With consumers buying more tablets and fewer laptops and desktops, worried computer makers hope convertibles, offering both a touchscreen and keyboard, can help them hold on. But critics say hold off.

Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook dismissed Microsoft Corp.'s convertible computers idea — computers that can operate as either a laptop or a notebook computer — describing it as the same bad idea as combining ...

You choose leather as a premium option for your car. But a laptop? The folks at HP are hoping you'll buy a convertible Windows PC bound in leather. The exterior and outer keyboard on the new Spectre ...