Top 100 Tech of 2016: Best 2-in-1s & Tablets

2-in-1 Windows systems—tablets and laptops in one—saw explosive growth in 2016, while ordinary tablets plateaued big-time. We tested all the major players. These are the best to buy.

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Surface Book, Souped Up

Aside from its snazzy new all-in-one, Microsoft also added powerful new parts to its impressive Surface Book convertible laptop.

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The Art of Yoga

Lenovo's Yoga Book (Android) jolts the tablet market by combining a flat keyboard with a Wacom panel for sketching and scribbling in an 0.38-inch-thin hybrid design.

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One Mighty Fine Mini

It's no computing powerhouse. But Asus' compact Transformer Mini detachable packs slick design, a few high-end features, and epic battery life into an under-0 package.

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The Best Convertible Tablets, Tested and Ranked

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Our Verdict: It's certainly no computing powerhouse. But Asus' compact detachable brings premium design, a few surprisingly high-end features, and epic battery life to a price point that's a fraction of what you'd pay for a Surface Pro 4.

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Our Verdict: The screen's better. So's the keyboard, and the pen. With the Pro 4, Microsoft's flagship tablet is now an unqualified win for those seeking both a powerful Win 10 slate and a serviceable laptop. (Just note: The keyboard still costs extra, and it's essential.)

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Our Verdict: Acer delivers flexible tablet/laptop/presentation productivity—and takes on the best-selling Asus Transformer Book T100—with a dazzling detachable hybrid for 9.

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Our Verdict: The people who brought you the netbook bring you its 2013 equivalent—a 9 mini laptop/detachable tablet with a 10.1-inch touch screen and 11-hour battery life. With Windows 8.1 and Microsoft Office preinstalled, it shoots to the top of our list of tablet values.

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Our Verdict: With its light weight, superb battery life, excellent keyboard, and pen input, the ThinkPad Tablet 2 is the best productivity tablet we've tested. Just know that its performance is adequate only for typical office, Web, and communications functions.

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Our Verdict: Apple may be playing catch-up, issuing its first oversize tablet, but the iPad Pro cuts no corners: It's a fittingly luxurious take on the form.

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Our Verdict: Asus' impressively thin 2-in-1 looks and feels great and starts at just $699 (with an upscale model at $899). But battery life is short for a Core M device, and the 12.5-inch screen makes a slightly unwieldy tablet.

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Our Verdict: The Dell Latitude 13 7000 (a.k.a. Latitude 7350) makes a better laptop than tablet, but this 13.3-inch detachable's gorgeous 1080p display, excellent keyboard, and epic battery life won us over.

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Our Verdict: The 11.6-inch sibling of Asus' popular 10.1-inch Transformer Book T100 offers a tempting 2-in-1 experience including a full keyboard dock with extra ports, a user-upgradable storage bay, and eight-hour battery life for $499.

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Our Verdict: With excellent battery life and a better-than-expected screen, the $299 Miix 310 is a solid extreme-budget 2-in-1 that rivals, but doesn't quite overtake, Atom-based competitors like Asus' Transformer Book T100 models.

Source: www.computershopper.com