Qualcomm says Snapdragon is coming to PC desktops
If you listen to Qualcomm as it sings the praises of its new Snapdragon X series of laptop processors, Arm is the second coming of PC hardware. So if that’s the case, why not stick…
Michael Crider
Michael Crider
Hands-on: Asus Ally X gives gaming handhelds a big upgrade
When the rumors of the ROG Ally X started coming out, one of the first things they said was that it didn’t replace the Ryzen APU from the original design a year ago. That made…
CPU Showdown: Snapdragon X vs Intel Core vs M3
By now you’ve probably heard that Qualcomm is pushing hard to get its Arm-based processors into Windows machines, including the new Surface devices revealed in May. Without getting them into our lab, we don’t know…
Follow PCWorld on our trip to Computex!
The Computex trade show starts in Taipei next week, and it’s kind of a big deal. While CES tends to get headlines for general tech, Computex is where manufacturers pull out all the stops for…
Acer unveils new OLED gaming monitors and ‘smart’ monitors
If there’s one trend in PCs for 2024, it’s “AI” in everything. That’s inescapable. (Ugh.) But if there are two, then the second one is OLED monitors finally gaining steam. Case in point: Acer just…
Nvidia’s ‘AI game assistant’ April Fools’ joke might be real
April Fools’ Day is the bane of any tech news writer’s existence. Never mind that these sad attempts at comedy from marketing people are sometimes barely distinguishable from real products — especially when they come…
HP’s ‘Lego-like’ multi-monitor concept makes me stupidly happy
I love multiple monitors. I love Legos. (And yes, fellow LEGO addicts, I know it’s not supposed to have an ‘s’ on the end, but I have to write for the normals.) Because of that,…
A wild new GPD laptop has two stacked 13-inch OLED screens
Hello, my name is Michael, and I’m a multi-monitor addict. If I don’t have at least three screens in front of me at all times, I feel like I’m not being productive enough. It’s gotten…
Graphics cards are about to get more expensive — and that’s not all
“This graphics card is just entirely too inexpensive for my taste,” said no one, ever. While we’re past the incredibly inflated prices of the pandemic and crypto crunch, high-end graphics cards are still far from…
MSI’s new desktop motherboard uses CAMM2 memory
CAMM2 is a new standard for laptop memory. It’s tiny, incredibly skinny, and compatible with modern DDR5 memory. That makes it a suitable replacement for space-hogging SO-DIMMs or soldered memory modules, which can’t be replaced…