You might take your smartphone everywhere and use your tablet while lying in bed, but when it’s time to do serious work or have serious fun, you’ll need a laptop. Laptops offer physical keyboards for faster typing; they’re better at multitasking, and they offer a lot more power for everything from editing video and creating PowerPoint presentations to playing the latest games. So what type of laptop should you get?

There are a wide variety of sizes, features and prices, which makes choosing the right laptop a challenge. That’s why you need to figure out your needs. To make the right call, just follow these tips.

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