The camera features a hot-key-controlled physical shutter with an on-screen display. The HP Spectre x360 16-inch two-in-one Laptop PC is the world’s first laptop PC of its size with an integrated, intelligent 5 MP camera, according to HP. It has up to 19 hours of battery life based on typical device use, according to Microsoft. It has a high definition 1080p camera and cloud-class face tracker. Surface Laptop Studio combines the desktop-level CPU of Intel’s 11th-generation, quad-core processor and Nvidia RTX 3050 Ti GPU. It can transition from stage mode to laptop mode and an area underneath where the pen charges, according to Microsoft. The mics have advanced echo control and full duplex for noisy environments, and the PC has Microsoft’s first haptic trackpad. It takes elements from Surface Book and Surface Studio and has a 14.4-inch PixelSense display. One of the more exciting Surface devices Microsoft announced in September, the Surface Laptop Studio is “the most powerful Surface we’ve ever made,” according to Microsoft. Here are some of the Windows 11 PCs that have CRN excited. Microsoft has said that owners of Windows 10 laptops whose machines fit the specification requirements can upgrade to Windows 11 for free, eliminating the need for a new laptop.Ī recent report from Belgium-based IT asset management services provider Lansweeper, however, showed that more than 55 percent of workstations won’t automatically upgrade to Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 11 operating system due to the processing requirements.

“Lenovo tends to be the best for partners in terms of being partner friendly, so if a client doesn‘t have any preference we push any Lenovo systems,” Yeh said. Kelly Yeh, president of Chantilly, Va.-based Microsoft partner Phalanx Technology Group, told CRN in an interview that although his company tries to stay PC agnostic, Lenovo’s line of Windows 11 PCs has him excited.

“The new additions to the line look really good,” Goldstein said. Michael Goldstein, president and CEO of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Microsoft partner LAN Infotech - which is also a member of CRN’s Security 100 - told CRN in an interview that Microsoft’s own line of Windows 11 hardware, especially the Surface Pro X and Surface Duo 2, and the investment in improving the devices’ pens should entice buyers. HP, Lenovo, Dell, Acer, Samsung, Dynabook and, of course, Microsoft itself are some of the PC makers that have shown the more impressive offerings for Windows 11.

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