You might soon see unheard RAM brands appear inside your PC

Major PC brands are testing memory from Chinese chipmakers like CXMT amid global shortages and rising prices, squeezing traditional suppliers and affecting laptops and desktops.
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Acer’s new Chromebook 311 offers a military-grade build and easy repairs

Acer’s Chromebook 311 and Spin 311 are education-focused Chromebooks with fanless performance, robust build quality, easy repairs, and long battery life, ready for schools and students.
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Stop waiting for the desktop RTX 50 series: why mobile Blackwell is the smarter buy right now

Let’s get the hard truth out of the way immediately: The RTX 5090 in a laptop is not the same silicon beast as the brick-sized card you shove into a desktop tower. The laws of thermodynamics still apply, and you can’t push 500 watts through a 16-inch c…

Why building a gaming PC in 2026 makes no sense

I’ve spent the better part of a decade preaching the gospel of “build, don’t buy,” but looking at the current state of component pricing, I’m forcing myself to be a realist. When you crunch the numbers on the latest 50-series cards and Ryzen 9000 chips…

Acer still won’t tell you the Nitro Blaze handheld release date

Acer spent CES 2026 showing off monitors, laptops, and other hardware in Las Vegas. What it didn’t show was just as telling. There was no sign of the Nitro Blaze handheld gaming PCs it has teased for more than a year. If you’re waiting for the Acer Nit…

Acer thinks you need a gaming monitor with a 1,000Hz refresh rate at any cost

Acer has unveiled the Predator XB273U F6, a 27-inch gaming monitor capable of reaching 1,000Hz at 1080p via dynamic resolution switching.
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Acer’s Swift 16 AI touchpad could make your tablet optional

Acer’s Swift 16 AI puts an extra-large haptic touchpad front and center, with MPP 2.5 stylus support for sketching and edits. Here’s what matters before pricing and configs land.
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