Hardware

Acer launches a raft of gaming PCs and monitors

Gaming just got more exciting as Acer unleashed the Predator Orion X gaming desktop; Predator Triton 17 X, Predator Helios Neo 16, and Predator Triton 14 gaming laptops; and Nitro and Predator curved monitors. All the PCs have “Intel inside.” PC sales may be in the dumps, but Acer isn’t letting that slow it down. The company launched a series … Read more

The new 3D graphics pipeline

Who loses and who gains when consumers get access to vast libraries of content for a minimum monthly fee or because they are willing to put up with ads? I

Apple’s footprint

As you’ve heard by now, maybe a hundred times, Apple has a new multi-chip SoC called M1 Ultra. They also have a new workstation, a new set of smartphones, and more stuff in the Apple tube-o’-plenty of consumer products. How did a struggling PC vendor with a small MP3 player get to have such a reach? They did it with … Read more

Apple’s tiny but mighty Mac Studio

Apple’s new Mac Studio, clawed out of a single aluminum extrusion, measures 7.7-inches square and 3.7inches tall—designed to fit nicely under a display. Two fans on top draw air up from the circular vent on the bottom, pass over the PSU and motherboard and exhausted out from the back. It should be relatively quiet, but Apple hasn’t released any decibel … Read more