This is the year to buy a new laptop

Like PC gaming, laptops were supposed to be on their way out by now. Bulkier and less flexible than tablets, they were meant to be obviated by a more streamlined hybrid beast: the 2-in-1 computer that’s both a laptop and a tablet. But here at CES 2015, what I see is not the demise, but the resurgence of the laptop, in all its glorious varieties. Gaming machines are roaring louder, business PCs are doing more with less power, and, well, have you seen Dell’s XPS 13 yet?

Every year brings iterative innovation and improvements, yes. What’s different about this one is that a confluence of events has built up into a bubbling tide of awesome that’s about to spill over the laptop market in 2015. Allow me to elaborate.

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