A number of Laptop Mag’s staff is African American. We, like many of the other Future Publishing brands, such as Tom’s Guide (opens in new tab), PC Gamer (opens in new tab) and GamesRadar (opens in new tab), stand with our black colleagues and with Black Lives Matter as they fight against police brutality in America. This isn’t their first fight, and it surely won’t be the last. If you want to help, we have suggestions on how you can lend your support....

This is where MediaTek swoops in to save the day with the new brand spankin’ new Kompanio 1380 chip. The leading chipset manufacturer claims that the new system-on-a-chip (SoC) will usher in a new wave of better-performing, longer-lasting Chromebooks. The best Chromebooks of 2022Chromebooks with the longest battery life in 2022 MediaTek promises better-performing Chromebooks with Kompanio 1380 MediaTek promises better-performing Chromebooks with Kompanio 1380 MediaTek’s new Kompanio 1380 chip, based on a six-nanometer architecture, features an octa-core CPU with four high-performance ARM Cortex-A78 cores with speeds up to 3....

Design The Dell P3418HW has a 34-inch IPS display panel that boasts extra-wide 1080p (2560 x 1080) resolution. The display has an extra-slim bezel measuring 0.3-inch wide along the top and just under 0.3 inch on either side, with a wider 1-inch bezel along the bottom edge. An anti-glare coating on the screen cuts down on reflections, so there’s less concern over visibility if you’re seated near a window or under bright fluorescent lights....

The XPS 13 has the advantage in size, but it makes some compromises in areas that the Spectre x360 stands out in, including keyboard height and ports. Here’s how these two premium 2-in-1 laptops stack up. Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 vs. HP Spectre x360: Specs compared Design Both the Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 and the HP Spectre x360 are as premium as their price points suggest and as elegant as laptops should be....

Keep in mind, this is a flash sale, meaning it’s going away soon. You have until 1am EST to get your hands on the HP Pavilion 15 for $405 off its original price tag. If you require more storage, for $100 more, you can customize this laptop with a capacity of 1TB. This is one of the best Cyber Monday laptop deals available. HP’s Pavilion series laptops combine sleek design with powerful performance....

However, if you want to squeeze out as much gaming as you possibly can, what are the consequences of putting your laptop in a battery-saving mode? One Tom’s Guide forum user asked us to help them out. ghost.freak.user writes, “I play games on my laptop. Is [turning on battery saver] a good option? I [know] it saves battery, but [does] it really affect performance?” To test this, we took MSI’s GT63 Titan 8RG (Core i7-8750H, 32GB of RAM, GTX 1080) and ran three gaming benchmarks on battery settings such as Best Performance (plugged and unplugged), Windows 10 Battery Saver, Nvidia’s Battery Boost and MSI’s Eco Mode....

We’re here to fix that. By testing a variety of use cases on different amounts of RAM, we’ll give you an idea of how you can stretch the RAM you’ve got. What is RAM and how does it work? What is RAM and how does it work? Let’s start with the most basic elements of the question. RAM is where data is stored before processing. RAM stands for Random Access Memory, and it consists of dynamic memory chips that can be written and rewritten with data very quickly....