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Acer Chromebook Spin 713 2021 review: A supremely fast Chromebook

The Acer Chromebook Spin 713 is a fast and long-lasting Chrome OS 2-in-1 that's well worth consideration.
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HP 930 Creator Wireless Mouse review: Made for creators

The HP 930 Creator Wireless Mouse is highly customizable and ergonomic with excellent battery life.
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HP Elite Dragonfly Max review: A work-from-home dream machine

If you're a businessperson who lives on Zoom and has a serious budget, then the HP Elite Dragonfly Max is for you.
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Windows 11 first impressions: An exciting new era, controversies aside

Windows 11 is finally here, and it ushers in a new era for WIndows with a sweeping visual overhaul, new productivity features, and a new Microsoft Store app.
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Asus VivoBook Flip 14 (2021) review: A fast, cheap laptop

Buy the Asus VivoBook Flip 14 for its performance and price -- just don't pay too much attention to the display and build quality.
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HP Envy x360 15 (AMD) review: Creative performance for $1,000?

HP aimed at creators with the Envy x360 15 AMD but fell short on the display and ended up with a productivity powerhouse instead.
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HP Envy 14 (2021) review: Great laptop, but tread lightly

The HP Envy 14 is a great laptop for productivity users, but its display holds it back for creative types.
HP Elite Folio

HP Elite Folio Review: A new twist on the pull-forward 2-in-1

The Elite Folio is a different take on the 2-in-1, with a useful form factor and a comfortable vegan leather exterior.
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Lenovo ThinkBook 13s Gen 2 review: Solid performer at a sound price

The Lenovo ThinkBook 13s Gen 2 makes improvements in all the right places to better appeal to its small-business target.
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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga review: Old dog, meet new trick

The ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga stands out from the ThinkPad crowd with a unique look and feel, as well as solid 2-in-1 functionality.
Acer Aspire 5

Acer Aspire 5 (2021) review: Not easy on the eyes

The 2021 Acer Aspire 5 is slow, suffers from mediocre battery life, and has the worst display I've ever tested.
The back portion of the Microsoft Surface Laptop 4.

Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 review: Steps in the right direction

Microsoft has made some big gains to performance and battery life, making the Surface Laptop 4 the best in the line so far.
HP Elite C1030 Chromebook

HP Elite C1030 Chromebook review: Secure, manageable, and really expensive

The HP Elite C1030 Chromebook is one of the most secure and manageable Chrome OS laptops you can buy.
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Lenovo ThinkPad X12 Detachable review: The Surface Pro has met its match

The Lenovo ThinkPad X12 Detachable competes strongly against the industry's leading 2-in-1.
Dell XPS Desktop placed outdoors near some trees.

Dell XPS 8940 SE Desktop review: The do-it-all PC

Don’t let Dell’s XPS Desktop compact size and unassuming good looks fool you -- this home PC punches above its weight class, both literally and metaphorically.
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Acer Predator Triton 300 SE review: Small stature meets mighty gaming

The Acer Predator Triton 300 SE marks a new class of small 14-inch gaming laptops with RTX-level performance.
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Hands-on with Microsoft Mesh: I handed someone a whale shark, and it was awesome

Microsoft has unveiled Mesh, a cross-technology platform that lets app developers build persistent virtual environments. Thanks to Hololens, I tested it out.
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Lenovo ThinkPad C13 Yoga Chromebook review: Taking Chrome to work

The ThinkPad C13 Yoga Chromebook Enterprise is a solid alternative for large business looking for security and manageability.
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano review: This 2-pound ThinkPad is a winner

The ThinkPad X1 Nano is the smallest and lightest ThinkPad yet, and one of the best.
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Acer Swift 3X review: Intel’s Xe Max graphics make a surprising debut

The Acer Swift 3X leverages Intel's new discrete GPU, the Iris Xe Max, for impressive CPU performance.
The Lenovo Yoga 91 laptop with the screen showing a scene with lasers.

Lenovo Yoga 9i 14 Review: An excellent convertible with yesterday’s display

The Lenovo Yoga 9i 14 is a well-built convertible 2-in-1 with great performance and battery life that's held back only by its 16:9 display.
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HP Spectre x360 14 review: The convertible 2-in-1, perfected

The HP Spectre x360 14 makes good use of its 3:2 aspect ratio and OLED display, and it's well-built and performs well to boot.
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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold review: A foldable screen fever dream

The ThinkPad X1 Fold is the first of its kind -- a laptop with a foldable screen and removable keyboard. It's certainly unique, but is there more to it?
The Lenovo Yoga 7i 2-in-1 sitting on a desk.

Lenovo Yoga 7i Review: Too many compromises to be great

The Lenovo Yoga 7i is well-built and its CPU performs well for the money. But its GPU and battery life disappoint.
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Dell XPS 13 9310 Review: Tiger Lake perfects perfection

The XPS 13 9310 adds Tiger Lake's extra performance to what was already the best 13-inch laptop you can buy.
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Lenovo Yoga 9i 15: Maybe the fastest 2-in-1 you can buy

The Lenovo Yoga 9i is a rock-solid 2-in-1 with the performance you crave in a 15-inch laptop.
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Acer Swift 5 2020 review: Tiger Lake comes into its own

The Acer Swift 5 is redesigned for late 2020, with Intel's latest Tiger Lake update and some innovative new chassis technologies.
Asus ROG Swift monitor on a desk playing Destiny 2.

Asus ROG Swift 360Hz PG259QNR review: Only skill can save you now

Asus' ROG Swift 360Hz PG259QNR is a mind-bogglingly fast gaming monitor that gives you the assurance that your equipment is no longer holding you back.
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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 3: The same, only faster

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 3 improves on what was already one of the best 15-inch laptops you can buy.
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Windows 10’s October 2020 update is more than the sum of its parts

The Windows 10 October 2020 Update delivers some small, but refining changes to a nearly five-year-old operating system.
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Acer Spin 3 2020 hands-on review: More for the money

Acer's Spin 3 joins the taller design movement, and switches to an all-metal design. Does it make sense compared to other mid-range 2-in-1 devices?
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Dell Latitude 7410 Chromebook Enterprise review: For business use only

The Dell Latitude 7410 Chromebook Enterprise is made for large companies that need precise management, and that's reflected in the price.
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Microsoft Surface Laptop Go Review: A sensible compromise

The Surface Laptop Go is the latest entry to the Surface family, and it has almost everything you need to be your go-to laptop for productivity.
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HP Spectre x360 15 2020 review: Smaller, yet more powerful

The 2020 HP Spectre x360 15 lops off some bezel and becomes a much smaller and more nimble 15-inch 2-in-1.
Senior Editor, Computing

Luke Larsen is a Senior Editor at Digital Trends and manages all content covering laptops, Macs, monitors, PC hardware, and peripherals. Around here we call it “computing,” but here’s a good rule of thumb: If it’s a computer or something that plugs into a computer, you found your guy. Oh, and these days, AI too. So much AI.

After getting a degree in music from the University of Oregon, Luke started his career in media hoping to get into music journalism. But when the opportunity arose, he landed in tech and hasn’t looked back since. He has over a decade of tech journalism experience, first joining Digital Trends in 2017 as a native Portlander, happy to join a tech media company that called his city home. Before working at DT, he worked as Tech Editor at Paste Magazine for over four years and has bylines at publications such as IGN, TouchArcade (RIP), and The Oregonian.

In his years at Digital Trends so far, Luke has covered high-profile industry events such as CES, IFA, and Microsoft Build, delivering on-the-ground coverage, breaking news, and first-hand reporting. He’s hosted countless YouTube videos, made podcast appearances, and written over 600 articles.

Some of his earliest tech memories include learning HTML through his MySpace account and trying to play Baldur’s Gate II on his parents’ dusty old beige box. These days, his obsession with technology is in telling stories with tech — in finding the narratives that ebb and flow through both technological advancement and product design, trickling right on down to our day-to-day experience of it. He is convinced that we all spend too much of our time using technology and not enough time thinking about it — cue a healthy dose of navel-gazing and philosophizing.

When he’s not endlessly debating what the best laptop is, Luke spends his days being a dad and a husband. Oh, and when there’s time (which there isn’t), he’s an avid fiction writer, player of designer board games, and still occasionally makes some music.