Microsoft says the Surface Pro X—the latest version of its vaunted 2-in-1 tablet-puter—is the thinnest, fastest, lightest, longest-battery-lived, and fastest-charging Surface to date. Most of these superlatives are made possible by the inclusion of a brand-new CPU called the SQ1, which was designed not with Intel or AMD but rather with Qualcomm. The catch is that, […]
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Surface Pro X teardown finds a new high in ‘repairability’ for Microsoft
Microsoft’s Surface Pro X is even more repair-friendly than the Surface Laptop 3, getting a bigger thumbs-up from the teardown experts over at iFixit. While iFixit scored the Surface Laptop 3 as a 5 out of 10 when it came to repairs, the freshly unleashed Surface Pro X managed to creep ahead with a 6 out of […]
Lenovo ThinkPad P53 review: A powerful workstation with 16GB Quadro RTX graphics
Way back in the old days of March of this year, I reviewed the Lenovo ThinkPad P52, and I advised that you probably shouldn’t buy it unless you needed a mobile workstation at that moment. At the time, GeForce RTX GPUs were out for desktops and laptops, and Quadro RTX was out for desktop workstations. The […]
Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu 19.10 vs. Clear Linux Performance On The Dell Ice Lake Laptop
Last month I posted benchmarks looking at the Windows 10 vs. Linux OpenGL and Vulkan graphics performance for the Ice Lake “Gen11” graphics. But for those wondering about the CPU/system performance between Windows and Linux for the Core i7-1065G7 with the Dell XPS 7390, here are those benchmarks as we compare the latest Windows 10 to Ubuntu […]
AOC Q27T1 Monitor Designed by Studio F.A. Porsche Looks the Part
Amsterdam-based AOC has been collaborating with Studio F. A. Porsche (created by a grandson of the sports car maker’s founder) and came up with the Q27T1, a slim and sleek 27-inch QHD monitor. The Q27T1 sports an IPS panel with a 75 Hz refresh rate and 5ms response time. That means it won’t be one of the best gaming monitors, but should be […]
An upcoming Chromebook may support Ambient EQ
Taking a note from the recently released Pixel 4, it appears that a future Chromebook may include support for Ambient EQ. This capability would help relieve eye strain when working under various lighting conditions through the use of automatic white balance adjustments. Multiple commits in Chromium Gerrit—a tool used for code review—point towards the functionality […]
Dell XPS 13 (2019) Slays Benchmarks With 6-Core 10th Gen Intel Comet Lake
Intel officially launched its 10nm Ice Lake-U family back in August, and there have been a handful of systems shipping with the power-sipping processors. Among the first OEMs to jump onboard was Dell with the XPS 13 2-in-1 (2019) we recently evaluated. When that refreshed convertible launched, it was available with one of three processors: Intel Core i3-1005 G1 […]
Phantek Evolv Shift: A living room PC case?
The Phantek Evolv Shift is a Mini-ITX PC case that could easily fit like a piece in your living room and here’s why it a very matte black case, so it doesn’t draw too much attention to itself, and it is stylish because of the more verticle rather than the horizontal design of the case. […]
TUF Gaming VG249Q is a 24″ inch monitor from ASUS, with FreeSync enabled
ASUS is coming out with a new 24-inch monitor, the TUF Gaming VG249Q. This monitor carries a 144Hz refresh rate with some amazing features to set this monitor apart from the other 24-inch displays. The TUF Gaming VG249Q is 144Hz, 1ms, and Full HD 1080p The 1ms is a moving picture response time rating, this helps with […]
Pixelbook Go review: Premium price for a premium device
Before I share thoughts after using the Pixelbook Go for more than 80 hours, I want to explain why this review didn’t appear alongside the many others last week, when the embargo lifted. Simply put: It wasn’t ready. I don’t write reviews to an artificial deadline, at least not unless I feel they’re actually complete and […]