Obviously, the new Magic Keyboard is at top of mind for many buyers after years of unreliable and uncomfortable butterfly keys. But what else does the new MacBook Air do to set itself apart from previous models? Here’s a look at how the MacBook Air (2020) stacks up against last year’s MacBook Air and our recommendation on who should upgrade. MacBook Air 2020 vs. Dell XPS 13: Does Apple’s new laptop take the crown?...
On PCs, Microsoft will release an app called Your Phone for access to text messages, photos and notifications. The company suggests that you will be able to share data between devices, like simply dragging your photos from your phone to your PC without ever touching the handset. This app will roll out to Windows Insider Program members this week, though we don’t have a definite date for everyone else. At a keynote, the company only demoed the machine with an Android phone, showing how you can access texts and photos....
As you’ll read below, the concept works really well. Not only can the Surface Laptop Studio be transformed into a digital drawing board, but it does so without compromising the standard laptop mode. This flexibility, along with excellent performance and long battery life, makes the Surface Laptop Studio a compelling option for creative professionals. Add in a fantastic keyboard/touchpad combo, powerful speakers, and a 1080p webcam, and the Surface Laptop Studio finds its place as one of the best laptops, one that should be considered by anyone with a large enough budget....
The 7-nanometer A12X Bionic chip processor inside the iPad Pro packs four performance cores and four high-efficiency cores, and there’s a new GPU that promises twice the graphics performance as the A10X processor inside the last iPad Pro. And the benchmark results are quite impressive. Geekbench 4 On Geekbench 4, which measures overall performance, the iPad Pro notched a score of 17,995. That blows past the Surface Pro 6 with a Core i5 CPU and even the Core i7 version of the Dell XPS 13....
Our guide will walk you through what Nvidia did to improve on the design and what it could mean for your next gaming machine. Best gaming laptops of 2020The best VR-ready laptops in 2020Nvidia Super comes to laptops: What it means for gamers What is Nvidia Max-Q? What is Nvidia Max-Q? As a quick refresher for those who aren’t already familiar, Max-Q is a design that incorporates the chips, thermals, and electrical components along with software and drivers to generate peak efficiency with optimal performance....
Max-Q laptops are great for people who want to game on the go without sacrificing too much power. But how well do these systems stand up against their traditional Pascal-powered counterparts? We compared several gaming systems to find out. What is Max-Q? What is Max-Q? In aerospace engineering, the term “max-Q” refers to “maximum dynamic pressure,” which is important in rocket design. But for laptops, Max-Q focuses on power and heat efficiency....
Word, in particular, saw a number of new features like Action Pen and new annotation options, but there were small and useful additions across the full array of Office apps. Best college laptops in 2020Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 (13.5 inches) reviewWindows 10 May 2020 update: What’s new and how to download it Office Insider Monthly Channel Update for April 2020 Office Insider Monthly Channel Update for April 2020 Word gets the most attention this month with the addition of the Action Pen, a tool that lets you markup and edit documents with inking....
