During the school year, you’ll want to be able to read and annotate ebooks, take notes and multitask across all of your schoolwork applications—all without breaking your back from hauling all your ...

Sure, you may be able to get it done on your phone, but sometimes a bigger screen, a physical keyboard, and some extra power just makes everything better.

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