Why You Can Trust CNET This fall's best new laptops, tablets and desktops
From slim hybrids to new processors to Apple's high-end iMac Pro, these are the computers and components we're excited about for the fall.
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Lenovo Yoga 720
Price: Starts at $650
Availability: October 2017
Outlook: Lenovo has managed to fit a 12-inch screen into roughly the same body as last year's 11.6-inch model. Updated features include pen support, a fingerprint reader and a USB-C/Thunderbolt port to drive an external display.
See more of our Fall Tech Preview here.
Dell XPS 13 (late 2017)
Price: Starts at $799
Availability: Mid-September
Outlook: One of the world's best 13.3-inch laptops gets new 8th-gen Intel Core i-series CPUs for what should be a big performance boost.
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming Edition
Price: Starts at $999
Availability: Fall
Outlook: One of our favorite budget gaming laptops gets a face-lift and a power boost just in time for your holiday gift list. This slightly slimmer version gets a GPU bump to the VR-ready Nvidia GTX 1060.
Razer Blade Pro (2017, Nvidia 1060)
Price: $2,299
Availability: September
Outlook: By cutting the resolution down to standard HD and knocking the GPU back to a still-excellent Nvidia GeForce 1060, one of the coolest-looking big-screen gaming laptops gets a serious price cut.
Asus ZenBook Flip 14
Price: About $1,000
Availability: Fall
Outlook: Asus claims the 13.9mm ZenBook Flip 14 (UX461) is the world's thinnest two-in-one laptop with discrete graphics. It packs a Nvidia GeForce MX150 card.
Apple iMac Pro
Price: $4,999
Availability: December 2017
Outlook: This 27-inch space gray workstation-class computer features a Retina 5K display, a pro-level Intel Xeon processor, AMD's Radeon Vega graphics and up to 128GB of RAM.
Acer Predator Orion 9000
Price: Starts at $2,000
Availability: December 2017
Outlook: This wild-looking gaming desktop can be configured to pack top-of-the-line everything, like an 18-core Intel Core i9 Extreme CPU, four-way Radeon RX Vega or dual GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GPUs, up to 128GB quad-channel DDR4 and so on.
Windows 10 Fall Creators Edition
Price: Free for Windows 10 owners
Availability: October 2017
Outlook: This late-year series of upgrades is aimed at content creators, with new photo- and video-editing tools, and support for a new generation of mixed reality headsets.
Mac OS High Sierra
Price: Free for current MacOS owners
Availability: December 2017
Outlook: New features coming to Macs via a free upgrade include support for external graphics cards, autoplay-video blocking and a new file system called APFS.
8th-gen Intel Core CPUs
Price: Built into laptops roughly $800 and up
Availability: September 2017
Outlook: These low-power chips are jumping from dual-core to quad-core, allowing for better multitasking, and they promise great support for 4K video and mixed-reality content.
iOS 11
Price: Free for compatible iOS owners
Availability: September
Outlook: Big changes include an expanded dock, better split-screen multitasking and an improved file system, something long-missing from iOS.
See more of our Fall Tech Preview here.
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