Is the tablet really killing the notebook or just becoming one? It’s no coincidence that Lenovo debuted two
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According to Peter Hortensius, senior vice president of Lenovo’s
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In fact, Hortensius argues that the
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In our in-depth
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You can also control the
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Modern computer monitors tend to be wide, and lines can stretch on and on. While you can increase the margin size (much like with a
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There are other tablets like that as well in our
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Windows 8 hasn’t been released yet, so it’s hard to say what the
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Android clearly comes at it from a different slant. It clearly is
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Recently, a self-described
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The extra
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But, that will likely change with the development of better applications, more powerful tablets (which hopefully doesn’t lead to more
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Would a manufacturer like
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The price aside, what would you think of a dual-screen
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