I spent many hours using HP’s 14, a $289 Windows laptop. You’re all welcome.
In case you missed it, our Dell XPS 13 review went live over the weekend. One thing to note: there are literally only two ports on it. There’s not even a headphone jack!
Dell is an extreme example, but many thin and light laptop lines have been shedding ports over the past few years, and it’s making me nervous. I refuse to carry a dock around with me. I refuse!
It’s now been over a week since Western Digital’s My Cloud went down due to a “network security incident”, and all signs indicate that it remains dark. The good news: I’ve heard from multiple people that the Local Access workaround the company detailed on Friday does work, and has allowed some customers to access their stored files.
The latest XPS 13 is good enough — but no longer good enough to top the market.
AMD’s Ryzen 7000 lineup is incredibly confusing. One of the reasons is that it includes every architecture under the sun — Zen 2, Zen 3, Zen 4, and you have to be fairly familiar with the labyrinthine naming scheme to tell them apart.
But! According to new helpful partner materials (which Videocardz has obtained), Ryzen 7000 laptops featuring Zen 4 CPUs will include a bright orange sticker. Zen 4 purists, rejoice!
CNBC reports that Google is scaling back its spending on employee services, according to a companywide email from finance chief Ruth Porat. One particularly unfortunate detail: non-engineer employees will now be issued Chromebooks by default, rather than the “range of offerings, such as Apple MacBooks” that were available previously.
Does this mean we might finally get a version of Slack that works on Chrome OS? Sorry, trying not to jinx it.
Asus’s ROG Flow Z13, a collaboration with Acronym, has hit shelves, and I don’t even know where to begin with this one. Just take a look for yourself.
