SteelSeries has long been making some of our favorite gaming headsets, but the Arena line of gaming speaker systems represents new territory for the company. It’s launching with three models, all available today: the $130 stereo Arena 3, 2.1 channel Arena 7 and $550 5.1 surround Arena 9. And because you don’t usually wear a …
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Apple Self Service Repair Comes to M1 MacBook Air and Pro
The Self Service Repair program Apple launched in April is expanding beyond iPhones to include M1-based Apple MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops. Starting on Tuesday you — or a host of service centers, if you’re not comfortable — will be able to find a repair manual, buy select components from Apple, swap them out for replacements and return the old …
Read More »Best Gaming PC for 2022
PC gaming is more accessible than ever, thanks in some part to the ability to buy a great prebuilt gaming PC that can be easily upgraded as needed. There are so many options available as well, making it easy to pinpoint the exact specs for your budget and power needs. If you’re an indie gaming connoisseur, a hardcore multiplayer fan, …
Read More »Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro Gaming Mouse Gets Redesign, 4,000Hz Polling Option
Razer’s other esports gaming mouse, the DeathAdder line, follows in the footsteps of the company’s Viper V2 Pro for many of its updates to the wireless DeathAdder V3 Pro. The V3 Pro’s price even rises from $130 for the V2 Pro to match the Viper’s at $150. It’s available today. Its launch partner, the HyperPolling Wireless Dongle, potentially breaks new ground …
Read More »Samsung Unpacked Event Recap: Every Announcement You May Have Missed
What’s happening Samsung’s annual August Unpacked, where the company detailed its updated line of foldable phones. Why it matters In addition to showing if foldables are “there” yet for you in their fourth generation, both the Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4 features may foreshadow features that we’ll see in potential competing models from companies like Motorola and Google. …
Read More »Best Gaming Laptop for 2022
There’s more to a decent gaming laptop than raw speed. You can pack it with the best graphics card, the fastest, most colorful display, a gazillion-core processor, tons of fast solid-state storage to hold your games and a rock-solid hard drive for secondary storage, but it can still fall short. Those powerful components may overheat at the worst moments, your …
Read More »Best Gaming Laptop for 2022
There’s more to a decent gaming laptop than raw speed. You can pack it with the best graphics card, the fastest, most colorful display, a gazillion-core processor, tons of fast solid-state storage to hold your games and a rock-solid hard drive for secondary storage, but it can still fall short. Those powerful components may overheat at the worst moments, your …
Read More »Playing PC Games on Mac Should Get Better With Parallels Desktop 18
If you’re not familiar with virtual machines, they’re basically a way to run a foreign operating system on your computer — Windows or Linux on a Mac, for example. That makes it possible to do things like play PC games on a Mac or run old 32-bit Windows applications (which were deprecated a few versions of MacOS ago). Parallels is …
Read More »Best Webcams From 1080p to 4K for 2022
Before the pandemic, webcams were far less ubiquitous. Reserved for business professionals, streamers and people with friends and family abroad, webcams were a device not everyone needed — and if you did, the 720p webcam on your laptop would get you through it. However, Zoom, Skype and other video calling services have become more commonplace for almost everyone, whether you’re …
Read More »Best Monitor Under $200 You Can Get for 2022
Adding a second monitor is one of the easiest ways to seriously upgrade your home office setup. And with a little digging, it doesn’t have to break the bank either. Well, we’ve done the digging for you, and have rounded up some of the best monitors out there that will work for your needs as well as your budget. There are a …
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