The gap in design and features between Dell’s premium XPS laptop line and mainstream Inspirons got a little smaller today with the introduction of the PC maker’s mainstream Inspiron 2021 laptop lineup. Available in four laptop sizes and a 14-inch two-in-one as well and a lot of component configuration options, there is a lot to …

Corsair’s latest gaming gear is built to make sure your split-second reactions translate into wins. Both the K70 RGB TKL mechanical gaming keyboard and Sabre RGB Pro mouse use the company’s Axon processing tech to give each an 8,000Hz polling rate. For the keyboard, that means no input lag and for the mouse, greater accuracy.  Both the $140 (£140, AU$219) …

HyperX’s excellent tenkeyless gaming keyboard is now available with all three of the company’s home-grown mechanical switches. The $90 gaming keyboard (£82, AU$145) was previously available with the company’s tactile Aqua switches and linear Red switches and now you can get it with HyperX’s Blue clicky mechanical switches. The combination gives you a slim, sturdy compact gaming keyboard with a classic clicky typing experience …

From the moment I opened the box for the Marsback M1 mechanical keyboard I could tell it was different from every other keyboard I’ve tested lately. The 75%-size keyboard, currently sitting fully funded on Kickstarter, is sort of a greatest hits collection of features topped off with a bonus track of blindingly bright RGB lighting.   The M1 is a …

The ThinkPad X1 Nano is Lenovo’s lightest ThinkPad ever, weighing just 2 pounds (907 grams), and yet it still retains a lot of what we like about the rest of the bigger and (not much) heavier X1 business laptop line. That list of likes includes solid build quality, strong productivity performance, a comfortable — if small — keyboard, a nice …

Working from home turned into a literal pain in the neck for me last year. I have spinal stenosis that causes pain that runs down my neck and into my arms and eventually turns into numbness and tingling in my hands. Combined with wrist tendonitis from decades at a computer and not having a proper office desk and chair at …

You know the expression about having the right tools for the job? If you’re making a laptop aimed at creatives, it’s not enough to just put discrete graphics and a strong processor in a slim body. The extra performance really should be paired with a good screen, and that’s what you get with the latest HP Envy 14. The laptop’s …

Gaming laptops might have all the performance you need to be competitive, but their keyboards might not be up to the task. Alienware wanted to fix that so it partnered with switch-maker Cherry more than three years ago to develop a mechanical switch that would fit in a thin gaming laptop. Today, the Alienware m15 R4 and Alienware m17 R4 …

There have been many apps and services that promise to help you organize the photos and video on your phone, make editing a snap and simplify sharing. GoPro’s updated Quik app is the latest I’ve tried, and it might be the first one I’ll actually continue using. That’s mainly because it’s fairly frictionless to use and sort of rewards you …

Logitech’s G333 gaming earphones combine the simplicity and pocket-friendly design of earbuds with audio performance tuned for gaming. They are the first in-ear headphones in Logitech’s G gaming line although the speaker design is like that of the G333 VR earphones it made for the Oculus Quest 2.  The $50 earphones (£40, AU$65 converted) have dual-dynamic drivers with one handling …