NASA Anyone who follows the curving arc of technology knows a little about Moore’s law. In its simplest form, this oft-cited doctrine (not a “law” by any standard), named after semiconductor maker and Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, states that the power of the microchip will increase by about 40 percent every two years. This, in…
It’s no surprise that budget PCs tend to be best-sellers. But it might surprise you that this remains true even for people looking for gaming power. Hey, just because you’re a PC gamer doesn’t mean you’re rolling in Benjamins, or that you’re inclined to spend every last one on a top-of-the-line machine. That being the…
At their best, laptops are a compromise design. Manufacturers go to great lengths to make the slimmest, lightest, whatever-est laptops possible, and the engineering that goes into doing so is truly amazing. But then they throw in the charger, which ends up being a huge brick with wire attached to it, and call it a…
