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Microsoft’s Surface Pro 12 is what Apple’s iPad Pro should be

Microsoft’s new Surface Pro might not be as fast or as fancy as an Apple iPad Pro, but you can actually use it for real work. 

May

Apple iPad pro on display inside the company’s store during its opening in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last year.

What’s in a name? A lot, according to Apple, as it rebrands iOS

The next operating systems for the iPhone maker will be identified by year, rather than with a version number, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

March

Apple’s new MacBook Air comes with a perfect excuse to buy it

There might never be a better time to purchase an aluminium laptop from an American company.

An iPhone 16. The new software will make devices across Apple’s range more coherent.

Apple prepares dramatic software overhaul for iPhone, iPad and Mac

The revamp – due this year – will fundamentally change the look of the operating systems, updating the style of icons, menus, apps, windows and system buttons.

Beware, this laptop battery life will leave you stranded

Acer’s new Copilot+ laptop shows Intel is taking strides to catch up to Apple’s chips, but it gives you far less time than advertised to use it.

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The new sky blue MacBook Air.

Apple debuts new MacBook Air, Mac Studio with AI-ready chips

The tech titan has rolled out updated laptops and desktops, seeking to maintain a sales resurgence for the company’s computer line.

November 2024

Meet our new favourite laptop

Apple’s new M4 MacBook Pro has some advantages over the Air that make it worth considering, even for mere mortals like you and me.

Ignore the AI ‘bloatware’. This HP laptop is flipping good

HP’s latest ultraportable laptop has a lot of things going for it. AI isn’t yet one of them. 

Apple draws a line under its pre-AI era

Apple finally released the artificial intelligence updates to its software this week, but not for everyone and not in time to assuage nervous investors.

October 2024

Apple’s new iMac with M4 will be equipped with new artificial intelligence features.

Apple starts to roll out AI to iPhones, iPads and Macs

The US tech giant is also releasing an upgrade to its desktop iMacs as it attempts to catch up with rivals who have embraced artificial intelligence.

September 2024

Intel shareholders have endured a difficult few years.

Intel receives offer from Apollo worth as much as $US5 billion

The investment into the embattled computer chipmaker represents an alternative to a potential takeover by larger rival Qualcomm.

This new $3499 notebook falls short of great expectations

Asus’ Zenbook S 16 Windows device promises a multi-day battery life, without having to move off Intel/AMD architecture. But does it deliver?

August 2024

Did Bayesian’s 72m mast cause it to sink?

The superyacht was one of the 50 largest sailing yachts in the world, and her mammoth mast supported a total sail area of almost 3000 square metres.

Apple Vision Pro means the future of work is upon us

The headset lets you do your work in virtual reality. It works surprisingly well, but ideally, you will have the neck strength of a rugby forward.

Apple Mac mini M2 Pro will get a major design update.

Apple plans its smallest computer ever

As part of an overhaul of the Mac line with AI-focused M4 chips, the Mac Mini will get its first big redesign since it was revamped under Steve Jobs in 2010.

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It’s the battery life, stupid: Why we love Lenovo’s new laptop

Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs are supposed to be all about the new AI features. But until Recall arrives, all we care about is their fabulous battery life.

June 2024

Back from the dead, the Windows laptop is better than ever

Microsoft’s new Surface Pro 11 marks the beginning of a new era in portable computers, where Windows computers are at least as good as their MacBook rivals, and in many ways better.

With the new Surface Laptop, Microsoft catches the MacBook

Microsoft has finally done it. It has broken free from Intel and produced a laptop right up there with Apple’s hitherto incomparable MacBook Air.

Former Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch arrives at federal court in San Francisco last month.

UK tech tycoon Lynch cleared of HP fraud charges in $16.5b deal

Entrepreneur Mike Lynch had been extradited to the United States to face a criminal trial over the sale to HP in 2011, ending a mammoth legal saga.

May 2024

Alex Pollak, chief investment officer and founder of Loftus Peak, says a new race has begun in AI.

Alex Pollak is already investing in ‘the very next’ Nvidia

A shift in where AI queries are being handled has opened up the investment field to more chipmakers, and to apps we haven’t even dreamed of yet.

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