PC Magazine July 2017
PC Magazine July 2017 issue, we feature PCMag's eighth annual Fastest Mobile Networks report. Testers drove within and between 30 cities, running speed tests and collecting more than 124,000 network-speed data points. Find out which carrier leads the pack—and where. The results may surprise you! PC Magazine is America's #1 technology magazine, delivering authoritative, lab-based comparative reviews of technology products and services to more than 6.6 million professionals every issue. PC Magazine is the only publication with in-depth reviews and accurate, repeatable testing from PC Magazine Labs placed in the unique context of today's business technology landscape.
PC Magazine July 2017 issue, we feature PCMag's eighth annual Fastest Mobile Networks report. Testers drove within and between 30 cities, running speed tests and collecting more than 124,000 network-speed data points. Find out which carrier leads the pack—and where. The results may surprise you!
PC Magazine is America's #1 technology magazine, delivering authoritative, lab-based comparative reviews of technology products and services to more than 6.6 million professionals every issue. PC Magazine is the only publication with in-depth reviews and accurate, repeatable testing from PC Magazine Labs placed in the unique context of today's business technology landscape.
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BEST NEW MAINSTREAM/BUDGET LAPTOP<br />
OR 2-IN-1:<br />
Acer Spin 1<br />
The Spin 1 is a 2-in-1 rotating<br />
convertible that is all about the<br />
numbers: 1080p, 11.6-inch, 0.55-inch,<br />
$329. Well, it’s also about build quality. For<br />
a laptop this inexpensive, it impressed us with a<br />
nifty metal body. At a 0.55-inch thickness, this is a<br />
lean machine for such a low price, and it weighs just shy<br />
of 2.8 pounds. The 11.6-inch IPS (in-plane switching) panel<br />
provides fine viewing at any angle. The unit’s base specs are<br />
modest but in keeping with the price. Pentium or Celeron chips will be the<br />
order of the day, along with 4GB of RAM and eMMC storage (at 32GB, 64GB, or<br />
128GB). We’d estimate the $329 config would be a 4GB/Celeron/32GB model,<br />
but we’ll have to wait and see. You also get two USB 3.0 ports, plus an HDMI<br />
out. Availability by midyear was Acer’s latest projection.<br />
BEST NEW TABLET OR 2-IN-1:<br />
Asus ZenBook Flip S<br />
Asus Chairman Jonney Shih came out swinging with the first<br />
major laptop announcement of Computex <strong>2017</strong>: a wildly skinny<br />
2-in-1, 360-degree convertible. And the ZenBook Flip S<br />
features—surprise, surprise!—support for up to a Core i7 U-series<br />
processor. Why that matters: The chassis, Asus claims, is the<br />
thinnest of any Core-based 2-in-1. The rotating hinge on most<br />
convertible laptops of this kind make these machines thick by<br />
nature. Here, though, the laptop is just 10.9mm thick (well<br />
under half an inch!) and weighs just 2.4 pounds. It’s done<br />
up in milled aluminum and in a choice of blue or grey.<br />
<strong>PC</strong> MAGAZINE DIGITAL EDITION I SUBSCRIBE I JULY <strong>2017</strong>
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