Acer Chromebook Plus 514 Review: A Great Budget Laptop

[ Last year, Google trotted out a new “Chromebook Plus” label, ensuring Chromebooks meet specific hardware requirements so that they have a certain threshold of quality and—importantly—a starting price of $400. It’s been fairly successful. Chromebooks from companies like Acer and Lenovo perform well for the money—functional, affordable hardware that does the job. Acer’s Chromebook … Read more

Acer Swift Go 14 (2024) Review: Great Power for Under $1,000

[ With all the talk of “AI laptops” (and, well, AI everything), it’s natural to wonder how much these advancements will cost you. The first laptops to include Intel’s new Core Ultra CPU and neural processing units, which help accelerate AI tasks, haven’t been cheap, with some models like the Samsung Galaxy Book4 Ultra hitting … Read more

Global PC shipments see double-digit growth in third quarter as Covid-19 keep workers, students at home

[ The global PC market has posted back-to-back quarterly double digit growth rates as corporations and schools continue to invest in the transition to remote working and learning amid second and third waves of Covid-19 in many countries. Global shipments of traditional PCs – comprising desktops, notebooks and workstations – grew 14.6 per cent year … Read more