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Someone managed to squeeze KDE and Steam onto their Nintendo Switch Lite

A great way to repurpose past-gen hardware.

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Woman using her Dell XPS 16 laptop while seated on a staircase
Dell's XPS 16 combines a massive screen with unstoppable creative performance

This article is sponsored by Dell

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An old laptop running ChromeOS Flex
ChromeOS isn't dead yet, as Google says it'll support it until 2034

There's a good few years in them yet.

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Ayaneo shrank the Game Boy, and its $89 price undercuts every handheld we've recommended this year

You can score it even cheaper, if you're quick.

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hyperx omen 15 seen from the front
I tested the HyperX Omen 15 and it made me leave my handheld at home

This is a capable gaming laptop with the usual caveats

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Plugable dock with charger and Macbook
I ditched my desktop for a MacBook, but this dock made me realize I never actually needed to choose

My laptop's two ports were suffocating my workflow until a $75 dock solved it completely.

Surface Laptop
After two years of backlash, Microsoft seems to be dropping Copilot+ branding from its new laptops

The Surface line's CPV confirmed Microsoft's new laptops meet the hardware requirements, but lack the branding

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Snapdragon's X2 Plus chip at the Qualcomm summit
Qualcomm isn't ruling out Snapdragon X2-powered gaming handhelds

There's nothing technically stopping manufactures from releasing gaming handhelds powered by the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme.

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My Steam Deck is a desktop for most of the week, and a dock was the only thing it needed

Handhelds are only as portable as you want them to be

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The Surface Pro and Surface Laptop
Microsoft’s new Surface Pro 12-inch and Surface Laptop 13-inch get a Snapdragon X2 Plus upgrade

2024's Snapdragon X Plus-powered Surface devices have received a refresh.

Nextcloud file server
I put an old laptop to work as my family's file server, and it's been running for two years

Putting old hardware to good use.

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SteamOS running on Windows gaming handheld
Steam Deck's biggest win wasn't hardware, and modern Windows handhelds prove it

Steam Deck changed the handheld PC experience.

A photo of a lenovo yoga 9i open on a desk
The Lenovo Yoga 9i was my favorite laptop from last year, and the new iteration is just as good

The 2026 Lenovo Yoga 9i is excellent refresh of an already great convertible laptop

A lifestlye shot of an HP Googlebook
The Googlebook is finally here, and aims to blend Android and ChromeOS into one premium laptop operating system

The first Googlebook laptops are coming from Acer, Asus Dell, and HP.

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A gaming handheld with Jellyfin Server showing on the app store
My gaming handheld runs my home media server, and it costs nothing to keep running

Gaming handhelds can do more than play games.

Steam deck in dock on TV being shown off
Steam Deck docked as a TV console finally works, and it's just one setting away

Alongside resolution, this controller trick is a great help too.

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The Steam Deck OLED sitting on a table
The Steam Deck 2 is still in the works as Valve weighs "how and when" to launch it

The company wants the Steam Deck 2 to offer a clear performance improvement.

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I replaced my laptop with a Samsung Fold 8

Have we reached the point where a folding phone can replace your PC? That's exactly what I tried to figure out by moving my workflow to the Z Fold 8.

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Asus ROG Ally X20 being held up with game on the screen
I tested the ROG Ally X20, and it's gorgeous hardware wasted on a chip that can't deliver

Handheld gaming silicon has hit a wall.

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HP's EliteBook X G2i has the best touchpad and display I've used, but one inherited flaw ruins it

A great laptop that is held back by price and the lack of an online configurator

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