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Last month AMD fired off its latest round in the perpetual battle for PC processor dominance—the launch of its new Ryzen PRO 4000 Series Mobile family of processors. With workforces everywhere being forced to go mobile and work from home, we’ve seen a rush on devices and setups to get workers adjusted to the new …

AMD Ups Its Game With Eight Core Commercial Notebook Processors Read More »

Around this time last year, Dell introduced its newest lineup of consumer and commercial laptops and desktops at Computex 2019. Unfortunately, COVID-19 has halted most of my travel out of the 2020 year and has kept me from seeing Dell’s new lineup of commercial and consumer devices in person. Nevertheless, it won’t keep me from writing …

Dell’s XPS Design Moves Towards Its Commercial Line Of Devices Read More »

This past week HP announced its next generation of Elite PCs, including HP’s next generation of monitors. In the past, HP would announce its next generation of Elite devices at Computex, but this year, the COVID-19 crisis has kept in-person tech announces from happening. Not only has the COVID-19 crisis kept us from going to …

HP’s Elite Line Of Devices Are A Step Up For Work From Home Read More »

Earlier this month Microsoft launched a plethora of new devices in their Surface lineup including the Surface Go 2 the Surface Book 3, the Surface Headphones 2, and the Surface Earbuds. I wrote a high-level overview of the launch announcement which you can access here. The device that I am focusing on for this review is the …

Microsoft Surface Go 2 Review: Better Than IPad With A Keyboard For Most Use Cases Read More »

Earlier this month Microsoft launched a plethora of new devices in their Surface lineup including Surface Book 3, the Surface Go 2, the Surface Headphones 2, and the Surface Earbuds. I wrote a high-level overview of the launch announcement which you can access here and you can see my Surface Go 2 review here. For this review I …

Microsoft Surface Book 3 Review: The Best Of Both Worlds Read More »

Last holiday season, I tested out HP’s newest laptop in its Elite lineup, the HP Elite Dragonfly. The Dragonfly is HP’s take on a lightweight-premium looking business notebook. I already completed an in-depth 4-week review on this system and you can access the full review here. The focus for this second review is to talk about the …

Review: HP Elite Dragonfly G2 With Built-In Tile Tracker And Sure View Gen4 Read More »

You would think the current pandemic would put companies like NVIDIA in a difficult spot because of the notion that gamers wouldn’t be buying given the high work from home (WFH) demand and quarantined Chinese gamers who spend a lot of time in gaming cafes. Well, it’s not that simple. In fact, at NVIDIA’s March …

Laptops With Big Graphics Cards Are Surging For Reasons That Aren’t Obvious Read More »

There has been an on-going battle between the two major CPU manufacturers ever since AMD’s Ryzen series of CPUs started to gain some steam. This battle has resulted in not only faster CPUs but better value CPUs and has pushed Intel to continue to push the envelope on what’s possible. Intel’s 10th Gen series of CPUs, …

Intel Ups The Ante With New 5 GHz 10th Gen Core H-Series Notebook Chips Read More »

AMD announced its mobile 4000 series processors at CES 2020 back in January with the code name “Renoir.” It is the first processor built on AMD’s 7nm architecture. If we were to picture the battle of the processor market between AMD and Intel, this would be AMD’s jump to take the last bit of high …

AMD’s Mobile Ryzen 4000 Series Is Looking Good So Far Read More »

Today I attended Microsoft’s annual fall hardware event in New York City, timed conspicuously right before the western selling season begins. The company’s Surface line gains more and more traction every year, for a lot of reasons (see my recap of last year’s Surface event here for a taste). Canalys reported that the entire Microsoft Surface line …

Microsoft Widens Surface Line With Pro X, 15″ Laptop 3, Neo Foldable, New Processors And Earbuds Read More »

Back in May, Dell refreshed its business line of Latitude laptops along with the launch of its new Unified Workspace. I covered Dell’s Unified Workspace already as well as the refreshed line of Latitude laptops in full, and now I want to focus specifically on my personal experiences with the Latitude 7400 2-in-1. Before we jump into the Dell Latitude 7400 2-in-1, it is relevant to talk about the Latitude 7000 series first.  The Dell Latitude …

Based On My Review, The Dell 7400 2-in-1 Lives Up To Its Enterprise Value Proposition Read More »

This year at Computex 2019 in Taipei, Taiwan, Dell announced its new 2019 consumer laptops and workstation lineup. Moor Insights & Strategy analyst Anshel Sag was on the ground in Taipei, and I took in the show from the Austin office.  These Dell announcements were the big follow-on to Dell’s CES announcements I covered here. While …

Dell Methodically Improves XPS, Alienware, Precision And Inspiron Lineup At Computex 2019 Read More »