Switching to a solid-state drive is the best upgrade you can make for your PC. These wondrous devices speed up boot times, improve the responsiveness of your programs and games, and generally makes your computer feel fast. But not all solid-state drives are the same. You can find top-notch SSDs that offer solid performance at […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/407542/best-ssds.html
It’s fantastic that free and open source productivity suites exist, but let’s be honest—most can’t hold a candle to Microsoft Office. And today, you can save a little money on a Microsoft 365 Personal subscription at Amazon. The online retailer is offering a single year of Microsoft 365 Personal for $59. That’s $11 off the […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/547458/get-personal-microsoft-personal-for-59-today.html
Anyone who needs super speedy external storage at a reasonable price can fulfill their dreams at Amazon today. The online retailer is selling the 2TB WD My Passport SSD for $230, down from the usual $260 to $270. If you want awesome storage with a good capacity this is the drive you want. We reviewed […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/547452/grab-an-excellent-2tb-wd-external-ssd-for-just-230.html
Our pick for the best Kindle just got an overhaul. The Kindle Paperwhite now sports a larger screen, faster hardware, longer battery life, and the addition of an amber tone for the front light as new standout features, and that’s just the headliners. (Fans of the USB-C connector can rest easy at last.) But the […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/547219/kindle-paperwhite-2021-vs-kindle-paperwhite-2018.html
VPN Unlimited in brief: Number of country locations: 58 Cost: $60 (annual) VPN protocol: IKEv2/WireGuard Data encryption: AES-256/ChaCha20 Data authentication: SHA-256/Poly1305 Handshake: MODP-2048/Noise Protocol (IK Pattern) KeepSolid’s VPN Unlimited hasn’t changed much since we last looked at it (though it does have WireGuard now), but what’s changed is everything around it. KeepSolid still wants to […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/403522/vpn-unlimited-for-windows-10
Razer updated its Razer Book productivity laptop for the fall and the launch of Windows 11, and we were eager to see if anything had materially changed. To some extent, performance was slightly affected. But the strengths — and flaws — of the Razer Book remain largely identical to our review of a similar model […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/544572/razer-book-late-2021-review.html
Microsoft said last week that it will soon begin pushing its controversial PC Health Check app to all PCs, partly to prepare them for the Windows 11 transition, but also to provide users with a dashboard to monitor the ongoing health of their devices. The update, officially known as KB5005463, will install PC Health Check […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/547106/microsoft-will-push-pc-health-check-app-to-all-windows-10-pcs.html
There are a lot of different ways to play PC games on a big-screen TV, but nearly all of them are dependant on at least some kind of existing hardware. If your hardware includes a recent Xbox console, then your options just widened by a huge amount. Nvidia’s GeForce Now, a streaming platform that uses […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/547023/nvidia-geforce-now-for-edge-means-you-can-play-your-steam-games-on-xbox.html
Editor’s Note: PCWorld originally published this story in 2014. This year, 2021, marks the 20th anniversary of Charles O’Rear’s iconic photo in 1996, which became the basis of the Windows XP desktop wallpaper. Microsoft first published Windows XP on Oct. 25, 2001. The vineyards are still there, greener than ever after the fall rains. It’s not […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/444752/the-story-behind-the-windows-xp-bliss-photo-and-what-it-looks-like-today.html
The ongoing chip shortage is causing low stock and high prices for everything from computers to Cameros. And unfortunately, it isn’t going away anytime soon. Speaking to shareholders to announce Intel’s third-quarter financial earnings, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said that he doesn’t expect the shortage to end until 2023 — at the earliest. “We’re in […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/546991/intel-amd-and-nvidia-agree-the-chip-shortage-isnt-ending-any