Steam Beta Brings Linux Improvements Ahead of Steam Deck By Ian Evenden A new beta version of the Steam client includes improvements that will be useful for the Steam Deck console.
Alienware's Competitors Say Their Desktops Don't Face Energy Policy Sale Restrictions By Andrew E. Freedman While Alienware can't sell some desktops in California and five other states due to energy policy, few other vendors are having any issues.
Apple, Microsoft Detail Supply Chain Constraints in Earnings Calls By Andrew E. Freedman Both Microsoft and Apple said supply chain issues have continued to have an impact, despite strong performance.
NZXT Introduces Two New Prebuilt Ranges Targeting Streamers and SFF By Aleksandar Kostovic NZXT introduces two new SKUs in the company's pre-built PC offerings, targeting streamers and small form-factor enthusiasts.
Rumor: Apple's Next Mac Pro to Feature Intel's Xeon 'Ice Lake' By Anton Shilov Apple wants some Ice inside its next-gen Mac Pro workstation.
Beast Canyon NUCs Show Up on Retail Site By Zhiye Liu Intel has officially launched the NUC 11 Extreme (codename Beast Canyon) kit.
AMD Ryzen 5000 Availability Continues to Improve By Anton Shilov XMG says that supplies from Intel and Nvidia are stable and shipments from AMD increasing.
Floppy Drive Sized SBC Crams Intel Tiger Lake and Iris Xe By Ian Evenden A new Taiwanese single-board computer has enormous flexibility, with a Tiger Lake CPU and lots of ports
ASRock's Upgradable Desk Mini Max SFF PC Makes Room for 16-Core AMD CPU, Discrete GPU By Anton Shilov ASRock's Desk Mini Max can pack a 16-core AMD Ryzen CPU and a discrete graphics card.
Apple's New MacOS Update Reportedly Fixes SSD Wear Issue on M1 Macs By Anton Shilov Apple's new MacOS version appears to fix an issue with SSD wear reporting.
Seeed reServer: Compact and Powerful Edge Computing By Les Pounder Seeed's reServer is the first in a new range of IoT / Edge computing devices that aim to disrupt cloud computing.
Save $150 on HP Envy Desktop With RTX 3060 and 11th Gen Intel By Jason England The HP Envy gaming PC with 11th Gen Intel Core i7 and RTX 3060 is now $165 off at HP with a special promo code.
ASRock's AMD X300TM Thin Mini-ITX Motherboard Has USB-C & COM Ports By Anton Shilov ASRock's inexpensive AMD X300-Based Thin Mini-ITX motherboard has everything but the kitchen sink.
PC Makers Intensify Chip Stockpiling to Fight Shortages By Anton Shilov HP and other makers of PCs are increasingly placing long-term component orders to ward off shortages.
Intel Iris Xe DG1 Graphics-Equipped CyberPower PC Already Sold Out at Best Buy By Ian Evenden Best Buy is now selling a PC with a discrete Intel Xe GPU, but it's sold out.
Connect a U.2 SSD to Your PC's USB Port With This Adapter By Anton Shilov Icy Dock's new adapter lets you connect a U.2 SSD into a USB Type-A or USB-C port.
Minisforum Open Air Mini Gaming PC Is All AMD With Ryzen 5 5600X, Radeon RX 6700 XT By Anton Shilov Minisforum goes gaming, unveils GameMini open-case mini PC with an AMD Ryzen 5 5600X CPU and Radeon RX 6700 XT graphics.
Apple Doubles Down on Keeping Mac and iPad Separate, Despite M1 By Andrew E. Freedman Apple's Greg ‘Joz’ Joswiak and John Ternus continue to say that the Mac and iPad are separate and aren't merging anytime soon.
Some Laptop Makers May Only Fulfill 50 Percent of Orders in Q2 2021 By Anton Shilov Laptop makers expect shortages of components to continue in 2H 2021.
iBuypower Element CL Pro Review: The Achievable Hardline By Andrew E. Freedman The iBuyPower Element CL Pro is a hardline system that doesn't add a huge premium on parts, but isn't set up to take full advantage of the cooling straight out of the box.
