Mossberg: Review of Toshiba’s new thin, light 4K laptop

Welcome to Mossberg, a weekly commentary and reviews column on The Verge and Re/code by veteran tech journalist Walt Mossberg, now an executive editor at The Verge and editor at large of Re/code.​

Now that Microsoft’s Windows 10 is here, hopes are running high among PC makers that their laptop sales, which have been declining or flat for years, can be revived.

At the same time, these hardware makers are hoping to nudge Windows users into the $1,000-plus category traditionally dominated by Apple, since margins are pretty thin on the more typical $600 laptops.

Many OEMs are relying on touchscreen designs that allow laptops to double as tablets, either via flip-around hinges or detachable screens. Microsoft itself is launching its...

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