a thing of the past, but they're still with us in the form of Chromebooks.

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Is a Netbook Worth Using in 2023?

Can you breathe life back into your aging netbook?

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One Mix 3S Yoga: Not the First Netbook, But Probably The Best

If you absolutely need maximum portability but want all the power you can get, this is a good buy, but the same money can buy you a much better laptop.

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Thought Netbooks Were Dead? The One Mix 2S Will Make You Think Again

The One Mix 2S has fantastic build quality, high specs, and is beautifully designed. It's let down only by the poor Wi-Fi and a steep learning curve keyboard.

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3 School Laptops You Shouldn't Buy for Any Reason

Do you want to ruin the back-to-school experience? Buy a cheap laptop and watch it fail. Can you afford that? You need performance, value, and reliability.

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13 Tech Purchases You'll Probably Regret

Buyer's remorse is the worst -- make sure you think extra hard about these purchases before you make them! If you don't, you may find yourself regretting it.

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Lenovo ThinkPad X131e Chromebook Review and Giveaway

Lenovo's ThinkPad laptops are known as being among the best Windows laptops you can buy; so when Lenovo released a ThinkPad-branded Chromebook, we were eager to see whether the ThinkPad branding was justified.

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5 Devices That Didn't Come With Android Which You Can Install It On

You can find Android running on unusual gadgets, and because of its open-source nature, hackers love to port it to different devices. Here are five devices that you may easily install Android on.

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What Is the Difference Between a Netbook, Notebook, Ultrabook, Laptop, and Palmtop?

The term "laptop" encompasses so many different types of laptops these days. Here are the important differences between them all.

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4 Reasons I'm Glad I Own A Netbook And Not A Tablet [Opinion]

A key argument is that tablets are killing the "netbook" market. I can see that: if you want a small device with great battery life for browsing the web it's hard to beat a tablet. I, however, am thrilled to own a netbook instead of a tablet. Am I crazy? Probably, but that's unrelated. Here's why I've no regrets with my netbook purchase.

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How to Install Android on Your Netbook or Laptop

Now you can install Android on your netbook or laptop with this simple and easy guide.

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Increase Your Resolution Beyond Monitor's Limit With newrez [Linux]

I'm sure that you've come across a computer like this, especially a laptop or netbook. The screen is decently large, but the low resolution doesn't seem to fit well with such a nice screen. Are you stuck with whatever the native resolution is? Apparently not, as there is a simple script that will take care of the problem and increase your resolution beyond what your system considers as normal!

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Use Chrome OS On Unsupported Computers With Chromium OS Lime

Like this idea of Chrome OS, but don't want to fork out money for a ChromeBook? Good news! Chromium Lime brings the Chrome OS experience to a huge number of laptops and netbooks, thanks to a wide variety of drivers added by developer Hexxeh.

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How To Use KDE's Netbook-Optimized Interface [Linux]

One of the major benefits of the Linux desktop is the ability to customize literally every aspect of your computing experience. If you want an ultralight and speedy desktop, you're covered. If you want a flashy, powerful desktop that you can show off to your friends, you're covered. KDE has plenty of customization features but did you know it offers an optimized desktop interface for netbooks?

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6 Must Have Programs for Your Laptop or Netbook

Laptops offer many advantages compared to desktop computers. Most importantly they are small and portable. The convenient hardware features of laptops, however, also imply a lot of limitations. In this article I will introduce you to a selection of applications that address these hardware limitations.

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SplashTop - A Free Operating System For Quick Internet Browsing

SplashTop, the company behind the instant-on operating system features of many current netbooks has recently released their Chromium-based complementary netbook OS for anyone to install. It's lightweight, with Chrome built-in, and is pretty darned fast. If you're already running Windows, perhaps it's worth taking a look as it's designed to run alongside and get you booted into an Internet-ready session in seconds. You'll also get the power of Chrome web apps.

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