Tech is expensive, sure, but the holiday season is usually a great time to score a deal or two. Right now, many retailers, including Dell, Office Depot and Newegg, are offering significant discounts on some of today’s best laptops, monitors and other gear. You can pick something up for yourself or someone on your holiday … Read more
Intel’s latest chips boast big performance gains, but never mind any of that. What would be a normal annual chip refresh announcement from one of the world’s biggest silicon developers has put the biggest emphasis yet on onboard PC AI, with the latest Intel Core Ultra line as part of the current Meteor Lake chipsets … Read more
Lemur Pro is not the best for graphics-intensive tasks like gaming or video editing (see below for some more powerful rigs with dedicated graphics cards), but for everything else, this is one of the nicest laptops you can get. Dell’s XPS 13 Developer Edition was one of the first big-name laptops to ship with Linux … Read more
The Xbox app now plays nice with handheld consoles thanks to a new “Compact mode.” Windows-based handheld console users no longer need to navigate through tiny text and jumbled sidebars on relatively small screens. But Microsoft, you know what would be even better? A full version of Windows 11 made for handheld. “Even AI Rappers … Read more
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Microsoft is adding an energy saver mode for Windows 11 Insiders (Build 26002) that “extends and enhances” the existing battery saver option. The new mode doesn’t apply to just laptops like battery saver does — you can also use energy saver on a desktop computer if you want to conserve electricity, too. Aside from availability … Read more
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The change means that, as of right now, the Surface Pro 7 Plus, Surface Laptop 4, Surface Pro 8, Surface Laptop Studio, Surface Go 3, Surface Pro X Wi-Fi, Surface Laptop SE, Surface Laptop Go 2, Surface Laptop 5, Surface Pro 9, Surface Studio 2 Plus, Surface Go 4, Surface Laptop Go 3, and Surface … Read more
I don’t usually preorder games, but I was so eager to play Starfield that I made an exception. I shelled out extra cash to play the game a meager five days early. There was just one problem. I would be out of town at a nerd con for those exact same five days. Fortunately, the … Read more
Tired: Phones with a single folding screen. Wired: Laptops with a single folding screen. Hinges are for losers, people! While dual-screen laptops are now a thing, the new hotness does away with the visible hinge and uses a flexible OLED to give you a single, unbroken display. A few of these are on the market … Read more
Razer’s “By Gamers, for gamers” tagline has always held true in its keyboard offerings, which have focused almost entirely on bright RGB lighting and maxed-out spec sheets. It’s why I’ve always felt its keyboards were about as far as you could get from a premium, enthusiast-oriented typing experience—they never felt great to type on, nor … Read more
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Microsoft has started testing new updates to its Xbox app on Windows 11 that improve the experience on handheld devices and smaller screens. In an Xbox test app released earlier this week, Microsoft has introduced a new compact mode that greatly reduces the sidebar on the left-hand side. Compact mode is designed to improve “the … Read more