RE: what up RE: 5th item FW: item: PCMag.com GreenTech Approved List

Howdy,

These are really good. Don’t worry about keywords for now. On the next batch it’d be helpful if you could include hyperlinks directly in the text.

One last thing. Please one more time send your address. Also, if you could invoice me for your articles every month it will helps us get you payment most efficiently.

Josh

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Josh Dorfman

Author & Television Host - The Lazy Environmentalist

Founder & CEO - Vivavi

Spokesperson - Brita's FilterForGood Campaign - reduce your plastic bottled water waste

Spokesperson - Green Works natural cleaning products

From: Barrett Brown [mailto:barriticus@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 5:04 PM
To: Josh Dorfman
Subject: Re: what up RE: 5th item FW: item: PCMag.com GreenTech Approved List

Howdy-

Never heard back from you on keywords, so here's that batch; let me know if you want me to add keywords to them.

Honda Insight – most affordable hybrid

Years ago, when the peaking SUV trend prompted a backlash from an increasingly eco-conscious public and automakers responded by making lots of cuddly promises about the greener, cleaner cars to come, many skeptical environmentalists assumed that they were just kidding. And, of course, many of them were. But the last couple of years have indeed seen a remarkable upswing in both the affordability and desirability of green vehicles as all of that R&D starts to pay off for those firms that were serious about developing cleaner cars.

Among those firms is Honda, which seems to have scored a hit with the 2010 Insight, itself a reincarnation of the original Insight that the company offered from 2000 to 2006. With a suggested retail price of about $20,000 for its LX model, Honda's latest take on the hybrid is the most affordable of its kind to date, comparing favorably in terms of price even with many lesser, gas-exclusive cars. It's also the cleanest mass market vehicle available in the U.S., with mileage recorded at 40 city and 43 highway. And it doesn't skimp on the little extras, either; the unique LED brake lights are widely touted on Honda's website for providing "maximum illumination," which one must admit is the best kind of illumination for a light to provide.

The biggest single boost to the new Insight's green viability comes by way of the company's integrated motor assist system, which works with the gasoline engine to provide electric power at optimal moments for, um, optimal efficiency. The Insight also makes use of an unusual feature called Eco Assist which tracks driver perfomance throughout a given ride in order to provide instant feedback regarding whether or not the driver in question is doing all of that driving in an energy-efficient manner; when the trip is over, the display provides an "Eco Score" rating the driver's performance. If there's a better way to get car owners with competitive personalities to slow down, we haven't heard of it.

2. Amazon Kindle and Kindle DX – helping folks go paperless

The extinction of print may not be inevitable, but it should be; the millenia-old practice of inscribing vegetable matter with information and then having hundreds of thousands of copies shipped here and there on trucks and planes is slow, costly, and ecologically unsound, but it's still the standard procedure.

Thankfully, it doesn't have to be your standard procedure. The information age alternatives to print have already brought the newspaper industry to its knees, and books appear to be next on the chopping block. This is due in large part to the efforts of Amazon, which took a gamble on the idea that book lovers would abandon their sweethearts in a heartbeat if something better came along. The Kindle, Amazon's utterly convenient wireless reading device, has proven itself to be that better something - all told, it beats out the book in every imaginable way. Though the Kindle is lighter and smaller than a book, it can hold well over a thousand of them in its memory. And the thousand books in question can be downloaded instantly, rather than having to be tracked down not-so-instantly. They're also quite a bit cheaper - even bestsellers and new releases go for about $10 off of Amazon via the Kindle, and most go for even less. Nor is one constrained by availability; Amazon has already digitized nearly 300,000 of the books it sells, and the company points out that of the 112 books to be found on the New York Times Bestseller List earlier this year, 109 were available on the Kindle. The little device can even read its content to you out loud, making it perfect for parents whose young children have poor taste in bedtime stories.

All in all, the Kindle makes a hell of a case for itself. I mean, I helped a little bit.

3. Iqua Vizor SUN Bluetooth Car Kit – interesting solar application

Although the company goes a little far in its promotional copy ("an Iqua handfree device feels like a natural extension of your senses and personality"), Iqua goes much further in making nifty wireless accessories of the sort that are actually useful. For instance, the firm takes an innovative approach to the whole talking-on-your-phone-in-your-car-without-having-to-actually-hold-the-phone-in-your-hands-which-is-good-because-your-hands-should-be-on-the-steering-wheel-anyway thing by way of its Iqua Vizor SUN Bluetooth Cat Kit, a little device which, like many others of the sort, provides for hands-free phone conversations on Bluetooth-compatible phones. What seperates this doohickey from its fellow thingamajigs is that the Vizor SUN also makes use of the solar energy collected by the adjacent windshield in order to keep the thing going even longer. This makes sense; here's your windshield, after all, shielding you from the wind but otherwise just sitting there and collecting energy from the sun which would otherwise be used for little other than burning your finger if you happen to touch it (perhaps you're the daring sort). Even without solar power, the SUN's rechargable battery provides for 20 hours of talk time and 500 hours of sitting-around-and-doing-nothing time, making it just as useful for long road trips as it is for short drives over to the phone accessory store.

Aside from its energy efficiency, the Vizor SUN also sports a dozen or so nifty features like voice-activated dialing, making it every bit as gadget-sexy as its non-solar competitors. If you're in the market for a Bluetooth set for your car, then, this is definitely the one to get; anything else would be a waste of windshield.

4. Vectrix Electric Scooter

Rhode Island-based Vetrix has done more than its fair share in pioneering electric scooters of the sort that don't evoke snickers, having brought out the first commercially-available, high-performance model in 2006. Since then, the company has been tweaking its flagship product in hopes of eventually making the phrase "electric scooter" synonymous with "sweet-ass hog I bought from my brother-in-law" in terms of things that are acceptable to mention at a rural family reunion. The 2009 VX-1, for instance, boasts a top speed of 62 MPH, a range somewhere between 35 and 55 miles, and a rate of acceleration that's comparable to what you'd get from a typical 400cc gas bike. Even so, it's an electric through and through; the VX does what it does for about a penny a mile, plugs into a standard electric outlet, and makes use of less than 250 parts as compared to the more than 2,000 parts employed by its typical gas-powered counterparts.

If the VX-1's $11,000 suggested retail price is a bit more than you're looking to spend, check out the VX-1E, a more affordable version that skimps a bit on performance in favor of an $8,500 price tag. And if that's still too much, you might consider taking a glance at the VX-2, which goes for a bit over $5,000 while still retaining enough range and speed for day-to-day urban cruising.

5. Eneloop Rechargeable Batteries

Rechargeable batteries rank high on the list of those little things that you've been meaning to integrate into your life, but which, due to some off-putting inconvenience, you simply haven't; in this case, the fatal drawback has been self-discharge, the inevitable loss of energy that occurs among rechargeable batteries even when not in use. In your defense, a battery that comes without a charge before you buy it and which gradually loses it afterward doesn't exactly qualify as a hot consumer item anywhere outside of the Soviet Union circa 1983.

Thus it is that we're understandably hyped about Eneloop, SANYO's vastly-improved take on the rechargable battery. In contrast to its more leaky counterparts, the Eneloop retainsabout 85 percent of its charge after a year of storage, making it every bit as convenient as those dirty Duracells in your kitchen drawer. And then, of course, there are the advantages that put rechargables on the market in the first place - an Eneloop can be reused hundreds of times, thereby sparing the planet hundreds of alkaline batteries worth of leaked mercury while also sparing you, the battery aficionado, from having to buy hundreds of the damned things in the first place. Go get yourself one.

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey, I'll have those last five write-ups in to you this afternoon. Do you have any preferences for title/first paragraph keywords on each of these?

On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:

Great, I'll get these back to you in a couple of days.

On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Josh Dorfman <jdorfman@vivavi.com> wrote:

Hey Barrett,

Here’s five more. We’re getting into a routine now so these will start flowing regularly. Let me know what you think.

1. Honda Insight – most affordable hybrid

http://automobiles.honda.com/2010-insight/#//

2. Amazon Kindle and Kindle DX – helping folks go paperless

http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Amazons-Wireless-Reading-Generation/dp/B00154JDAI/ref=amb_link_84338011_1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=04NHMZHSRT1QW6QBWJS6&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=477669311&pf_rd_i=507846

3. Iqua Vizor SUN Bluetooth Car Kit – interesting solar application

http://www.iqua.com/products_sub.php?navi_id=1618

http://store.apple.com/us/product/TS770ZM/A?afid=p210|frgl&cid=AOS-US-SHOP-Froogle

4. Vectrix Electric Scooter - http://vectrix.com/

5. Eneloop Rechargeable Batteries - http://www.eneloop.info/

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Josh Dorfman

Author & Television Host - The Lazy Environmentalist

Founder & CEO - Vivavi

Spokesperson - Brita's FilterForGood Campaign - reduce your plastic bottled water waste

Spokesperson - Green Works natural cleaning products

From: Barrett Brown [mailto:barriticus@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 6:37 PM
To: Josh Dorfman
Subject: Re: what up RE: 5th item FW: item: PCMag.com GreenTech Approved List

Howdy, Josh-

Will you be sending another set of review subjects soon? Also, should I submit an invoice for the ones I've already done?

Thanks,

Barrett Brown
Brooklyn, NY
512-560-2302

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:

Josh-

That sounds fine with me; 200 words should generally be sufficient, I think.

Thanks,

Barrett Brown
Brooklyn, NY
512-560-2302

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Josh Dorfman <jdorfman@vivavi.com> wrote:

Hey Barrett,

Hope all is going well. I’m going to shoot you some more topics. I think we can make them shorter. Anywhere around 200 words seems to work well especially for these kinds of product reviews. How do you feel about that?

Best,

Josh

From: Barrett Brown [mailto:barriticus@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 12:02 PM
To: Josh Dorfman
Subject: Re: 5th item FW: item: PCMag.com GreenTech Approved List

Josh-

Here's that set of five reviews. You didn't specify what keyword you wanted for the Renew cell phone, so I went with "recycled cell phone;" let me know if you want me to replace that with something else, and if you have any other tweaks you'd like made to any of these.

Thanks,

Barrett Brown
Brooklyn, NY
512-560-2302

ZERO S Takes Electric Motorcycle to New Heights, Speeds

A hundred years after being overtaken in popularity by its gas-powered counterpart, the once-ubiquitous electric car looks set for a comeback as auto firms in China, India, and the U.S. demonstrate new, more practical models for release over the next few years. Less noticeable but similarly swell are the parallel advances that have been made in recent years within the realm of the electric motorcycle, which is quickly coming into its own as a viable option for urban transportation sans the gasoline.

In this case, the company to watch may very well be Zero Motorcycles, a California firm that's shattering industry barriers with its Zero S model. Whereas many electric vehicles are still widely knocked for their less-than-ideal performance in terms of speed and acceleration, the Zero S goes from zero to 30 in less than two seconds, which is great for those occasions when you've just got to be going 30 miles an hour within two seconds of a given moment. The model's atypical speed advantages derive in part from its equally atypical design; incorporating aircraft-grade aluminum frames and such things as cylindrical swingarm cross tubes, the Zero S weighs in at a relatively light 225 pounds. Nonetheless, it also features full torque across the board and exceptional throttle response.

Even as the bike manages a performance comparable to its gas-guzzling cousins, the Zero S is an electric through and through, capable of powering up at any standard outlet and making use of a lithium ion battery which is itself non-toxic and considered safe for landfill disposal. As such, the bike produces less than one-eighth of the pollution per mile and only a hundredth of the nitrous oxide than does a standard chopper. It's also extraordinarily quiet, which may upset purists of the sort who live to rev their engines and do whatever it is that makes the engine sound like a .243 going off next to one's eardrum, but to hell with those people anyway.

Price-wise, the Zero S clocks in at just under $10,000. Zero plans to have demo models available in dozens of cities across the U.S. and Europe in the near future and is already shipping to buyers across the globe.

Great America Networks Conferencing Great for Facilitating Video Conferencing

Although everyone secretly loves hitting up those free continental breakfasts at business-class hotels – this being the only manner in which most otherwise staid adults can get their hands on novelty cereals without this being known to one's peers – sending a dozen branch managers to Dallas or some such place to conduct presentations at one's corporate mothership has never been a particularly cost-effective business tradition nor a particularly eco-friendly one. Better to pick up some croissants and take advantage of the information age with Great America Networks Conferencing, a fine little firm that lowers the cost and expertise barriers once inherent to video conferencing.

Aside from offering all of the fundamentals that companies have come to expect from such services, GAN's web-based software also provides users with a wide range of nifty features for use in their webinars (which is either the best or worst neologism to come about in recent years); most of these tools appear to be simple enough that even the most techilliterate (we can make up words, too) presenters can not only conduct face-to-face meetings from thousands of miles apart, but also present documents and other visual aides in a manner far superior to simply sticking a piece of paper up to the camera and asking it it's in focus. Users can, of course, import Powerpoint presentations; other features include a nifty “whiteboard” with which participants can collaborate via doodle, as well as the ability to annotate videos in real time. The software also allows for easy recording of sessions, the storing of documents online for easy and consistent access, and the use of emoticons (essential for those with inexpressive faces). All in all, up to twelve video feeds can run simultaneously.

GAN also offers a purely audio-based conference system for use on those occasions when visuals aren't needed or participants are particularly ugly. Among other things, this option provides the services of a human operator who can greet all comers and moderate question-and-answer sessions.

Both the video and audio conferencing systems are available without subscription or other commitments, with charges being based entirely on duration of usage.

Zinio Brings New Feasibility to Digital Magazines

The fretting over the decline of the printed word is nothing new; the respective arrivals of radio, film, and television each prompted widespread concern that newspapers and magazines would soon be obsolete at worst or rare at best. But the internet differs from earlier threats to the ink-and-paper culture insomuch as that it promises to evolve the medium rather than eliminate it – and Zinio, a growing firm that offers digital magazines at low subscription rates, is doing its part to hasten the end of what will someday be remembered as the very odd practice of reading and writing our words on dead vegetable matter.

Zinio provides users with the ability to instantly download magazines to be read either online or off by way of any number of reader programs, thereby allowing subscribers to enjoy their favorite periodicals on their PC or PDA. Options abound, with Zinio offering quite a bit more variety than you'll find at your average newsstand or even your above-average one; over 1,000 publications are available for download by the issue or by way of a subscription. As one might expect, the reduction of costs associated with actual printing and shipping allow for bargain rates, and special offers abound. Conveniently enough, Zinio also allows users to search the site's entire database of available issues by keyword order to find particular articles on a given subject.

The company also offers a small selection of consumer books, but won't be competing with Amazon and its Kindle reader anytime soon; only a couple dozen are available at the moment, with offerings limited mostly to travel guide. On the other hand, Zinio has partnered with textbook publishers to provide digital versions of their products at rates well below the expensive norm; a downloabable copy of Macroeconomics by Campbell McConnell, for instance, goes for a bit over 60 bucks, half of what a new copy costs over at Amazon.

As wonderful as all of this is for starving students and tree-huggers alike, there's now another good reason to give Zinio a try: the Read Green Initiative (goreadgreen.com), a program organized by Zinio, offers first-time users a free one-year subscription to a magazine of their choice, with proceeds of any additional subscriptions purchased going towards the planting of trees, this being a welcome reversal for the printed word.

SolarCity Leasing Cheap Solar Panels at No Money Down

The three or four California homeowners who still own their homes are better positioned than ever to go the oh-so-Earth-friendly solar energy route thanks to a well-timed new offer from SolarCity, a firm that's already outfitted hundreds of residential properties with cheap solar panels. California being typically ahead of the curve in such things, state residents are being invited to take advantage of the company's SolarLease program whereby homeowners may lease a solar panel array with no money down.

As most solar buffs are already aware and as SolarCity is keen to note, the use of solar panels in particularly sunny regions can turn consumers into producers by way of a net metering agreement with one's local utility company; these allow homeowners who have accrued extra energy during daytime non-peak hours to automatically distribute it into the regional power grid, pocketing peak-hour rate returns from the utility in the evening and thereby further reducing one's energy bill further. Likewise, when solar-equipped homes run out of the energy that they've absorbed, they'll automatically switch back to the traditional energy grid for their fueling needs.

From a financial standpoint, it's an attractive offer. As the savings calculator found at SolarCity's website can demonstrate in further detail, many homeowners who jump on the lease stand to benefit from immediate net savings on energy expenditures due to decreased energy bills, even taking into account the monthly lease payment. Of course, there's also the matter of federal and state tax incentives, which themselves have become significantly sweeter in recent years.

SolarCity's lease offer also includes a number of other goodies. The company makes clear that it handles all aspects of its solar panel program, from a free consultation that includes advice on particular government incentive programs to installation to any necessary maintenance down the road. Solarcity even monitors the power levels of individual home panel system in order that they might provide any necessary fixes in the event of under-performance, in which case they'll also compensate participants for each potential kilowatt that may have been lost in the meantime. In fact, the only minus we can see here is that customers aren't given the option to buy outright at the end of the lease, although they do have several options by which to extend or modify it.

In addition to California, SolarCity plans to extend its leasing offer to other states in the near future; keep an eye out.

Motorola MOTO W233 Renew Viewed as Best Recycled Cell Phone

If there were a recycling Olympics – and incidentally, there is not – then the Motorola MOTO W233 Renew would definitely take home some sort of prize; the newly-released recycled cell phone is constructed in part from old water cooler jugs, of all things, and its cradle-to-grave existence is marked by several other similarly significant nods to ecological soundness as well. For instance, it's shipped in recycled packaging alongside a postage-paid envelope with which to send back one's old model for recycling, and the phone itself complies with the stringent Restriction of Hazardous Substances directive, which is to say that it can be disposed of safely and cleanly due to the absence of dangerous chemicals therein. As a consequence, it's been declared Greentech Approved by PCMag.com, which also deemed the Renew to be “the most environmentally friendly phone on the U.S. market.”

Still, the Renew isn't particularly geared towards gadget fetishists, eschewing as it does some of the flashier features that have become native to cell phones lately. But it sports all of the basics of the sort that everyone had on their-turn-of-the-century Nokias, and those who've tested it out thus far have reported it to be a solid voice phone with unusually good reception and exceptional screening of background noise. For environmentalists in search of green alternatives in the communications age, the Renew is a good call.

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Josh Dorfman <josh@lazyenvironmentalist.com> wrote:

Let’s table Power Cube for now. How about this product - http://www.goodcleantech.com/2009/04/motorolas_recycled_plastic_pho.php

And let’s reference that it qualifies under PC Mag’s criteria (see below). For stories and product reviews like these I’m cool with around 200 words, rather than something necessarily more lengthy - http://www.motorola.com/consumers/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=3bd6df420e68e110VgnVCM1000008406b00aRCRD

From: Sarah Hawes [mailto:sarah@rosengrouppr.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 3:12 PM
To: josh@lazyenvironmentalist.com
Subject: item: PCMag.com GreenTech Approved List

Good afternoon,

At PCMag.com, everyday is Earth Day. PCMag.com has compiled its “GreenTech Approved” list, which rates products’ energy efficiency and recyclability. Extended to include cell phones for the first time, PCMag.com’s GreenTech Approved benchmarking system provides consumers with the inside scoop on the best eco-friendly products that help them to live a green lifestyle.

We hope you will share the GreenTech Approved list, which can be found at http://www.goodcleantech.com/best_products/. More information included below.

Best,

Sarah

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

Sarah Hawes, The Rosen Group

sarah@rosengrouppr.com, 646.695.7050

PCMag.com Expands “GreenTech Approved”

In Concert with GoodCleanTech.com, Tech Leader Highlights and Applauds the Most Energy Efficient Tech Products with New Green Benchmarking Tests for Mobile Phones

New York, NY (April 21, 2009) – At PCMag.com, everyday is Earth Day: As part of an enhanced “GreenTech Approved” benchmarking system, PCMag.com will now add mobile phones to its comprehensive list of the most eco-friendly tech gear available on the market. Since 2008, PCMag.com has bestowed the GreenTech Approved honor, which rates products’ energy efficiency, recyclability and certifications earned, as well as results of a suite of benchmark tests in the PCMag.com Labs. The new and improved GreenTech Approved list can be found at http://www.goodcleantech.com/best_products/.

“As mobile phones become the primary computing devices for millions of people around the world, their environmental impact is more important than ever,” said Jeremy Kaplan, PCMag.com Executive Editor and GoodCleanTech.com Editor. “The GreenTech Approved list singles out the best of the best in each product category, from HDTVs to laptops to hard drives. In a fight against the polluters and resource hogs of the world, PCMag.com enables consumers to make smart green purchases for a healthier world.”

The PCMag.com GreenTech Approved list is divided into six product categories:

Mobile Phones: PCMag.com assesses various criteria, including whether mobile phones have an Energy Star certified charger, comply with European RoHS standards, use solar power and contain recycled materials. In addition, PCMag.com checks if the manufacturer has a free takeback policy and if it is a member of RBRC, an organization that helps recycle batteries.

· Motorola MOTO W233 Renew

Computers: PCMag.com tested power usage in four scenarios: in the idle state, sleep mode, completely off and working as hard as possible. Each manufacturer is asked to detail the steps taken to reduce waste and recycle PCs. In addition, PCMag.com looked at certifications such as RoHs and EPEAT, which set standards for energy use and toxic components.

Desktops:

· Apple iMac

· Apple Mac Mini

· Dell Studio Hybrid

· Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p eco

· Lenovo ThinkCentre a61e

· Zonbu Desktop Mini

Laptops:

· Lenovo Thinkpad X301

· Lenovo Thinkpad SL400: Centrino 2

· Lenovo Thinkpad X200: Centrino 2

· Apple MacBook 13-inch

· Fujitsu LifeBook U810

· Toshiba Portégé M700-S7002

· Apple Macbook Air

· Lenovo Thinkpad X300

· HP Compaq 2710p

· Fujitsu Lifebook P8010

Hi-Definition TVs: PCMag.com bases the core of its benchmark methodology on Energy Star’s latest guidelines, including common usage scenarios and methods for obtaining measurements. Energy Star’s test methodology focuses heavily on the efficiency of a TV using its default picture settings—and PCMag.com expanded upon this to include calibrated picture settings as well as user-accessible features that influence HDTV power consumption.

· 46-inch Samsung LN46A850

· 22-inch Toshiba 22AV500U

· 46-inch Toshiba Regza 46XV545U

· 55-inch Samsung LN55A950

· 52-inch Sharp Aquos LC-52D65U

· 42-inch Toshiba Regza 42XV540U

Blu-ray Disc Players: The relatively small size of most Blu-ray Disc players also means that fewer raw materials are required for their construction, and as a result, the use of any toxic materials is automatically lessened. To evaluate their efficiency, PCMag.com used Energy Star’s eligibility criteria for DVD products, augmenting the methodology to include power consumption based on the playback of specific video material.

Sony BDP-S350 Blu-ray Drive

Hard Drives: Hard drive testing is based on energy consumption and ease of recyclability. PCMag.com tests with the USB 2.0 interface in addition to testing all of the interfaces that the drive may come with—including FireWire 400, FireWire 800 and eSATA. PCMag.com tests on a Windows or Mac testbed, depending on the focus and formatting of the drive, and drives are tested with their backup software or with PCMag.com’s standardized tests.

Western Digital My Book Studio Edition II

LCD Monitors: To qualify, desktop LCD monitors must have a display that meets at least two of the following certifications: Energy Star (U.S. EPA), RoHS and EPEAT Silver or Gold. PCMag.com takes into consideration the display’s energy saving characteristics, looking for features such as sleep timers, automatic and remote shutdown capabilities and ECO modes that offer low luminance as well as displays that are made using eco-friendly materials and have zero or limited mercury content.

HP LP2275w

“We hope that by highlighting GreenTech Approved products, other companies will follow suit and green their product offerings,” said Kaplan. “In the future, PCMag.com plans to extend this benchmark to all products on the market.”

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