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New laptops roundup, day one

This collection highlights new laptops from HP, Samsung, Lenovo, and Toshiba. Stay tuned tomorrow for roundups from other PC makers, including Dell, Acer, and Sony.

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Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of computers and gaming hardware. A New York native and former radio DJ, he's also a regular TV talking head and the author of "The Tetris Effect" (Hachette/PublicAffairs), a non-fiction gaming and business history book that has earned rave reviews from the New York Times, Fortune, LA Review of Books, and many other publications. "Upends the standard Silicon Valley, Steve Jobs/Mark Zuckerberg technology-creation myth... the story shines." -- The New York Times
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Keeping track of all the new laptop introductions made at CES can be a full-time job (at least it is for us). To help you find the coolest portable PCs, we've rounded many of this week's announcements up by brand, while at the same time highlighting our favorites.

This collection highlights choices from HP, Samsung, Lenovo, and Toshiba. Stay tuned tomorrow for roundups from other PC makers, including Dell, Acer, and Sony.

HP Pavilion dm1 (photos)

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Samsung 9 series (photos)

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Lenovo IdeaPad S100 and S205 (photos)

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