Tag: laptops
Want to turn your MacBook into a weighing scale? Me neither, but an app that gives the trackpad this ability looks impressively accurate
A new app turns Apple’s trackpad into a weighing scale The results with the TrackWeight app are surprisingly accurate There are certainly limitations here, though, including the need to keep a fingertip on the trackpad while weighing an object If you ever need a set of weighing scales in a…
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A 12-inch MacBook is the only affordable Mac I want from Apple
Rumors that Apple might make an affordable, multi-colored MacBook based on the A18 Pro chip sparked considerable excitement and ignited a hope in me and others that it could mark the return of the 12-inch MacBook. Unveiled a decade ago, the gold-finished 2-lb, full-sized keyboard-sporting MacBook was, for its time,…
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Apple was right to ‘pull’ its cringey, odd, and unnecessary ‘Convince your Parents to Get you a Mac’ ad
I get it. Parents confronted with the exorbitant cost of a college education and the possibility that their progeny will also need a new laptop are disinclined to spend $1,000 or more on a Mac when a Windows machine could be had for hundreds less. I also know that the…
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The MSI Prestige 13+ AI Ukiyo-e Edition is nothing short of a work of art, and my only complaint is that so few people will get to see it in person
Beaten and restrained by Taitra security guards, I’m hauled back to the MSI booth from whence I came, the laptop I’d tried to spirit away handed back to MSI while members of the North American PR team look at me in stony silence. I lift up my head and meet…
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HP is changing the game with its new laptops – the OmniBook 5 Series combines OLED displays, big battery claims, and temptingly affordable price tags
HP has introduced the OmniBook 5 Series, using Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors Both the OmniBook 5 14 and OmniBook 5 16, feature OLED displays They’re both expected to be available in July Computex 2025 is well underway, which means there’s plenty of new tech ranging from new desktop PC hardware to…
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MacBooks are now legitimate gaming machines – and the future looks promising
We live in times when tech firms will more often than not leave us disappointed; such is the nature of iterative technology upgrades and product cycles. So I was fully prepared to be disapproved by an attempt to run Death Stranding on my aging MacBook Air 13-inch (M2). Last year,…
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