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Endless storage Thanks to the advent of the mobile phone, we’re all photographers now — just peek at your camera roll and see if you can scroll through all the pictures you’ve taken in less than a week. The more important ones we tend to back up, but with Google Photos, being selective is no…
at a glance Celery: Fine for even heavy browsing; truly stupendous battery life. Rutabaga: Lackluster graphics performance; should be cheaper. Insane battery life, pedestrian performance It may surprise you to know, but we absolutely love writing about Chromebooks. Sure, none of us would trade our daily drivers in for one, but the category is vastly…
at a glance Mercury, God of Poetry: Runs cool; performs quietly; installs smoothly; looks snazzy. Mercury Tracer (1988): Thick tubing may make some installs tricky. The true successor was worth the wait When it comes to closed-loop liquid coolers, size does matter. You might not need a CLC at all for a dual-core CPU in…
at a glance Xenon: A lifetime warranty that is actually lifetime.Xenu: Dual-core feels simply quaint. You may literally get a lifetime of service from this box If there’s one lesson we’ve learned in life, it’s this: Don’t create false dichotomies. You know, such as: “There are only two kinds of Maximum PC readers: those who…
Upgrading and switching your CPU, integrating your GPU, checking your HDD space, and fixing some Samsung issues Upgrade or Wait? My system: Intel Core i7-920 at 3.8GHz, an Asus P6T motherboard, 18GB RAM, Crucial m500 480GB SSD, 4TB HDD, Gigabyte WindForce GTX780, with Windows 7 64-bit Pro. Although I can play games maxed out at…
The Doctor helps you keep your cards cool, upgrade your GPU, heal a hurting HDD, and maintain your cores Feeling The Heat I’ve been a PC gamer since 1998 and a reader of Maximum PC for almost 10 years. I recently built my own system, mimicking the Turbo build in your February 2015 issue. It…
Convertible Chromebook, anyone? Apparently Google and its hardware partners are going to target non-education markets with at least six 2-in-1 Chromebook models scheduled for release this year. Two of them will come directly from Google, while Hewlett-Packard and Acer also plan to release branded models of their own. These upcoming systems will join existing 2-in-1…
Advancing the smartphone Remember when telephones were used for making actual phone calls? They used to have cords and a rotary dial, and they weren’t very smart. Not like today’s devices, anyway. The modern day smartphone is used for all kinds of tasks, even occasionally making voice calls, and models continue to get smarter. Enter…
Saying the right things I’m going to make a prediction: Charter’s proposed merger with Time Warner Cable will clear regulatory approval even though the FCC recently squashed Comcast’s attempt to do the same. Why? For one, Charter is a smaller company than Comcast, so the same monopolistic concerns don’t apply (not to the same extent,…
Sharing your Wi-Fi doesn’t mean giving up security When family and friends come over, the first thing they inevitably want to do is connect their mobile devices to your home network, especially if they’re staying for an extended visit. Picture a holiday like Thanksgiving. Your sister Suzy and her husband Jim both have mobile phones…