AMD vs. Intel in the 15-Inch Surface Laptop 3: Both Models Benchmarked By Andrew E. Freedman We put 15-inch Surface Laptop 3’s with Intel and AMD chips head-to-head to see which is the better buy.
Xbox One Review: Unifying Your Living Room Experience By Marcus Yam We've been messing with Microsoft's Xbox One for a while now, and it's surprisingly hard to compare against Sony's PS4. Join us as we walk through the hardware, the software, and the console's role quarterbacking your more connected living room.
Dell XPS One 27: Can An All-In-One Make Us Love Windows 8? By Thomas Soderstrom Windows 8 is unquestionably intended to create consistency between consoles, tablets, phones, and the PC. But the desktop world is still largely without touch input. Can Dell's XPS One 27 make the Windows 8 experience better with a gorgeous touchscreen?
Update: Intel Expands Our Battery Testing At CES 2013 By Chris Angelini We've already shown that x86 competes readily with ARM's simpler architecture when it comes to battery life. We continue our investigation at this year's CES, where Intel came packing its own tests on four current-generation tablets.
Which Web Browser Is Best Under Windows 8? By Adam Overa Welcome to our first-ever Web Browser Grand Prix on Windows 8! Will Chrome remain the reigning Windows champion? Is Internet Explorer 10 going to smash the competition like its predecessor? Does Opera 12.10 finally deliver on what version 12 promised?
Microsoft Surface Review, Part 2: Battery Life, Multi-Monitor, And More By Andrew Ku Part 2 of our Microsoft Surface coverage includes tons of battery life analysis, a look at what it takes to slow down Tegra 3 in Windows RT, a demonstration of the first tablet able to extend the Windows Desktop, and some clarification of display quality.
Windows 8: Double-Checking Performance On Core i7-3770K By Manuel Masiero, Achim Roos After giving Windows 8 our attention last week, we're following up with one more look at performance using a Core i7-3770K processor. Are there any aberrations to note, or does Intel's Ivy Bridge architecture demonstrate the same behavior as Bulldozer?
Microsoft Surface Review, Part 1: Performance And Display Quality By Andrew Ku We bought Microsoft's Surface the day it came out, and we're ready with first impressions and benchmarks. Does the company enable a truly productivity-oriented experience to complement content consumption, or will we have to wait for the Surface Pro?
Windows 8: Does AMD's Bulldozer Architecture Benefit? By Thomas Soderstrom Shortly after AMD's Bulldozer architecture launched, AMD had us anticipating a couple of hotfixes that were supposed to improve FX-8150's performance. But Windows 8 was the ultimate goal. Now that the operating system is out, does it help FX-8150?
The Definitive Windows 8 Review And User Guide By Adam Overa The new version of Windows is now available on store shelves, and we have the complete lowdown on Microsoft's latest operating system. Join us as we thoroughly dissect the Windows 8 UI (Metro), Apps, Desktop, Gestures, IE10, SkyDrive, and Windows Store.
Windows 8 Versus Windows 7: Game Performance, Benchmarked By Don Woligroski We already know that the look and feel of Windows 8 is very different from Windows 7. But once you fire up your favorite title, does Microsoft's latest affect your experience? We test 10 games and talk to one of the company's SDEs to answer that question.
RoboHornet Pro: Microsoft Snubs Google, Mozilla Concurs! By Adam Overa Last week we broke the story of RoboHornet, a new Web browser performance benchmark. Today, we chronicle the fallout of what is perhaps the worst-received benchmark launch in history, plus add the results of Microsoft's counter-move: RoboHornet Pro.
RoboHornet: The Next Big Thing In Browser Benchmarking By Adam Overa Today, Google and GitHub unveil the mysterious project RoboHornet. This ambitious all-in-one Web browser performance benchmark is like no other seen before, and we have early access! Will RoboHornet become the one browser benchmark to rule them all?
Kia UVO: Mainstream Infotainment In The 2012 Soul By Anh T. Huynh Kia and Microsoft come together to bring you UVO, a Windows Embedded Automotive-based infotainment system. We spent a week with Kia's 2012 Soul, armed with UVO, and have a full run-down of what we did and didn't like about the mainstream tech package.
Web Browser Grand Prix: Chrome 20, Opera 12, Firefox 13 By Adam Overa How do the latest Windows 7-based Web browsers stack up? Chrome and Firefox each have three wins under this operating system; can one become our champion? Or will Opera clean house here, as it did under Windows XP? We set up a new test system to find out.
SYNC With MyFord Touch: Automotive Infotainment For All By Anh T. Huynh Automotive infotainment systems are becoming smarter, and more powerful, featuring some of the same hardware as popular smartphones and tablets. It's time to apply our own unique analysis to technology finding its way into the automotive segment.
Web Browser Grand Prix: Chrome 18, Firefox 11, Windows XP By Adam Overa Over the past two years, we've tested the top five Web browsers using modern PC hardware. But today, going against all that is sacred to the enthusiast crowd, we're breaking out an old beige box to bring you Web Browser Grand Prix: Windows XP Edition!
The Windows Phone 7.5 Review, A Month-Long Experience By Andrew Ku After a long string of clumsy mobile releases, Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 strikes us as one of the better designs to pass through our labs. After more than a month of using the latest build on a Nokia Lumia 800, we think WP7 deserves consideration.
Web Browser Grand Prix VIII: Chrome 16, Firefox 9, And Mac OS X By Adam Overa Back in August, Mozilla took the WBGP crown with Firefox 7. Can Firefox 9 retain that title? And how are the top Web browsers doing in Mac OS X? We used a Hackintosh last time. This time, we're testing on the world's first Ultrabook, the MacBook Air.
Tom's Hardware's 2011 Gift Guide: Part 2, Last-Minute Extras By William Van Winkle, Anthony Celeste Welcome to Part 2 of Tom's Hardware's 2011 Holiday Gift Guide. This second installment is geared toward the folks who want to buy components that stand alone as respectable gifts--call them the add-ons to go with the complete machines we built last week.