Toshiba Satellite Radius 12.

Say you've wanted a thin laptop with a metal chassis and a speedy solid state drive, like Apple'sMacBook Air . Say you've admired laptops that can fold over backwards into a tablet mode, like Lenovo's Yoga series .
The Radius 12 has all of those things in a single Windows 10 laptop that comes with a sixth-generation Intel Core i7 processor, 8GB of RAM, and a Technicolor-certified ultra high-definition 4K-resolution (3,840x2,160-pixel) touchscreen display. (That's more pixels than you'd find inApple's MacBook Pro with Retina display , and you don't get a touchscreen there.)
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The Toshiba Satellite Radius 12.Sean Hollister/CNET
And in the United States, you can get this laptop for an impressive $1,299. (UK and Australian pricing and availability haven't been announced yet.)
Plus, the Radius 12 has a forward-looking feature very few laptops have today: a face-recognizing camera that can automatically log you into Windows whenever you're sitting in front of your screen, with no need to type a password or PIN. No kidding -- Windows Hello is pretty convenient. It just doesn't work in bright light.
But you have plenty of choices in today's laptop market, and cramming a lot of hot new features into a computer doesn't necessarily make it great. If you want a portable, comfortable machine with long battery life and an excellent touchpad, this probably isn't it. The aluminum-clad Radius 12 is pretty rough around the edges, and generally feels a good bit flimsier than you should expect from a $1,000-plus machine.
And if you don't need a 4K touchscreen display, there are some great alternatives at or below the Radius 12's $1,299 price. For a touchscreen, I'd recommend the HP Spectre X360 , which can offer better battery life and build quality (but a slightly lower-res screen) for the same amount of money. You'd also do well with the Lenovo Yoga 900 , which starts at just $1,199. If you just need a standard laptop, there's also the Dell XPS 13 , where a similarly configured model with a 1080p, non-touch screen and far better battery life costs $1,099.
If you're willing to sacrifice cash and a few creature comforts for an incredibly lightweight machine, you may also want to check out the Lenovo LaVie Z or Microsoft's Surface Book , each of which start at $1,499. Of course, there's also always Apple's MacBook Pro line , which has long been our go-to recommendation for mobile workers due to superb construction, speed and solid battery life.

TOSHIBA SATELLITE RADIUS 12

Price as reviewed$1,299
Display size/resolution12.5-inch, 3,840x2,160 touch display
PC CPU2.5GHz Intel Core i7-6500U
PC Memory8GB DDR3 SDRAM 1600MHz
Graphics128MB (dedicated) Intel HD Graphics 520
Storage256GB SSD
Networking802.11ac wireless, Bluetooth 4.0
Operating systemWindows 10

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