The Microsoft Surface Go 3 Is a Battery Buster
In the past, Microsoft has struggled to marry its legacy desktop operating system with more modern touchscreen interfaces. The Surface...
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The 17 Best Mac Apps to Make Everyday Life Easier
As far as operating systems go, macOS for Apple computers is stable and efficient, but sometimes it feels annoyingly incomplete....
TP-Link’s New Wi-Fi 6 Router Puts Gamers in the Fast Lane
It does this via three bands. There’s a 5-GHz band offering up to 4,804 Mbps, a second 5-GHz band offering...
Everything Microsoft Announced, Including a Wacky Laptop
Just like its predecessor, the Surface Pro X includes a 13-inch touchscreen display, up to 15 hours of battery life,...
Lenovo’s Laptop-Tablet ThinkPad Goes After the Surface
What's missing in the Thinkpad X12 is what's missing in every detachable, namely ports. There are two USB-C (Thunderbolt 4)...
Dell’s New Laptop-Tablet Hybrid Is Great—but Pricey
First, there was the iPad. Then Microsoft's Surface came along and showed that you could get real work done on...
Which Microsoft Surface Laptop or Tablet Should You Buy?
This is the closest analog to Apple's MacBook Pro series. Thanks to standard 10th-generation Intel processors and an optional discrete...
Shopping for a Router Sucks. Here’s What You Need to Know
Everyone wants reliable and fast internet, and a good router can help. The trick is working out how the complicated...
The 7 Best Laptops and Tablets for College Students
The important thing to remember is that there is no single correct choice here. The laptop that's best for your...
Considering a MacBook? Here are Our Favorites
Apple still sells the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Intel's 10th-generation processor, but the MacBook Pro with M1 outperforms it. The...
How to Share Your Wi-Fi Password
A good host always shares Wi-Fi with visitors, but explaining which network to join and spelling out the password (if...
Dell’s XPS 13 Laptop Has a Stunning New OLED Display
Put any OLED screen next to any non-OLED screen and what you will notice are the colors. Whether it's TVs,...
The Best Laptop Stands to Save Your Achin’ Neck
Whether you're heading back to the office or working permanently from home, having the right laptop stand can make life...
Get a Better Picture With Our Favorite Webcams
Do you know why most laptop webcams suck? No, really. This isn't a rhetorical question or the setup to a...
These Are the Best Portable Storage Drives
If you're running out of storage space on your laptop, need to back up your data, or store that backlog...
Want OLED and Speed for Under $1,000? Get This Asus Laptop
The Asus ZenBook 13 is one of the best value laptops I've tested in a long time. The ZenBook line...
How to Back Up Your Digital Life
Even within brand names, though, some drives are better than others. Several of us here on the Gear team have...
Apple’s Colorful New iMac Pairs Beauty With Brawn
With those upgrades—oh, and the $50 Magic Trackpad instead of the awful Magic Mouse you still can't use as it...
