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Antonio G. Di Benedetto

Antonio G. Di Benedetto

Reviewer, Laptops

Reviewer, Laptops

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    These mechanical keyboards are two very different sides of the same beautifully made coin

    The Evoworks Evo75 and Dry Studio ATM 98 are two of the nicest keyboards I’ve ever seen and heard. One is wonderfully thocky and one is serenely stealthy.

    Antonio G. Di Benedetto
    My first 24 hours with Siri AI on the Mac

    Siri is better, but its limitations are much more obvious on a Mac than an iPhone.

    Antonio G. Di Benedetto
    Antonio G. Di Benedetto
    Antonio G. Di Benedetto
    I want your skulls (in Halo).

    Like previous Halo titles, unlockable skulls in Halo: Campaign Evolved will allow you crank up explosions, turn down gravity, or celebrate every grunt headshot with confetti and fanfare. You can even mimic the gameplay of the classic Halo: Combat Evolved, or enable remixes of skulls for randomized choas.

    Apple dials down Liquid Glass, and the Mac looks way better for it

    Initial impressions of macOS Golden Gate’s design refinements show promise, but there’s still lots to come.

    Antonio G. Di Benedetto
    Dell’s new XPS 14 is better in almost every way

    7

    Verge Score

    Except in price. The prices suck.

    Antonio G. Di Benedetto
    I customized a MacBook Neo with colorful spare parts

    And I only broke it a little.

    Antonio G. Di Benedetto
    Antonio G. Di Benedetto
    Antonio G. Di Benedetto
    Afraid the Steam Machine will be too expensive? Imagine the price of this NUC with a mobile RTX 5090.

    At Computex, Asus announced the ROG NUC 16 Edition 20 — a mini-PC with Intel’s highest-end mobile chip and a flagship RTX 5090 Laptop GPU. It’s even decked out in gold accents for the Republic of Gamers’ 20th anniversary.

    Like other Asus Computex announcements, there’s no pricing. But as Liliputing points out, the standard model with an RTX 5080 costs $3,799.

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    Antonio G. Di Benedetto
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    The Snapdragon X2 Elite chip is making its way to a mini-PC.

    Announced at Computex, Asus’s new Ascent QN10 is the first mini-PC to use a Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite. It has quite the port selection, including three USB4 and four USB-A. And it’s under 0.7L in volume, which is about 0.1L smaller than the tiny M4 Mac Mini. But did I mention its power button is not on the bottom?

    Of course, like all of Asus’s Computex announcements, price is TBD.

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    <em>The Asus Ascent QN10.</em>
    <em>Rear ports.</em>
    <em>This is how Qualcomm presents this mini-PC in its press release.</em>
    <em>And this is how Asus presents it. 🤣 I don’t know what’s going on here, but I do hope Asus is paying its model extra for this enthusiasm.</em>
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    The Asus Ascent QN10.
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