MacBook Pro M4 Max Review: Who Actually Needs This Much Power?
This is the fastest laptop chip you can buy. I spent a week trying to make it sweat, and the more interesting question turned out to be whether you need it at all. The Quick Verdict The M4 Max is the top of the lineup, and it’s a monster. It chews through 4K and 8K […]
MacBook Pro M4 Pro Review: The One Most Pros Should Buy
I spent the week trying to find where this chip breaks. It mostly didn’t. Here’s the diary version, and the honest answer on whether you need it. The Quick Verdict The M4 Pro is the middle child of the lineup, and after a week with it, I think it’s the sweet spot for most people […]
MacBook Air M4 Review: Apple’s Best Value Laptop Yet?
Same shell, faster chip, lower price. After real-world testing, here’s what actually changed and who it’s for. The Quick Verdict The MacBook Air M4 is the easiest laptop recommendation Apple has made in years. You get the new M4 chip, 16GB of RAM as the starting point, and a lower $999 price than the machine […]
MacBook Pro M5 Pro Review: Two Weeks Trying (and Failing) to Slow It Down
I had a simple goal going into this one: find the ceiling. Every review of this machine says the same thing, that most people will never push it to its limit, and I wanted to test that properly instead of just repeating it. So I took the 14-inch MacBook Pro with M5 Pro in Space […]
MacBook Air M5 Review: The Best Laptop You Probably Shouldn’t Upgrade To
The MacBook Air M5 is a great laptop. But it is not a major upgrade for recent Air owners. Apple kept the same thin, fanless design. It also kept the same screen, keyboard, trackpad, and port layout. Most changes sit inside the laptop. You get the M5 chip, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and a 512GB […]
Intel Arc G3 Extreme: Beats Ryzen Z2 by 25%, With a Catch
A leaked PassMark result for the upcoming Intel Arc G3 Extreme has the handheld gaming world buzzing. The score puts Intel’s Panther Lake-based handheld chip about 25% ahead of the AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme in multi-thread CPU performance, with an 8% lead in single-thread. On paper, that’s a serious shake-up in a category AMD has […]