Advertisements Lenovo’s latest gaming laptop is available with up to a 15.6 inch 4K display, up to an AMD Ryzen 9 4900H processor, and up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 graphics. The Lenovo Legion Slim 7 (15) also has a 71 Wh battery and supports up to 32GB of RAM and 2TB of storage. But […]
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Daily Deals (10-22-2020)
Advertisements Epic Games Store is giving away two PC games for free this week. Google is giving Chromebook owners a chance to sign up for 3 months of free game streaming via Stadia and/or NVIDIA GeForce Now. And CBS is giving away 1-month subscriptions to All Access (just in time to watch the first half […]
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Huawei launches some of the best phones you can’t or shouldn’t buy (Huawei Mate 40 Pro, Pro+, and RS)
Advertisements Huawei’s smartphone hardware has gotten really good over the last few years. The company offers some of the best smartphone camera systems on the market and its Kirin processors are some of the best-performing chips available for Android phones. Unfortunately the company is under tight trade restrictions imposed by the United States which means […]
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Ubuntu 20.10 released (and it’s the first version with full Raspberry Pi support)
Advertisements The latest version of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution is out today, and among other things, Ubuntu 20.10 brings updates to the desktop environment, better hardware support for select PCs with fingerprint sensors or touchscreens, and for the first time there are official desktop and server builds of Ubuntu available for Raspberry Pi computers. […]
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One Netbook A1 handheld computer preview
Advertisements Over the last decade the average laptop computer has gotten a lot thinner and lighter. But a handful of Chinese companies have been taking a different approach to portable computers by releasing a series of pocket-sized (or nearly pocket-sized) computers. GPD got things started with its Win line of handheld gaming PCs and Pocket […]
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Lilbits: eGPU performance, theme-aware apps, and transcript-based video editing
Advertisements One of the selling points for laptops with Thunderbolt 3 ports is that they support data transfer speeds up to 40 Gbps over a USB cable… so you can connect use a desktop graphics card with notebooks like the Razer Blade Stealth by connecting an external graphics dock. But it turns out that not every […]
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Daily Deals (10-21-2020)
Advertisements Best Buy is running a 60-hour Amazon Savings Event sale with prices that match Amazon’s Prime Day deals on a bunch of Echo, Fire, Kindle, and eero products. That means you can once again pick up an Amazon Fire HD 8 tablet for $55, or a Fire HD 10 for $80… but this time […]
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Chuwi GemiBook is a budget laptop with a few stand-out features
Advertisements The latest budget laptop from Chinese PC maker Chuwi features a 13.3 inch, 2160 x 1440 pixel pixel IPS display with a 3:2 aspect ratio and a 180 degree hinge, 12GB of LPDDR4X RAM, a 256GB solid state drive, an all-metal body, and a backlit keyboard. Available from Chuwi for $349 or from Banggood […]
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Acer Aspire 5 laptops get a Tiger Lake/NVIDIA GeForce MX450 spec bump
Advertisements Acer’s latest Aspire 5 laptops feature full HD displays, support for up to an Intel Core i7-1165G7 processor, and up to NVIDIA GeForce MX450 graphics, and prices starting as low as $500. The new laptops are set to go on sale starting in December with screen sizes ranging from 14 to 17 inches. The […]
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Acer Spin 3 and Spin 5 convertible laptops with Intel Tiger Lake coming Feb 2021 for $850 and up
Advertisements Acer is updating its Spin line of convertible notebooks with two new models sporting high-resolution displays and Intel Tiger Lake processors. The new 13.5 inch Acer Spin 5 (SP513-55N(A)) with a 3:2 aspect ratio touchscreen display is coming in February 2021 for $1000 and up, while the new Acer Spin 3 (SP313-51N) with a 13.3 […]