Restarting isn’t enough — you should always shut your PC down
Jasmine Mannan Mar 24, 2026, 8:01 PM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…
Search
People also ask
Are you willing to pay the hardware tax?
To run these tools, you need a decent GPU with at least 8GB of VRAM. This means, instead of paying the subscription tax, you are paying the hardware tax. However, if you already own this hardware, maybe it's time to stop paying the monthly fees. If you want to consider investing in the proper hardware, then the math dictates that it is the right way to go. A 300 RTX 4060 pays for itself in just six months of canceled Adobe Creative Cloud subscriptions. After that, your generative credits are limited only by your electricity bill. In 2026, local generations of 1024x1024 images take sub-2 second
I ditched Adobe's $55 monthly fee for three free tools that actually work fasterTop stories
This lesser-known USB-C feature never really took off
Jasmine Mannan Mar 22, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…
This free Photoshop alternative does what GIMP and Krita can't, and I stopped looking after trying it
…The only thing you actually pay for now is Canva AI. If you want generative fill or AI-powered expansion directly inside your canvas, that requires a Canva Pro subscription. For my…
Googlebook repeats Pixelbook's biggest mistake, and Gemini won't save it
…Microsoft's Copilot was one of the most direct attempts to make AI the centerpiece of a computing platform, but the market responded with a level of indifference that was nearly impossible…
The X2D proves Bambu Lab understands what desktop 3D printing still gets wrong
…He's written for Macworld , Tom's Hardware , groovyPost , The Mac Observer , and more before beginning here at XDA. Sign in to your XDA account Summary Mechanical nozzle-switch dual extrusion uses…
My RX 9070 XT was the better GPU, but AMD's track record pushed me back to RTX
…AMD's development isn't outpacing their hardware New FSR features can run on older hardware, they're just not letting it happen Locking new features to the latest hardware is something…
A tiny 5-inch USB screen fixed my desk clutter better than any ultrawide could
Jasmine Mannan Apr 13, 2026, 5:30 PM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…
Valve's Steam Deck didn't just succeed, it quietly changed how PC games are made
Jasmine Mannan Apr 20, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…
n8n, Dify, and Ollama might be the best self-hosted AI automation stack right now
…This keeps automation and AI logic separated. If you want to keep things simple, n8n can call Ollama directly for tasks like classification or extraction, and only use Dify for more complex…
I gave Matter two years to work, then ripped out every Thread node for Zigbee
Jasmine Mannan May 3, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…