Today, Razer is releasing a new iteration of its Blade 15 Advanced gaming laptop with a few tweaks. The most notable difference between this and the one released earlier in 2019 is the new keyboard, which has mechanical switches that offer a clickier typing experience, as well as deeper travel — 50 percent more, in fact, at 1.7mm.
Typing is one of those things that’s oh so subjective; but…
Dell’s latest XPS 15 has a speedy processor and gorgeous display, but it isn’t a slam dunk
October 14, 2019
If I drew up a diagram of the perfect traditional laptop, a maxed-out Dell XPS 15 7590 would come pretty damn close.
On paper, it seems to have everything I might want or need: an octa-core Intel Core i9 processor faster than my current desktop PC, a 15-inch 4K OLED panel…
Crowdfunded case will give your Windows PC that Mac Pro look
October 13, 2019
Do you like the look of Apple’s redesigned Mac Pro, but would rather not drop $5,999 on a workstation just to have that cheese-grater-on-steroids casing? You might not have to. Dune Case is close to crowdfunding the Dune Pro, a standard PC case that unsubtly mimics…
Asus ZenBook Pro Duo review: two-screen dream
October 11, 2019
There are a lot of things I can tell you about the Asus ZenBook Pro Duo, but you likely don’t care about any of them. You — like nearly anyone else who looks at the ZenBook Pro Duo — are likely here for one thing: the absolutely wild-looking second screen that gives the laptop its name.
It’s not the first two-screen laptop by any means: companies (including Asus) have been trying to…
Microsoft has been through a saga with its Windows 10 updates, with problems ranging from files being inadvertently deleted to wiping user data being reported. With the newest update, the company is testing out a less intrusive approach for installing new features…
Windows 10’s November 2019 update is now available to testers
October 11, 2019
Microsoft’s latest Windows 10 update will be called the November 2019 Update, and the final build is available now to Windows Insiders in the Release Preview Ring. The company has previously said that it’s a small update which focuses on performance improvements and…
PC shipments grew in Q3 2019 thanks to Windows 10 refresh
October 10, 2019
The PC market grew between 1% and 3% in Q3 2019, according to research firms Gartner and IDC. After six years of quarterly PC shipment declines, 2018 was mixed, with negative, flat, and positive quarters. 2019 is doing slightly better: Q1 was negative, but Q2 and Q3 were positive.
Gartner and IDC analysts pointed to the Windows 10 refresh cycle in the business market as contributing to the…
Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 review: Better than the original
October 10, 2019
You could say we’re big fans of Dell’s latest XPS 13. It’s been one of our favorite laptops since 2015, and we called the newest model the perfect ultraportable back in April. Well, Dell has already managed to one-up itself with a revamped 2-in-1 version of…
HP targets businesses with its latest Chromebooks
October 10, 2019
Much like Dell did recently, HP has unveiled a couple of Chromebooks and a Chromebox for enterprises, touting the cheaper, simpler and more secure nature of Google’s cloud-powered Chrome OS ecosystem. The most powerful of the trio is the Chromebook Enterprise x360 14E…
Ming-Chi Kuo updates 2020 Apple predictions for AR glasses, iPhone SE 2, iPad Pro, and MacBook
October 9, 2019
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes that Apple is preparing to release the iPhone SE 2, a new iPad Pro with a 3D sensor for better AR support, a new MacBook equipped with a scissor-switch keyboard, and the long-rumored augmented reality headset all in the first half of 2020. The predictions were published in a new Chinese-language report that was reported in English by 9to5Mac.
This isn’t…
