Are you baffled by the multitude of laptop, desktop and tablet options being hurled at you as a generic “creative” or “creator”? Marketing materials rarely distinguish among the widely varying needs for different pursuits; marketers basically consider anything with a discrete GPU (a graphics processor that’s not integrated into the CPU), no matter how low …
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Are you baffled by the multitude of laptop, desktop and tablet options being hurled at you as a generic “creative” or “creator”? Marketing materials rarely distinguish among the widely varying needs for different pursuits; marketers basically consider anything with a discrete GPU (a graphics processor that’s not integrated into the CPU), no matter how low power, suitable for all sorts …
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Lenovo’s latest entry-level gaming laptops now look more like the company’s higher-end Legion gaming line, but at lower prices. The new IdeaPad Gaming 3 and 3i are part of the company’s many announcements for Mobile World Congress. While the Legion laptops can top $3,000, the new IdeaPad Gaming 3 starts below $1,000 but still has some premium features and components. …
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Samsung knows how to make a premium device. Just take a look at the Galaxy S22 phones or Galaxy Tab S8 tablets: Elegant designs matched with the best tech. Samsung also knows how to make good budget phones and tablets, like its Galaxy A-series devices, using the right combo of materials and components to cover the essentials at a fair …
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Intel on Thursday announced a new division to design and sell chips that will help carmakers modernize vehicles and the processors that power them. The chipmaker is trying to cash in on a fast-growing market for the semiconductors it builds. For automakers, processors in 2019 represented 4% of a car’s cost, but it’s going to soar to 20% by 2030, …
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Dell’s gaming brand Alienware pulled out all the stops for its CES 2022 slate of announcements, and two of the most notable debut products are landing at lower prices than we expected — not that we’re complaining. First, we have the x14, the company’s first entry in the booming 14-inch gaming laptop market. When Alienware announced it in January, the …
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Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra looks like it’s going to be amazing if your tablet is feeling a little too small these days. Announced at Samsung’s Unpacked event on Wednesday with its new Galaxy S22 phones, the Tab S8 Ultra is a gigantic 14.6-inch premium tablet with a full-size detachable backlit keyboard that includes a touchpad and support for an …
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Like other online retailers, Best Buy has been restocking high-demand products like graphics cards that quickly sell out — but for the first time on Thursday, it allowed only paid members of its $200 Totaltech subscription service to buy GPUs. Graphics cards have been in short supply due to global chip shortages, leading retailers to ration limited shipments using first-come, …
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MSI’s top-end 17-inch Raider GE76 gaming laptop comes with state-of-the-art components that let it fly. It’s stacked with an Intel Core i9-12900HK CPU and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti GPU. That processor is the newest Intel mobile Alder Lake architecture, which splits the cores into performance-optimized and efficiency-optimized (like Apple’s M1 chips). And while the RTX 3080 Ti is just a …
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Gaming laptops have evolved to keep up with the needs of even the most intense gamers, making them a serious alternative to desktop PCs for all but the highest-power setups. Almost everything you need to start gaming is in that one chassis; you definitely don’t want to use the touchpad, though, so an external mouse is a must-have. Another bright …
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