PCs & laptops
Review
Microsoft
Microsoft’s latest MacBook-beater is the real deal, with an asterisk
A phenomenal laptop with incredible battery life, Microsoft’s new Surface is perfect for many users, but a definite non-starter for others.
- by Tim Biggs
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Analysis
Why your next laptop will be the smartest of the lot
In the 1980s, the best laptop let you edit documents on the go. Today they can produce their own documents and images on demand, and process anything they see and hear.
- by Tim Biggs
It’s Apple v Microsoft as tech titans battle for AI supremacy
Apple Intelligence will go head-to-head with Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs, which are being launched this week.
- by Tim Biggs
Analysis
AI
Apple is walking a privacy tightrope with its big AI move
Apple’s OpenAI tie-up will power new features and encourage upgrades to the newest devices, but it does raise some concerns.
- by Tim Biggs
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AI
Apple Intelligence: The AI features coming to your iPhone
The collection of AI tools, which includes text rewriting and summaries, photo editing and an optional integration with ChatGPT, will arrive later this year.
- by Tim Biggs
Can you save money with BYO storage on laptops and phones?
Samsung’s Galaxy A55 only has 128GB of internal storage – tiny compared to other phones. But a good quality 256GB card triples the storage for about $30.
- by Tim Biggs
Microsoft introduces AI PC era with direct shots at Apple’s MacBook
Laptops carrying the CoPilot+ badge are faster and longer lasting than the MacBook Air, Microsoft says, as it showcases ARM-powered Surface devices.
- by Tim Biggs
Framework’s DIY laptop lets you upgrade rather than replace
I upgraded my laptop to a new generation processor and twice the memory in 20 minutes for half the price of a new premium portable PC.
- by Tim Biggs
Review
Apple
The new MacBook Air is more powerful than ever, with a few extra tricks
The M3 Air might not be light years ahead of its predecessor M2, but it’s still a seriously powerful lightweight laptop when stacked up against anything older.
- by Tim Biggs
The first two-screen laptop that doesn’t feel like a gimmick
The new ASUS Zenbook Duo understands that two screens are not always better than one, and makes it easy to choose.
- by Tim Biggs
Microsoft adds AI key in first big change to keyboards in decades
Some new personal computers that run Microsoft’s Windows 11 operating system will have a special “Copilot key” that launches the software giant’s AI chatbot.
- by Matt O'Brien