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Next, vio book, x2-02e. it will be smaller. just great for throwing in your bag. going to the library. coffee shop. you have a touch screen. and -- you have windows 8, the latest operating system. all for $450. >> this is a steal. >> this is one of my favorite ones. from lenovo, idea pad yoga, 11-s. super nice. touch screen. windows 8. really awesome thing about it. check this out. you can use it as a tablet. >> yes. it is a touch screen. prop it up. watch a movie. you can basically do whatever you want with it. >> essentially a tablet except that if you need the added bonus of a keyboard ther...

Welcome back. minding your business, the tech heavy nasdaq might be headed for a lower open after we learn that pc sales plummeted in the first three months of the year. taiwan based acer saw a decline. hewlett-packard pc shipments dropped 24%. overall, pc shipments, dropped. idc blames tablets for disrupting the pc markets and microsoft windows 8 getting a weak reception from customers. target reportedly renaming some sandals for sale on website. the sandals are called orina, russian ward for peaceful. problem is in spanish orina means urine. the sandals sold from a supply company brand has...

Wall street had the third record day in a row. this week. it is leading the charge with high tech companies. the dow starts today, 12 points higher, nearly a full percentage point, 14,802. the boost in tech stocks suggesting businesses are spending more on i.t. upgrades. >> a sharp drop in personal computer sales. despite microsoft's aggressive attempt to slow the trend. global sales of pcs dropped 14% during the first few months of the year. the steepest decline in 19 years. analysts thought microsoft's introduction of windows 8 operating system last year would shore up the market. but buyers...

In between, kind of hybrid things are a staple in a lot of people's houses. >> arthel: plenty americans love these and many are so running windows operating systems. how is the latest version holding up and are the newest devices, those thingies worth the investment? "consumer reports" puts them to the test in this latest issue of shop smart magazine. joining us with the results, carol, the associate web editor for shop smart and "consumer reports" on-line. hi. >> hi. >> rick: thanks for coming in. >> good to be back. >> rick: let me start, 'cause i misspoke in the tease. i called this a lapto...

>> rick: check this out. >> you flip the screen around. push it down. and you have now a tablet. >> rick: wow. very nice. >> not as light as a regular tablet. it's a little heftier. but the fact that you can do both kinds of work with this is just very compelling to me. i cooped of want one -- kind of want one of these. >> rick: while we're look at these -- >> how did you do that? >> arthel: i don't know how and i would like to stop it. it makes noise. >> rick: what do we like about it? 'cause a lot of people would wonder whether the apple operating system versus the windows operating system, ...