Over the past few years modular smartphones have kind of become a real thing. Google may have killed Project Ara, but Motorola’s Moto Z phones can learn new tricks when you slap a module on the back of the phone. The new Essential Phone has similar support for modular add-ons… even though there’s only one […]
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HP Omen X gaming laptop makes upgrades easy
The HP Omen X Laptop is portable by HP Omen gaming PC standards because, you know, it’s a laptop. But by Liliputing standards, this 17 inch, VR-ready laptop with an optional 4K display is a behemoth. Heck, it measures 1.4 inches thick and weighs more than 10 pounds. But it’s noteworthy for a few reasons. […]
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Apple’s new MacBook Pro laptops aren’t easy to upgrade
Once upon a time you could buy a laptop and be fairly certain that if you needed more RAM or storage in the future, you could just buy some new memory or a bigger (or faster) hard drive or solid state drive. It’s also often cheaper to buy your own than to pay for the […]
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You’ve got one more day to upgrade to Windows 10 for free
Have a computer running Windows 7 or later? You can upgrade it to Windows 10 free of charge if you do it by the end of the day on July 29th. After that you’ll have to pay full price fro a Windows 10 license if you want to upgrade. That means if you update today […]
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Nexus 5 hack gives the 2013 phone 64GB of speedy storage
The Google Nexus 5 was released in 2013 and shipped with 16GB or 32GB of built-in storage. But one Ukranian Nexus 5 owner decided to upgrade his aging phone. So he bought a 64GB eMMC 5.0 module for about $30 and replaced the storage on his phone. The end result is a Nexus 5 with […]
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Acer Aspire V11 fanless Bay Trail laptop is upgradeable
Acer’s Aspire E11 and V11 notebooks weigh less than 3 pounds, sell for around $250 to $400, and feature fanless designs thanks to their low-power Intel Bay Trail processors. But when I mentioned that I’m in the process of reviewing one of these little laptops, one of the first things readers started asking me is […]
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How to upgrade Asus Chromebox memory and storage
The Asus Chromebox is a surprisingly capable little desktop computer which sells for as little as $179. It has an Intel Celeron 2955U processor, DisplayPort and HDMI, WiFi and Bluetooth, 4 USB 3.0 ports, an SD card slot, and unlike some cheap mini computers it comes with memory, storage, and an operating system. But if […]
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Google’s $1300 Chromebook Pixel isn’t designed for easy upgrades
The Chromebook Pixel is the most expensive Chrome OS laptop released to date, and it has much of the hardware to justify the $1300 starting price, including a high resolution 2560 x 1700 pixel display, a solid aluminum case, a backlit keyboard, and more. But you’d better be happy with the amount of memory, storage, […]
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Asus VivoBook X202 dissected: Almost as tough to upgrade as an ultrabook
The Asus VivoBook X202e is a thin, light, and reasonably affordable Windows 8 laptop with a touchscreen display. It’s a little too thick to be called an ultrabook, and Asus sells the notebook with hard drives instead of solid state disks. But the VivoBook X202e features an Intel Ivy Bridge processor and it should be almost as […]
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Buy a Windows 7 PC this summer, get a Windows 8 upgrade coupon?
Microsoft is set to launch Windows 8 this fall. That may be good news or bad, depending on what you think about the new Metro user interface, Windows Store, and Windows RT for tablets and other computers with ARM-based processors. But since most PCs sold later this year will ship with Windows 8, you may […]