It's true that thin and light laptops in recent years, like the MacBook Air, have changed the game for portability and performance — especially with the massive gains in the battery department.

The big difference between laptops and desktops is that the latter are, well, big. You need a desk or a table and accessories like a monitor, keyboard, and mouse to use them. But if you have a laptop ...

Most of the time, you're going to want to use your laptop when it's opened up: You've got full access to the keyboard and the trackpad as your input devices, as well as the attached display, which may ...

Laptops are great for moving your "office" around the house, but sometimes you want or need a little more on-screen real estate. Connecting a larger external monitor to your laptop can more than ...