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The Surface Laptop Studio 2 is Microsoft’s most aggressively positioned laptop in years: a heavy-duty, convertible Windows workstation built around 13th‑Gen Intel H‑series silicon, up to NVIDIA RTX 40‑series graphics and a dedicated Intel Movidius NPU — and Microsoft even used an on‑stage...

Microsoft says its August Windows 11 security update (KB5063878) is not behind the recent wave of reports alleging SSDs and HDDs have been rendered inaccessible or corrupted, but the episode has exposed gaps in forensic clarity and left many users mistrustful of a conclusion drawn without a...

The Dell 14 Plus arrives not as a headline-stealer but as a steady, unimaginative workhorse: modestly priced, competent where it needs to be, and unapologetically conservative in every visible choice. For buyers whose priority is reliability over razzle-dazzle—IT fleets, students, knowledge...

Microsoft’s latest public update on the mid‑August patch storm is straightforward: after investigation, the company says the August 2025 cumulative rollup did not cause a widespread failure mode that “breaks” SSDs, but the episode still exposes fragile cross‑stack dependencies and persistent...

The MSI Cubi NUC AI 2MG quietly rewrites expectations for what a palm‑sized PC can do: it combines an Intel Core Ultra mobile CPU, Intel Arc integrated graphics, on‑board NPU acceleration, and a full complement of business‑grade I/O into a sub‑liter chassis that’s explicitly positioned as a...

The first hands-on benchmarks for the ROG Xbox Ally X suggest ASUS and Microsoft’s high-end handheld may have hit a rare sweet spot: substantial generational GPU gains, sensible power draw, and cooling that keeps temperatures well below what many larger devices produce under stress. Background...

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Lenovo’s decision to ship the Legion Go S with Valve’s SteamOS transforms what was a competent, if occasionally clumsy, Windows handheld into a lean, game-first portable that convinced at least one reviewer it could replace a Windows PC for many everyday gaming needs. rview SteamOS started as...

Lenovo’s decision to ship the Legion Go S with SteamOS has done more than change an operating system — it remade the handheld into a lean, game-first machine that convinced at least one reviewer they no longer miss their Windows PC for portable play. The swap from a full Windows 11 environment...

Lenovo's decision to ship the Legion Go S with SteamOS rather than Windows turns what was a competent handheld into a focused, streamlined gaming device — one that, in everyday use, makes the compromises of a full Windows install feel unnecessary for many players. Background SteamOS started life...

I pulled a boxed Windows 11 tiny PC out of its packaging, installed Ubuntu Budgie, and in less than an afternoon turned a handsome, pocket-sized Geekom IT15 into a fast, dependable Linux workstation — a change that proved more than cosmetic: it materially improved daily responsiveness, fixed...

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17-inch Lenovo Legion 5 laptop Following the spring launch of the Lenovo Legion lineup that focused on a better keyboard and thermals, Lenovo has added AMD Ryzen processors to five new gaming PCs — the 17-inch Lenovo Legion 5 laptop, the Lenovo Legion 5P laptop, the Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3...

The HP OMEN 15 arrives with its smallest footprint yet with a frame that’s 8% shorter and 11% thinner, featuring a redesigned chassis. A new 180-degree flat hinge design for increased stability supports a 15.6-inch diagonal display with options up to FHD 300 Hz or OLED. HP OMEN 15 It also...

As people stay at home due to lockdowns across the country, they’re turning to games more than ever to relieve stress and connect with others. Now they’ve got more hardware options to choose from with HP’s latest additions to their gaming suite: the OMEN 25L and 30L Desktops. On both models...

HP’s newest additions to the HP Create Ecosystem are aimed at all levels of creators – consumers, prosumers and professionals – to help bring digital concepts and ideas to life and share them. This line-up includes the HP ZBook Studio, HP ZBook Create and the HP ENVY 15. In the past, creators...