Dylan Miles

Because they are reasonably priced and offer decent performance and long battery life, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X CPUs are frequently an excellent option for a low-cost laptop. However, the majority of systems have smaller screens. With a plus-sized touchpad, Windows Hello facial recognition, USB4, and other capabilities, the Acer Aspire 16 AI offers a compelling big-screen choice. Specs and features The entry-level Snapdragon X CPU from Qualcomm, which has eight cores and a maximum multi-core speed of 3GHz, powers the Acer…

Recently, our test portals have been overrun by PCIe 4.0 HMB NVMe SSDs. Although the Teamgroup T-Create C47 is unquestionably one of the best, it performed poorly in our 450GB write and synthetic benchmarks. Nevertheless, in our 48GB transfer testing, it placed second among PCIe 4.0 HMB drives and does a remarkable job of supporting extended writes. It is worthy of being on your short list because it is reasonably priced (less expensive than it was at the time of…

The Teamgroup X2 Max surprised me. Since it’s as little as any thumb drive in my collection, I was anticipating a slowish commodity drive. But in the end, the X2 Max outperformed many far larger 10Gbps SSDs in almost every test we ran, delivering exceptional 10Gbps USB performance. It’s a jewel, to put it briefly. What features does the X2 Max SSD have? Even for a thumb drive, the X2 Max is remarkably small, measuring just under 3 inches in…

I’ve had desktop computers on my desk for nearly three decades. The CSL VenomBox was my first micro PC, and I haven’t regretted it since it was released early last year, following problems with the Intel Core i9-14900KF. I wanted a decent tiny PC because I want to stay current with AI. In addition to offering the required AI support and modern connections, the Geekom A9 Max with the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor offers a small performance boost…