Loading up the space shooter Helldivers 2 on PC for the first time, I found myself catapulted into the frantic action on the surface of an alien planet with not a clue as to what I was doing.
Of course, I wasn’t alone. Other players had spawned with me, they were experienced, their high-ranking insignias a giveaway as to their battle-hardened readi
Yesterday, Microsoft sent out a new preview version of Windows 11 to Windows Insiders, and it holds an interesting change: the max size limit on FAT32 partitions is being bumped up to 2TB.
FAT32 is a type of file system used t
If you find it hard to work on-the-go because a single laptop screen crams your style, what you need is a portable monitor—like this sleek 15.6-incher by Arzopa that’s seriously only $60 right now on Amazon, a huge drop from its usual $130 price tag.
Arzopa’s trav
Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise: gaming laptops are awesome. After decades of being looked down upon by “real” PC gamers, they can now go toe-to-toe with gaming desktops.
But if you want ultimate performance, you still need a full-blown desktop bui
You don’t need a PhD to see that gaming rigs are significantly more expensive than their non-gaming counterparts. But what’s interesting is that gaming laptops tend to be more expensive than gaming PCs, at least in terms of what you get for your money.
There’s a wide chasm in perceived value between gaming laptops and gaming PCs, and
One of my favorite Windows features, Windows Sandbox, is finally testing some new features that I’d characterize as something like an improved airlock.
I think of Windows Sandbox in the same vein that I do
SSDs are now the most common type of hard drive in both laptops and desktop PCs. They’re compact, they’re quite, and they outperform traditional hard drives by a mile — but they also tend to slow down over time (and eventually stop working altogether).
But it’s not as bad as it sounds. There are several things you can do to keep your SSD going at tip-top pe
Laptops are used for all sorts of things in college. In addition to completing assignments and researching topics, they’re also used for general web browsing as well as streaming the hottest shows and playing games. That said, graphic design majors (depending on what their course requires) will need a more specialized configuration than journalism majors. For example
Despite being a standard feature on laptops for the better part of a decade now, it’s still hard to find monitors with USB-C video support. That’s doubly true if you’re looking for a good deal.
But today, Amazon’s closeout deal site Woot is offering a 24-inch Viewsonic monit
As someone who reviews tech products for a living, I have an entirely justified hatred for fake reviews. And fake reviews are an increasingly serious problem as they imbue product listings with unearned trust, tricking consumers and gaming search results.