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Is this $450 laptop from an unknown brand too good to be true?

Finding a good laptop under $500 was hard enough before RAMageddon. They nearly always had cheap hardware and underpowered, often outdated chips. That's what made the MacBook Neo so disruptive: It offered great build quality and good-enough performance starting at $599. Windows laptops couldn't touch it. Even though it's gone up to $699, it's still […]

Is this $450 laptop from an unknown brand too good to be true?

The Verge reports on Chuwi's $450 UniBook laptop, which boasts an aluminum build and a new Intel Wildcat Lake processor. Despite these appealing features, the article suggests that the laptop is not a good value for money, as it is too good to be true. The Verge points out that while the laptop has numerous ports, none are particularly high-quality, and the overall build quality and performance do not justify the price.

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