Dell is one of the best places for students to save on a new laptop. Right now, a $200 discount on the XPS 13 (9345) Copilot+ PC is joined by an extra 10% exclusive discount for anyone headed back to school.

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Being able to connect your phone to your desktop PC or modern laptop to field messages or even make calls can be a huge boon to productivity, and there are plenty of ways of going about it. While iMessage works seamlessly across Macs and iPhones, getting iOS messages on Windows has been a bit trickier in the past. Fortunately, with apps like Microsoft's Phone Link and Intel Unison, it is easily doable with just a few steps involved in the setup process. You can also use third-party messenger apps like Telegram, Signal, or WhatsApp.

Buying a great new laptop can be an exhilarating feeling, but it can also be a daunting task. Whether you're shopping for a new work partner, gaming laptop, or something in between, there's a never-ending sea of options to browse through. But getting the perfect laptop for your needs can be difficult, especially if you're only going by the manufacturer's claims. We've reviewed most of the laptops in this list (and many others that didn't make the cut), and we have a great idea of what's good and what's not worth your time.

The Acer Aspire TC-1775 might look like a mess inside, but casual PC users can ignore the internals and focus on a straightforward design that works without hiccups. It's about as cheap as full-size desktop PCs come, and I can recommend it for light tasks around the house.

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Not having the right tools and accessories when you sit down to build or upgrade a PC can be extremely frustrating, and it might even result in unnecessary damage to hardware. Our collection of PC build tools can help.

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HP and Lenovo make some of the best laptops available today, and we can help you figure out which of the flagship convertibles is better suited to your needs.

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Picking the right laptop or desktop PC to handle your day-to-day workloads isn't exactly an easy process. From choosing the right processor and display to figuring out the amount of RAM and storage you need, there are plenty of things to mull over. While you're navigating through all these components, picking all the right parts for your laptop or PC, you'll also come across the terms 'Intel vPro' and 'Ryzen PRO'.

5G connectivity isn't new to laptops, but it's expected to become more prevalent thanks to the next generation of Windows on Arm devices headed our way. Do you need 5G, or is Wi-Fi good enough? We can help you decide.

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Dual-screen laptops didn't just appear out of nowhere in recent years. A long list of prototypes dates back to the early 2000s, with standouts like the Acer Iconia 6120 and Toshiba Libretto W100 coming in as a couple of the first Windows-based products to actually see a full release.

When shopping for a new laptop, you've likely come up against a collection of advertised specifications aimed at selling you the right device. Ensuring that the processor (CPU), graphics card (GPU), and random-access memory (RAM) have enough power to handle your desired tasks should always be at the top of your list of priorities, but the jargon isn't always easy to decipher. Drilling down into RAM specifically, modern laptops will often either have LPDDR5 or DDR5 hardware. What's the difference, and which one is better for your laptop?

There are still plenty of great laptops on the market that offer some degree of upgradeability, and on the desktop side, DIY tinkering is a main selling feature. You might want to add some RAM or extra solid-state drive (SSD) capacity to your laptop, or you might want to perform a full rebuild of your beloved gaming PC.

The best OLED monitors will change the way you view your digital world for the better, whether it involves gaming, creativity, development, or other professional work. Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) screens offer truly deep contrast thanks to their ability to turn off individual LEDs, as well as plenty of brightness without the need for a separate backlight. They have the low response time and high refresh rate that PC gamers crave, and they can produce accurate color across gamuts for professional purposes.