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Monica Chin

Monica Chin

Former Senior Reviewer

Former Senior Reviewer

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    Monica Chin
    Fellow Apple Music users, it’s finally our time.

    The Spotify-using masses are gearing up for the release of Spotify Wrapped, and Apple Music finally has a (not very good, but still existent, which is something) answer. You can get your Apple Music Replay stats right now — here’s how to do it.

    Richard Lawler
    Richard Lawler
    Surface Pro 9 (Intel vs ARM) review: which one to buy?

    Monica Chin reviewed both iterations of the Microsoft Surface Pro 9 and has a few reasons why the Intel version is still the better choice.

    With an extremely lightweight build, 5G support, and good battery life, the Surface Pro 9 could be the perfect on-the-go device... Microsoft has that hardware part down to a science. But it still hasn’t figured out how to make Windows on Arm viable for the high-end mainstream.

    Microsoft Surface Pro 9 (SQ3) review: Windows on Arm is not ready
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    Exceptional hardware is still marred by incompatibilities

    Monica Chin
    Microsoft Surface Pro 9 (Intel) review: this is the one to buy
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    There are two Surface Pro 9s. The Intel model is the boring but safer buy.

    Monica Chin
    Asus’ Steven Harrington Vivobook is a cool-looking laptop with uncool battery life

    Asus’ Vivobook 13 Slate Steven Harrington Edition puts a bold, funky look on a pretty OLED display. It’s a cool collaboration and a convenient form factor. But a slow processor holds it back from being great.

    Monica Chin
    Monica Chin
    Monica Chin
    Ask A Manager has weighed in.

    A nervous Twitter employee, whose boss and coworkers are now gone, has written to the popular work advice column Ask A Manager, asking how the heck they should handle their company’s whole...situation.

    Columnist Alison Green’s advice: Stick it out, if you can. “Staying at least gives you the option of severance down the road...and gives you an ongoing income and health insurance,” Green wrote. She added, “I’m sorry something you helped build is being needlessly destroyed.”

    Monica Chin
    Monica Chin
    Stop giving your friends your Wi-Fi password.

    If you’re throwing a party and would prefer not to have dozens of very intoxicated guests running around with your internet credentials, you can set up your Windows PC as a router (with its own password) instead. Here’s how to do it in a few easy steps.