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Question from Corrine V.: I have a 5 year old HP laptop that won’t work anymore unless it’s plugged into a wall socket.
The battery charge indicator is stuck on 2% charge and it won’t charge any higher than that.
I thought laptop batteries were supposed to last longer than this.
Do you think I need to buy a new battery or could the charger maybe be bad?
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Question from Anita Q.: I’m planning to buy a new laptop to replace my OLD Gateway T-6815 after it finally bit the dust.
I was hoping to buy another Gateway since I had such good luck out of the old one, but I heard that Gateway is now out of business.
I’ve been asking around about recommendations for a different brand, and most people seem to like either Dell or HP. The problem is there doesn’t seem to be a consensus.
I’ve been following your blog for a while now and I really trust your judgment. Which is better in your opinion, Dell or HP?
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HP has always made great budget laptops, and their latest offerings are some of the best yet.
The prices of laptops with solid state storage have dropped so much that I now have difficulty recommending any PC that doesn’t have a solid state boot drive.
I recently had the opportunity to check out a new budget laptop from HP that’s just as affordable as a ChromeBook, yet has blazing fast solid state storage and runs Windows 10!
The lines between notebook computers and tablets are becoming more blurred by the day.
“Convertible laptops” can also be used as fully-functioning tablets, offering you the best of both computing worlds in a single device.
The HP Elitebook X360 1030 G2 13.3″ Flip Design Notebook (#ad) is one of the more powerful “convertible” notebooks on the market today.
Like other convertibles, you can either flip up the lid and use it like a traditional notebook PC or fold it all the way back and use it as a tablet. The choice is yours.
This little gem weighs in at a mere 2.8 pounds but it packs plenty of power into its relatively small frame. Here’s a quick run-down of what’s inside: [Read more…]
When it comes to laptops these days, thin is in – as in the thinner the better!
The problem is, as laptops become thinner, sacrifices must often be made in terms of performance, features and connectivity.
With their new Spectre 13.3 Ultrabook, HP has managed to create one of the thinnest laptops ever without sacrificing much of anything at all! [Read more…]