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… In other words, it’s fast, though better on synthetic benchmarks than with real-world transfers. …
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Work, play, repeat. This ThinkPad can handle it.
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This Asus gaming laptop isn't what gamers need
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I put this Asus laptop for creative work and it surprised me in every way
… Foundry / Matthew Smith Now we move on to 3D benchmarks, which shifts attention away from the CPU cores and to the integrated Radeon 8060S GPU. …
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