But while it looked great at first glance, the short battery life, mediocre CPU performance and less-than-desirable speaker quality made us do a double-take. We’ve seen several 4K laptops last for more than 8 hours on a charge, but the Envy 17 didn’t seem to get the memo. Overall, if you’re willing to forgo good battery life and need a large display, the HP Envy 17 is a solid buy, especially with its discrete graphics card....
Chromebooks have found success in the K-12 education sector and as cheap alternatives to Windows PCs. Now vendors are branching into higher price brackets and adding new features and specs we haven’t seen before in Chromebooks. No Chromebook has found its way onto our best business laptops page, but HP could be on the brink of a breakthrough. What is a Chromebook? Buying guide and adviceBest Business Laptops in 2020Chromebooks could get extended lifespan with Google update (report)...
While we don’t know exactly how much manufacturers get paid to put trialware onto their notebooks, you can be certain that some money is changing hands. Every install of McAfee, Dropbox or Evernote you see on your new computer menu helps the vendor make a profit, and without those installs, the price of your laptop would almost certainly be higher. To defray some of the laptop’s manufacturing cost, you simply pay with a few minutes of your attention....
While iOS has had praise heaped on it for its stability, usability and amazing app ecosystem, even the most ardent fan of iOS would have to concede that users weren’t given a lot of options when it came to customizing their iPhone. That all changes with iOS 14. From the ability to set a new default browser or email app to completely reshaping your home screens with custom widgets and app icons, there’s an abundance of options available to make your iPhone truly your own....
The new iPad Pro models get a boost in size and processing power, with a 10.5-inch tablet replacing the 9.7-inch base model, and a step up to the new A10X Fusion chip. On the other hand, the MacBook line gets Intel’s latest, 7th Generation Kaby Lake processors and will receive a new operating system: macOS High Sierra. This OS brings expanded capability and performance to the laptops. From portability to pricing, several key distinctions between the laptop and tablet will affect your ability to work on either device, but Apple has pushed hard to narrow the gaps between these very different devices....
Packed with the A14 Bionic chip, the iPhone 12 mini has a lightning-fast processor that boastfully says “eat my dust!” to its rivals. Even among its higher-priced siblings (i.e. the iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max), the mini has a slight lead in performance — it’s that good. The mini is a godsend for small-handed folk who despise the onslaught of miniature tablets — er, I mean “phones” — that have recently hit the flagship market....
So what, exactly, are the differences between the iPhone 12 Pro and the iPhone 12 Pro Max? Aside from specs, we’ll dive into the lab results we’ve collected for Apple’s upper-tier iPhone 12 darlings, including battery runtimes, overall performance and color-spectrum coverage, to make it clear which device is the better investment. iPhone 12 Pro Max vs. Galaxy Note 20 UltraiPhone 12 mini vs. iPhone 12iPhone 12 vs. iPhone 12 Pro...
