If you’ve been hunting for computer upgrades, it’s been a rough couple of years. After the one-two-three punch of a worldwide chip shortage, a boom in cryptocurrency mining, and a scourge of scalpers (yes, “scourge” is the collective noun for scalper, I looked it up!), graphics cards in particular have been incredibly hard to find…
Matt Elliott/IDG If you’re in the market for a gaming laptop but aren’t in a position to shell out a ton of cash, believe it or not, there are some pretty decent budget options out there. Whether you’re a hardcore FPS player or a lover of story-driven games, these high-powered machines should get the job…
Is a cheap Chromebook good enough for distance learning and homework? Definitely—depending on what’s inside. As a parent or a student, you may already have weighed the pros and cons of Windows laptops vs Chromebooks. One of the appeals of a Chromebook is cost, especially if a family has to buy several. But some of…
Analyst firm Mercury Research said that the low end of the notebook PC and Chromebook market “evaporated” in the third quarter, leading to the worst quarter-over-quarter downturn in mobile CPUs in the history of the PC CPU market. Mercury said that a drop in demand was expected, given that the PC market had largely been…
Even at its list price of $70 per year, a personal subscription to Microsoft 365—or Office 365, as it used to be called—is one of the better deals in tech. That subscription gets you full access to Microsoft’s Office suite along with 1TB of OneDrive cloud storage. I’ve been a mostly satisfied subscriber for years,…
Gaming laptops can be pricey due to the components required to run the latest games. Even cheap gaming laptop options usually run…
Gaming laptops can be pricey due to the components required to run the latest games. Even cheap ones usually run between $700…
Keeping your home safe and secure doesn’t have to cost a lot. Some of the security cameras I recommend are expensive, but there’s…
SLIDESHOW If your old workhorse of a PC is starting to slow down in its old age, these low (or no-) cost tricks can help put some pep in its processing step. Teach an old dog new tricks There’s a reason that unboxing videos and the phrase “new car smell” are firmly ensconced in the…
[ad_1] Short of money? (Dumb question, I know). Trying to figure out how are you going to afford all the textbooks for…