LG is finally venturing away from its slim and ultralight laptop lineup with its first gaming laptop, the LG UltraGear 17G90Q. Not too far away, though: As with its Gram laptops, LG went high-end right out of the gate with this 17.3-inch gaming laptop and kept the laptop thin and relatively lightweight for its size …
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For a company that likes to trumpet everything it does, Nvidia’s pre-CESannouncement of its entry-level laptop graphics chips seems oddly low-key. Not that the GeForce RTX 2050, MX570 and MX550 need or merit trumpeting. They’re just the 2022 versions of the silicon that allows notebook manufacturers to use the attention-grabbing “starts at $999” in searches for “laptops under $1,000” — …
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Personal computers got a lot more exciting in 2021 thanks to Intel and Apple. Intel got a new chief executive who has plans for the giant chipmaker to reclaim its faded glory. Meanwhile, Apple introduced Macs with its own powerful new processors that challenge Intel’s plans. Processors — the electronic brains, also called chips, that power our smartphones, game consoles, …
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The most obvious changes to the new 2021 MacBook Pro laptops — a new design, new display and resurrected ports — have been discussed in great depth in my longform reviews of the 16-inch MacBook and 14-inch MacBook. But it’s the internal changes that are really more important for the creative professionals who are most likely to shell out for …
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Last year’s Lenovo Flex 5 Chromebook was and still is one of our top picks for the category, primarily because it was a bargain for a premium Chromebook. The 2021 Lenovo Flex 5i Chromebook (the added “i” denotes an Intel chip, though there is no AMD version) is mostly the same as the 2020 model and remains an excellent value …
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The latest version HDMI is called 2.1, and it’s a big leap forward compared to HDMI 2.0. It’s currently found on the best new TVs, including recent models from LG, Samsung, Sony, TCL, Vizio and more. HDMI 2.1 is also on both of the next-generation game consoles, the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. In fact, to get the most out …
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Oct 2021 Google has been making TV devices for a long time, but success has been elusive. In 2013, the company’s first Chromecast helped usher in an era of streaming televisions, but did so by relying on your phone, tablet or computer to supply the apps and video. Android TV, which arrived in 2014, added an interface and TV-specific apps, but never …
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How good can VR look? That answer has a sliding scale. Most everyday headsets like the Oculus Quest 2 look sharper and better than ever; others, like the HP Reverb G2, take another leap for simulation accuracy. Then there’s the Varjo Aero, a $1,990 headset arriving by the end of this year — where image quality (and price for the non-business …
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Late in 2020, Acer released the Swift 3X, the PC maker’s first laptop using Iris Xe Max discrete graphics, Intel’s first discrete GPU in more than 20 years. The boost in graphics performance elevated the Swift 3X from just a good, general-purpose, thin-and-light laptop to one that could be used for entry-level content creation. With the Swift X, Acer kept the …
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Update, Oct. 18: Apple is hosting a launch today to show off its latest devices. You can follow CNET’s live blog here. So far we saw the AirPods 3, an Apple Music ‘Voice’ plan, new HomePod Mini colors and new MacBooks with Apple’s M1 Pro and M1 Max chips. Apple’s new MacBook Pro laptops will ditch the Touch Bar but bring back MagSafe, add …
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