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Who should buy Intel’s 10th-gen CPU in a laptop: Five reasons for and against

With Intel’s 10th-generation Ice Lake CPU finally here, you may be wondering whether to wait for laptops to come out with the new CPU, rather than buy an existing model with an 8th-gen CPU (Note: Intel’s 8th generation offers a full range of mobile CPUs, while the 9th generation offers only high-end ‘H’ mobile parts). We’ll walk you through the reasons why you’d want to wait for a 10th-gen laptop, and five reasons why you don’t have to.

FIVE REASONS YOU SHOULD WAIT FOR INTEL’S 10TH-GEN ICE LAKE CPU IN YOUR NEXT LAPTOP

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