John Burek

Not every notebook has a touch screen, but try one, and you’ll want to tap and swipe your next laptop. Here’s what to know about touch-screen tech, plus the best touch-screen laptops you can buy, based on our deep-dive reviews.

Thanks to the “gumstick” M.2 format, SSDs have been shrinking—and getting a lot faster, too. Here’s how to buy the right M.2 SSD, along with deep-dive reviews of today’s top models.

Here’s how to shop for a graphics card for gameplay on today’s best-value monitors—1,920 by 1,080 displays—along with the top-rated cards in our testing.

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<p>Last fall at <a href=“https://www.pcmag.com/news/qualcomm-snapdragon-x-elite-oryon-chip-tests” target=“_self”>Snapdragon Summit</a>, we got our first benchmarking look at Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon X Elite family, a line of Arm-based processors designed for laptops. Elite is no longer alone: Today, the chip maker has teased a second line of Snapdragon X chips, dubbed the Snapdragon X Plus. Qualcomm is, of course, a huge force in processors for smartphones, but it has also dabbled in chips…

<p><em>TAIPEI—</em>At <a href=“https://www.pcmag.com/events/computex” target=“_self”>Computex 2024</a>, we visited <a href=“https://www.pcmag.com/events/computex” target=“_self”>PC case</a> and cooling maker Hyte for an update on its most iconic product: the <a href=“https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/hyte-y70-touch” target=“_self”>Y70 Touch</a> PC case. The Y70 Touch was a sensation upon its launch in 2023, set apart by a unique vertical touch screen that stretched down an angled corner of the front…

<p><em>TAIPEI—</em>At <a href=“https://www.pcmag.com/events/computex” target=“_self”>Computex 2024</a> a few weeks ago, we spent our annual hour with expert PC case and power manufacturer SilverStone. In the more than a dozen years we’ve met up with the company, it has never failed to impress with a bank of exceptionally designed <a href=“https://www.pcmag.com/news/all-the-fancy-chassis-the-15-best-pc-cases-of-computex-2024” target=“_self”>PC cases</a>, coolers, and gadgets for <a href=“https://…

<p><em>TAIPEI</em>—At Computex 2024, we saw a refreshed version of Asus’ promising ROG Ally in the <a href=“https://www.pcmag.com/news/hands-on-asus-rog-ally-x-redesign-amps-up-the-storage-ram-and-battery” target=“_self”>ROG Ally X</a>, and a future Intel <a href=“https://www.pcmag.com/news/first-look-msi-tears-veil-off-upgraded-lunar-lake-powered-claw-handheld” target=“_self”>“Lunar Lake” version</a> of the MSI Claw, the original version which debuted to lukewarm reviews. These two competitors…

<p><em>TAIPEI–</em>If you’re a PC enthusiast familiar with the company Fractal Design, you probably know it for its popular <a href=“https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/fractal-design-north” target=“_self”>North line</a> of <a href=“https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-pc-cases” target=“_self”>PC cases</a>. The Norths are trimmed with wood and inspired a design trend over the last few years. Before it went all arboreal, the Sweden-based Fractal was already well-known for its spare-looking, Scandinavia…

<p>Buying the best-value external hard drive or SSD is, strictly speaking, a numbers game. The biggest numbers in play? The first is the price you pay on any given day for the drive you’re considering. Since <a href=“https://www.pcmag.com/articles/amazon-prime-day-2024-everything-you-need-to-know” target=“_self”>Amazon Prime Day 2024</a> is nearly upon us, it’s one of the best times of the summer, let alone the year, to make your purchase. <br><br>The second number to look out for is the capacit…