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This article was published in the September 2015 issue of Maximum PC. For more trusted reviews and feature stories, subscribe here. I wasn’t mentally prepared for E3—not as a journalist, and not as a Linux user When the doors admitting the unwashed masses to E3 opened at noon, the floor was filled with the multitudinous…
Set up a streaming solution for your old movies So, you’ve watched all the good movies on Netflix. You know that there’s a big box of DVDs buried somewhere in your closet, but it would be too much trouble to rummage through all of your junk for just one movie night. The good news is,…
A helping hand Most of you reading this would have no trouble swapping out a pokey 5400 RPM mechanical hard drive for a blazing fast solid state drive, and doing so could reinvigorate an aging laptop. But for those who are inexperienced at such things, SanDisk is offering a $40 SSD “Concierge Service” that aims…
Top Deal: It never hurts to have a bit of storage in your pocket, but if you’re still carrying around a paltry 8GB or 16GB flash drive, it’s high time you upgraded, don’t you think? Don’t worry, big size flash drives don’t cost and arm and a leg like they used to — just check…
Colorful update Even though Microsoft released Windows 10 to the public on July 29, more features and changes are expected. That’s how it goes with the new Windows-as-a-Service (Waas) model, and to ensure that Windows 10 remains an experience that people will enjoy, Microsoft is continuing to dole out preview builds to Windows Insiders. “Feedback…
Vaio makes a comeback We thought the Vaio brand would disappear forever from the U.S. market when Sony sold off its PC business to a Japanese investment firm last year so that it could focus on mobile. Well, we were wrong. Vaio will return to the U.S. this fall as the Vaio Z Canvas, a…
Wonder twin powers, activate! Lian Li and Asus Republic of Gamers (ROG) have joined forces to create a small form factor (SFF) case designed for mini-ITX motherboards, the PC-Q17. Naturally, the duo are pitching the ROG Maximum Impact line of premium mini-ITX motherboards as perfect fits for the PC-Q17, though any brand mini-ITX board should…
Squeezing out that extra bit of performance Now that Windows 10 has gone public and is making its way to consumers, we thought it would be a good time to provide some tips that will help speed up your Windows 10 experience. Some of these are new and some are already well known. So, whether…
The launch of Skylake has been a bit of a change from Intel; previously, Intel typically has talked about the underlying architecture prior to the chips actually ending up in the reviewers’ hands. This time, all we got was a chip with some performance expectations, with no real knowledge of what has changed. This is…
Top Deal: Look, there’s no shame in building a Haswell rig, even with Skylake now in view. Pick up a Core i7-4790K Devil’s Canyon, re-use your existing DDR3 memory, plop them both in a new motherboard, and you’d have yourself a fine setup for a long while to come. If that’s the route you’re thinking…