Windows laptops are having the best year ever, except for one massive catch
…Given enough time, we could see all four players competing head-on in the same price segments, and that's great for the end user. Related Nvidia's RTX Spark is a…
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Xbox Mode does what the Steam Machine promised, except it actually shipped on time
…Almost all of that is exclusively a problem that relates to user experience, and none of that relates to hardware at all. And that is precisely the problem that Microsoft appears to…
Working around Claude's strict limits taught me how to use it properly
…This means that between 5 am and 1 am PT, free, Pro, and Max users burn through their session limits much faster than before. The move drew outrage from many Claude users…
The Raspberry Pi 6 delay until 2028 solves a problem nobody's talking about
…During launch, there were very few options available, but that situation is changing now, and that’s good news for existing and future Pi 5 users. Stable software support and readily available…
I'm still buying used enterprise SSDs instead of new consumer SSDs
…And thanks to their ability to handle deep queues (hundreds of thousands of concurrent requests), a home user can experience snippier multitasking, faster application loading, and smoother performance while running multiple demanding…
My partner finally tried a mechanical keyboard — now she's ditching her "magical" keyboard for good
…Keychron and NuPhy also have excellent Mac keyboards, with the latter ranking high on aesthetics, too. MelGeek's offering is priced competitively and might be the better choice for the right user…
Free NAS distros beat Synology's price, and the performance gap doesn't justify the markup
…It brings together storage management, user accounts, shares, snapshots, backups, packages, and much more into a single unified user experience. Many find Synology's hardware to be somewhat underpowered for the price…
Fire TV Sticks are cheap, but I'm starting to feel like the home screen is the real price
…can have a more enjoyable experience while using the new stick. My time is valuable, and "working" on Amazon's flubbed home screen is a price I unfortunately have to pay. Vega…
Google turned the Pixel’s best feature into an app, and I use it constantly
…acoustics in your environment and name exactly what's playing, and who made that track. This background service became a non-negotiable anchor of the Pixel user experience for me, quietly cataloging…
I thought SATA SSDs were dead, but running my OS on one proved otherwise
…And sure enough, most PCIe Gen 4 and Gen 5 drives deliver comfortably on that promise. However, "speed" means different things depending on what part of the OS experience you're actually…