
Apple’s decision to ditch Intel processors and move the entire Mac range to using its home-grown Apple Silicon processors seems to have paid off. Its M1 and M2 processors–and now M3 chips–provide impressive performance and battery life.
But older Macs that had Intel processors inside did have one advantage over the new Apple Silicon chips&



Computers have RAM, Random Access Memory. So do graphics cards. Why does your system need two copies of the same part doing the same job? The answer is complicated — in a lot of ways, a discrete graphics card works like its own mini-computer inside another computer, and that means it has specialized hardware needs. Fortunately, Keith May is here to explain the

While ultrawide monitors are becoming more affordable, that’s generally only true if you set your sights on the 29-inch or 34-inch varieties. If you want one of those jaw-dropping, “we’re gonna need a bigger desk” kinds of monitors, you


Stardock Software has released version 2 of its Start11 utility software, with three new Start menu styles as well as other visual features.
Start11, originally released in 2022, was designed in reaction to the Windows 11 Start menu, an


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If you ask Windows 11 users what bothers them most about Microsoft’s current operating system, the answers are usually similar. Only the order differs slightly.
- The inflexible taskbar: In Windows 11, the Start menu and icons in the taskbar are moved to the center by default and the customization options for the taskbar are limit

Everything has its two sides: strength and counterforce, yin and yang, chilli con carne and adventurous digestion. Some opposites simply belong together somehow, they only form a complete picture in tandem.
So does this harmony also apply to Windows and the Mac? Certainly not: PCs are clearly superior to the overpriced designer boxes from Cupertino. Before