When Apple announced its latest M2 Pro- and M2 Max-based MacBook Pros last week, the company boasted about performance gains (up to a 20 percent uplift for the CPU, up to 30 percent for the GPU) and improved battery life. Unfortunately, it appears that one area of performance has taken a step backward for M2…
Earlier this year it transpired that in 2023, Intel intends to cease using its Celeron and Pentium brands for entry-level notebook CPUs. Instead, Intel will use the ‘Intel Processor’ branding. With 2023 being mere weeks away, it is about time for one of the first Intel Processor-badged CPUs to allegedly get tested. For now take the test…
Apple will soon unveil a slew of new products now that the iPhone 14 launch has come and gone. In the coming days, Apple will announce the 2022 iPad Pro models, the iPad 10, and the new M2 MacBook Pro refreshes. The new iPad launch should be imminent, as Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman claims that…
Most iPhone 14 rumors say that Apple will increase its prices, despite keeping the $799 entry-level price in place. Also, most reports also say that the 6.1-inch iPhone 14 and the 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Plus/Max will offer buyers specs on par with the 6.1-inch iPhone 13 Pro and 6.7-inch iPhone 13 Pro Max. The latter…
The cheapest iPad in Apple’s lineup is the entry-level 9th-gen iPad, which received a significant upgrade last year. The device rocks specs that are equivalent to the 2019 iPhone 11. The handset is still available in Apple’s lineup, and it’s a great bargain for anyone looking for an affordable, brand-new iPhone with a large screen.…
Matrox, one of the old-school graphics card markers, no longer makes gaming products. Instead, the company has diverted its attention to the enterprise and professional markets, such as digital signage and video walls. However, the YouTube channel Budget-Builds Official (opens in new tab) takes us for a stroll down memory lane with the Matrox C420…
It’s a new age for custom mechanical keyboards, and there’s never been a better time to jump into the hobby. It used to be difficult to assemble your own custom keyboard, sourcing parts from different websites or joining group buys that demand payment up front and months of waiting to see a final product. Those…
Lenovo today announced that the company is introducing a new trio of Intel Rocket-Lake-powered workstation-grade desktop PCs for finance, architecture, engineering, and many different types of workloads requiring workstation hardware support. The ThinkStation P350 family are entry-level products in the workstation world. While the PCs are classified as workstations and bring such hardware with them,…
Intel has released its new datacenter Optane SSD designed specifically for boot, caching, and logging workloads. The Optane SSD P1600X product line does not boast huge capacities, yet its performance and extreme endurance promise to ensure high reliability and cost efficiency required for workloads. Intel’s Optane SSD P1600X family includes drives featuring 58GB and 118GB capacities, enough…
TeamGroup has unveiled its new entry-level PCIe 4.0 SSD series that combines high performance and high capacity, but uses cheap 3D QLC NAND memory. One of the distinctive features of the new T-Force Cardea Z44Q drives is that they come with two types of cooling systems to be compatible both with desktops and notebooks. 3D…
