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It’s easy to spend a lot of money on a laptop, but you don’t have to. In fact, most people don’t need to spend much at all. Whether you’re on a budget or you’re buying for a student or child, sometimes the best laptop is the one that’s most affordable.

But just because you’re spending less doesn’t mean you should settle for less.

Repairs, surfing, virus check, complete system? The fact that a large USB stick offers space for 50 live systems should not tempt you to use it haphazardly. It’s all about making the right choice!

Given the number of suitable candidates, it’s important for every user to make a selection that covers their own requirements without creating unnecessary redunda

TL;DR: For a limited time, you can score a 

The Philips Hue app has grown in complexity over the past several years, with more and more new features and settings being tucked into the user interface. That makes it all too easy to miss the latest and greatest in Hue functionality. 

Besides such newer features as light alarms and “mimic presence,” there are also old favorites like light timers and fade

Though the Steam Deck has been imitated by major PC industry players like Lenovo, Asus, Acer, and MSI, the most interesting variations typically come from smaller manufacturers. OneXPlayer is one such example, recently showing off some

A senior Intel executive said Tuesday that Intel has begun building more modularity into its laptop designs, allowing PC builders additional flexibility and consumers the ability to potentially replace or upgrade certain parts of the laptop.

Intel executive Gokul Subramaniam, vice president of Intel’s Client Computing Group and president of Intel India, sai

The best way to ensure your laptop never dies on you—whether you’re working at a cafe or chilling by the pool on a sunbed—is to have a reliable portable laptop charger on hand.

I’m talking about something like this Baseus Blade power bank that’s now $48 on Amazon (

Just having a password set on your PC in Windows 11 isn’t a sure way to stop hackers from physically gaining access to your PC — yes, it can be bypassed. But there is another security measure you can take.

For an extra layer of protection, you can turn a humble USB drive into a secure key that will lock and unlock your PC, making it much harder for intruder

Okay, bargain hunters, settle in. This is probably the best deal I’ve seen on a Windows laptop all year. Right now, eBay is selling the HP EliteBook 845 G8—already a budget design—for just $325. That gets you 16GB of RAM, a Ryzen 5 processor, 512GB of storage, and a 14-inch screen. It’s just about impossible to beat

Peter Parker is used to getting the short end of the stick. But even so, it’s surprising to see a huge, high-profile game like Spider-Man 2 get taken down a peg. While Sony’s system-seller was “Steam Deck Verified” when it got its PC launch back in late January, it’s now marked as just “Playable”