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Apple’s rumored foldable iPhone closing in on a form factor once championed by Microsoft’s Surface Duo isn’t an accident — it’s a meaningful design convergence that could reshape how we think about pocket multitasking, typing comfort, and the trade-offs between single-fold glass and dual‑panel...

Apple’s foldable strategy is shaping up as an exercise in compromise: industry notes from supply‑chain analyst Jeff Pu suggest the long‑rumored iPhone Fold — likely to land as part of the iPhone 18 family — will use a hybrid chassis of titanium and aluminum, an engineering choice aimed at...

Dell’s 14‑inch Inspiron 2‑in‑1 is being advertised in reseller channels as a surprisingly well‑spec’d convertible — a configuration that pairs the AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS with unusually large memory and storage (32 GB DDR5 and a 2 TB NVMe SSD), an FHD+ touchscreen with Dolby Vision, AI‑enhanced...

Microsoft’s design teams have quietly filed a patent for a foldable mobile device that embeds a Surface Pro–style kickstand into the hinge-backed frame — a mechanical scheme that would let a two‑panel foldable both pop open with one hand and sit stably on a desk like a tiny Surface PC. The...

I have used Dell laptops and desktops since the 1980s and have been mostly satisfied with them. However, in mid-2022, I bought an Insprion 3510, because it was fast and had Windows 11 (yes, the best free windows). It turned out to be the fastest and most efficient laptop I ever owned, but the...

Last night, the hinge on my roommate's computer broke. At the same time, his network card stopped working. The Internet connection works, the Network Connections window says the connection is enabled despite the red x on the connection itself, and diagnostics on the network say the card is...

In the first of a weeklong series of Surface tips, we show how to seamlessly transition your Surface Book from laptop to clipboard or creative canvas. As we’ve noted before, the Link Removed has many uses: a high-performance laptop for superior productivity, a creative canvas to complement...

My wife's laptop is a Lenovo ideapad z570. She uses it primarily as a desktop because the lid hinge is loose. So she just props the lid against some books and is quite content. Hates switching computers. But recently it developed another problem. The screen blanks out in certain positions of...

I have a Dell Inspiron 1750. First time repairing a laptop so surely isn't perfect, but I got screen problem fixed (new wire :D) after a lot of struggle. Though now I'm having problems with the hinge covers. I can't really get them back on and am worrying if that is really going to be a problem...