Do you need a rugged laptop that can stand up to being dropped, shaken and doused with water — but you can’t afford the price tag? Acer’s answer is its touchscreen Chromebook 11 N7 , a hardened system that meets many of the Army’s rigorous MI-STD 810G requirements. And at $280 — one-tenth what even a typical Windows 10 rugged tablet costs — it’s a tough bargain to beat.
Category: Keyboards
Is The Samsung Galaxy Book a Microsoft Surface Pro Killer?
Samsung unveiled a new 2-in-1 tablet, called the Galaxy Book, at Mobile World Congress 2017. It is a Windows 10 device that comes bundled with a stylus and keyboard case.
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 (2017) review
Gaming notebooks are notoriously expensive, to the point that spending anything less than $1,200 for a low-end machine is a rarity. That’s why we were so impressed by Dell’s Inspiron 7500 in late 2015.
Review: GPD Win – a Windows 10 handheld with roots from portable gaming
Making things portable usually means there is some form of compromise. But having a portable device also means expanding the ways you use technology.
Alcatel’s Plus 12 Windows 2-in-1 boasts a built-in 4G LTE Wi-Fi hot spot
Although the Mobile World Congress 2017 is mostly about the most mobile of devices – namely smartphones and wearables – that doesn’t meant that manufacturers of larger mobile devices like PCs are being left out. Whether it’s traditional notebooks or Windows 2-in-1s, PC vendors are taking advantage of the hype to introduce some new machines.
HP’s Pro x2 convertible takes on the iPad with vertical accessories
HP’s Pro x2 convertible would normally be a bit too corporate for PCWorld, but we’re covering it for two reasons. Announced Sunday at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, it’s among the first Surface clones to appear sporting a selection of 7th-generation Kaby Lake CPUs.
Nostalgia rules as classic phone brands come alive at MWC
Nokia, Blackberry and Moto were among the unlikely headline makers ahead of the Mobile World Congress trade show, which starts on Monday. Moto is owned by Lenovo, and the unit is still called Motorola Mobility.
Review: Deskew Technologies Gig Performer
Playing software instruments live is now a mature practice. Today’s better laptops can handle the studio-level CPU and storage needs of today’s best instrument and effect plug-ins.
Lenovo X260 Laptop Review: Insanely long battery life
If you liked Lenovo ‘s X250 laptop, you’ll love its newer X260 model. All the best things about the X250 are back in Lenovo’s X260, including the crazy long battery life that can, in some cases, get users through a full day of work with charge to spare.
Microsoft Office 2013/2016 high CPU on RDS servers
This may help some out there, although it’s not an idea fix it may help someone until Microsoft release a fix or someone else comes up with a better option. When opening a new or existing word document on any of the servers and making some changes, leaving the mouse and keyboard without any additional input would result in a high CPU being used by the word application after some time ranging from 1 minute to 1 minute 40 seconds.
Kanex MultiSync Premium Slim Bluetooth Keyboard review
I’ve been staying away from keyboards for a while, since I haven’t really found anything new that caught my eye- until now: A slim, metal-bodied keyboard that looks like something from Apple, yet can pair with four devices and features backlit keys. At first glance, it really looks like any other Bluetooth keyboard out there.
Wifi keeps disconnecting5
Installed win 10 64 bit on it, the internet worked perfect the first day. But before going to bed and shutting off my PC, that shitty win 10 update happened and the wireless connection was never the same… The next day, while turning the PC on, it finished its update and wow boy, did that internet keep disconnecting or eventually dropping to 10 kbps.
Surface Pro 3 vs iPad Pro 9.7 vs Lenovo Yoga Book Android showdown
If there were a few takeaways at CES 2017 last week, it would be that cars are the new darlings of the tech industry, that Amazon Alexa is taking over the world, and that laptops are becoming tablets or tablets are becoming laptops – laptops and tablets are becoming one. Whichever angle you look at it, the lines separating these two forms of portable computing have become even more muddled, with detachables and convertibles sporting pens and tablets sporting keyboards.
Flashback: Ten years ago today, Apple unveiled the original iPhone
Flashback is an occasional series in which we take a trip down Memory Lane, to revisit products, brands and moments from the world of technology past. Apple didn’t invent the smartphone.
Adobe Acrobat, Reader Critical Flaws Unpatched
Adobe Security Bulletin APSB17-01 documents “critical vulnerabilities” in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat, although the company doesn’t plan to issue patched versions until next week. TS3 and TS3 Lite are upcoming Thunderbolt 3 docks from CalDigit Inc., featuring dual Thunderbolt 3 ports, DisplayPort, Gigabit Ethernet, audio in, audio out, USB 3 ports and a bundled Thunderbolt 3 cable.
Macbook peripherals for dummies
For clarity: I have a retina Macbook Pro that comes with two Thunderbolt 2 ports, a HDMI port and two USB 3 ports. Monitor I have an old 18″ monitor sat gathering dust.
Expert Picks:The Best 2-in-1 Convertibleand Hybrid Laptops
For years, when you needed a real portable computer, the only way to get it was to turn to a laptop. Then, as mobile processors and operating systems became more powerful, you had a choice: You could either stay with the traditional clamshell design or go with a tablet, which offered you less functionality and power but greater convenience by subtracting the keyboard from the equation altogether.
Del Stone Jr.: Stumped for gift ideas? Consider these
Not a problem. Buy them a toy! The gift of a toy suggests you appreciate their child-like sense of wonder, when in fact you don’t know what to get them and wouldn’t bother if you weren’t married to them.