Apple MacBook Air 13-inch (M3) review: the best laptop in the world just got better

[ad_1] Apple MacBook Air 13-inch (M3): Two-minute review Apple has officially launched the MacBook Air 13-inch (M3), alongside a 15-inch version – while you're here you'll also want to check out our in-depth Apple MacBook Air 15-inch (M3) review. So has it been worth the wait? While Apple’s announcement came out of the blue…

Bymatthew.hanson@futurenet.com (Matt Hanson)March 7, 20240Comments

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Snapdragon X could finally deliver Windows 11 ARM laptops that can rival MacBooks

[ad_1] New benchmark results have appeared online, apparently showing an upcoming Snapdragon X Elite chip – and if they are accurate, we might finally get Windows 11 on ARM laptops that can compete with the best MacBooks. Qualcomm, the company behind Snapdragon chips, has been promising powerful, yet efficient, ARM-based computing chips for a while…

Bymatthew.hanson@futurenet.com (Matt Hanson)March 4, 20240Comments

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I was wrong about the iPad and I hope I’m wrong about Apple Vision Pro

[ad_1] I’ve been covering Apple product launches for a long time now, and I’ll give the company one thing: even after all these years, it can still surprise me – and I’m hoping it does it again with the Apple Vision Pro. In fact, I don’t want it to just surprise me – I want…

Bymatthew.hanson@futurenet.com (Matt Hanson)January 21, 20240Comments

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Apple MacBook Pro 16-inch (M3 Max): maximum power, maximum price tag

[ad_1] Two-minute review Apple’s October reveal of the MacBook Pro 16-inch (M3) range was both an unexpected, in terms of its timing, and a risky one. We expected that Apple would bring out a successor to the M2-based MacBook Pro 16-inch (2023) at some point, but few Apple watchers thought it would happen a…

Bymatthew.hanson@futurenet.com (Matt Hanson)November 6, 20230Comments

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Corsair’s Dominator Titanium DDR5 RAM is the coolest tech we’ve seen so far at Computex 2023

[ad_1] There’s not much that can make our components editor, John Loeffler, swear (OK, that’s a lie, he’s got a filthy mouth), but at Computex 2023, Corsair’s new Dominator Titanium DDR5 RAM got him so excited, his language turned coarser than usual. While some people may find it hard to get too excited by RAM,…

Bymatthew.hanson@futurenet.com (Matt Hanson)May 30, 20230Comments

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The RTX 4060 Ti looks like a flop – these are the lessons should Nvidia learn

[ad_1] The RTX 4060 Ti is the latest graphics card from Nvidia, but after a few days on sale, it looks like it might be a flop. This could be worrying for Nvidia, as only a few years ago, a (relatively) affordable entry in its latest generation of GPUs, offering advanced features such as ray…

Bymatthew.hanson@futurenet.com (Matt Hanson)May 26, 20230Comments

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Google accused of sabotaging Chromebooks by cutting updates

[ad_1] A damning new report suggests Google has effectively sentenced old Chromebooks to death by ending support for them – a claim that the company has strenuously denied. As The Register explains, a report by U.S. PIRG titled Chromebook Churn (opens in new tab) , alleges that after a spike in sales, mainly spurned on…

Bymatthew.hanson@futurenet.com (Matt Hanson)April 21, 20230Comments

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Asus ROG Azoth review | TechRadar

[ad_1] Asus ROG Azoth: Two-minute review The Asus ROG Azoth is an excellent wireless keyboard that could make you reconsider some of your biases surrounding keyboards. It certainly did that for me, as before I used the Asus ROG Azoth, I dismissed compact gaming keyboards for feeling too cramped and not offering enough of…

Bymatthew.hanson@futurenet.com (Matt Hanson)March 10, 20230Comments

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Microsoft’s CEO calls Alexa and Siri ‘dumb’ – but ChatGPT isn’t much smarter

[ad_1] In an interview with the Financial Times a few weeks ago, Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella dismissed voice assistants, such as Alexa and Siri, as “dumb as a rock”. This might seem a little rich coming from the CEO of a company that launched (and then abandoned) the unloved Cortana voice assistant, but I actually…

Bymatthew.hanson@futurenet.com (Matt Hanson)March 7, 20230Comments

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Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch (2023) review: a solid upgrade to an amazing laptop

[ad_1] Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch (2023): Two-minute review The MacBook Pro 14-inch (2023) is the second iteration of Apple’s (slightly more) compact laptops for professionals, and this model comes with a choice of the new M2 Pro and M2 Max chips – the same processors that power its bigger sibling, the MacBook Pro 16-inch…

Bymatthew.hanson@futurenet.com (Matt Hanson)February 25, 20230Comments