Buyer’s Guide

With the release of the new HP OmniBook X, the company’s consumer laptop lineup underwent a dramatic shift. In order to make buying an HP notebook easier, OmniBook will gradually replace names like Envy, Pavilion, and Spectre in the future. The numbers 3, 5, 7, and X will now appear next to each consumer device name; 3 and X represent the least expensive and most expensive options, respectively. A few of the upcoming OmniBooks will come equipped with the Qualcomm…

To put it bluntly, this is our second look at a 40Gbps USB 4 SSD, and we like what we see in the Adata SE920. It boasts an elegant design, impressive speed, and a clever enclosure with a micro-fan you can turn on and off as needed. Amazing things. What characteristics does the Adata SE920 have? The SE920 has one of the most unusual features I’ve seen: half of the latching, spring-loaded outer shell slides out by roughly half an…

Since this is a family publication, I can’t exactly recall what I said when Lenovo’s 3D software was first activated, but let’s just say that it was followed by a giggle of happy laughing. I’ve seen glasses-free 3D in action several times, most recently on Acer’s Predator Helios 3D 15 laptop, so this was all the more startling. Even so, I was shocked to see a 3D object sitting in front of me on a 27-inch monitor. How does it…

Apple was pushing up its Let Loose launch event as a “different kind of Apple event” and the most significant iPad launch since the first iPad before revealing the new iPad Pro 13-inch (2024). Now that the dust has cleared, it appears that the anticipation was mostly warranted. Together with the recently announced 11-inch model, the iPad Pro 13-inch (2024) is an exceptionally capable and adaptable device that, as the accompanying marketing blurb indicates, boasts several “firsts” and “bests”: it’s…

Acer Vero 16 users may notice a few oddities right away when they take the device out of its package. Not only are the R and E keys at the incorrect positions, but the entire interface feels… off. Against the backdrop of aluminum laptops and phones with glass backs, this unpainted, matte-plastic laptop seems a bit out of place. It turns out to be a good option, though, and the build quality is flawless. However, the laptop’s performance, which falls…

You can get the Epomaker x Feker Galaxy80 as a bare-bones kit or pre-built. While the barebones kit only includes switches and keycaps, the pre-built version is fully assembled and operational. There are five color options for either version: white, black, blue, purple, and pink. Prebuilt models retail for $105.99, but they are also available on Amazon for just $99.99. Feker Marble White linear switches with Doubleshot PBT MDA profile keycaps are part of it. A rubber USB Type-C cable…

An attractively tiny prebuilt gaming PC, the Acer Predator Orion 3000 pairs a potent midrange GPU, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070, with a potent 13th-generation Intel Core i7 processor. Although it’s not as customizable as we’d like, it’s still a good choice for high-end 1080p and 1440p gaming. Generally speaking, to the do-it-yourself crowd, encouraging you to purchase individual parts and assemble a whole PC. (You can see builds, breakdowns, and more on our YouTube channel.) However, prebuilt gaming PCs…

For the price, the Gigabyte G6X is all about the specifications. A 16-inch gaming laptop from Gigabyte included an Nvidia RTX 4060 GPU and an Intel Core i7 HX CPU. Additionally, the business went above and beyond by integrating 1TB of solid-state storage and 32GB of RAM at this pricing point. For a $1,349 laptop, that is a lot. Following that, Gigabyte began to lower the price by making concessions. However, all of the tradeoffs are well-thought-out; nothing about this…

To appeal to professional gamers as much as possible, Alienware has developed its Pro line of gaming keyboards and mice. Pro gaming team Team Liquid put them to the test to make sure of that exact thing. The Alienware Pro gaming keyboard‘s significantly smaller but stronger chassis and premium switches make it feel like a device designed for just that kind of user. The Alienware Pro gaming keyboard is available in two colors: Lunar Light and Dark Side of the…