Richard Devine
Richard Devine is a Managing Editor at Windows Central with over a decade of experience. A former Project Manager and long-term tech addict, he joined Mobile Nations in 2011 and has been found on Android Central and iMore as well as Windows Central. Currently, you'll find him steering the site's coverage of all manner of PC hardware and reviews. Find him on Mastodon at mstdn.social/@richdevine
Latest articles by Richard Devine

The Razer Edge is awesome but I wish they'd kept making phones instead
By Richard Devine last updated
Not for me The Razer Edge is pretty fantastic, but it's also an extra device to carry around. I wish they'd just kept making phones instead.

Windows Package Manager is so good I won't use anything else now
By Richard Devine published
Winget Windows Package Manager is awesome, and nobody should ever fear the terminal and should use it to start downloading their apps right now.

The best Linux distros for WSL on Windows 10 and 11
By Richard Devine published
Linux The Windows Subsystem for Linux is a brilliant, powerful tool that anyone can use. But you'll need a distro or two to make it sing, so these are the ones to get.

Windows Package Manager hits v1.4 and brings with it support for zip files
By Richard Devine published
Neat stuff Another update another super useful feature.

Windows 11's Notepad is finally getting tabs but this app is better anyway
By Richard Devine published
Just better Microsoft is finally adding tabs to Windows 11's Notepad and it only took until 2023, but you should scrap it anyway and use this far superior free app.

Google Stadia's demise is proof the Xbox Cloud Gaming model is the right way to go
By Richard Devine published
The one Google Stadia has now left the cloud but its demise shows us that Microsoft's model for Xbox Cloud Gaming is the least risky option to back.

More laptops need to have their ports on the rear, not the sides
By Richard Devine published
Please Wouldn't life be so much easier using a laptop in a desktop environment if the ports were along the rear and not stacked on both sides?

The Division 2 now works on the Steam Deck after latest patch
By Richard Devine published
Great news Hit the streets of Washington D.C. wherever you go.

How to buy and send a digital Xbox gift card
By Richard Devine, Brendan Lowry published
$$$ Need a quick and easy gift for an Xbox player in your life? We'll show you how you can get them a digital Xbox gift card in seconds.

Bluetooth support for Google Stadia Controller arrives — Here's how to enable it and play PC games
By Richard Devine published
Finally Google Stadia is about to shut down but its controller can live on and play PC games now over Bluetooth. Here's how to enable it.

Apple's performance comparisons to Windows PCs continue to be hilarious and ridiculous
By Richard Devine published
Really? Apple has launched the new M2-powered Mac Mini and compared it to, for some reason, a Windows PC with an old, underpowered Intel CPU.

The NinjaBike Messenger Bag could be the next great exotic gear piece in The Division 2
By Richard Devine published
Interesting There's some new gear coming to The Division 2 with season 11 but none of them sounds better than the NinjaBike Messenger Bag exotic.

Should you play The Division 2 in 2023?
By Richard Devine published
Worth it? The Division 2 is about to enter its fifth year of life, with new content promised and existing content to play through. But is it worth playing in 2023?

ASUS Spatial Vision has cured my lifelong dislike of 3D displays
By Richard Devine published
Finally I never liked 3D displays or the glasses you needed, but ASUS Spatial Vision is changing all that, and finally, they might actually be good.

Google Stadia is about to die but the controller will live on
By Richard Devine published
Huzzah One final treat for Stadia players as the curtain closes.

JSAUX Steam Deck dock review: Why pay more?
By Richard Devine published
Review Valve's own Steam Deck dock is good, but at half the price and almost all of the features, this one from JSAUX makes way more sense.

Valve reminds you to be careful of scam sites when buying your Steam Deck
By Richard Devine published
Careful Valve has taken to social media to remind people to be careful where you buy your Steam Deck from, and you should really listen to them.

Give Steam a more Windows 11 appearance with the awesome Fluent skin
By Richard Devine published
Fresh Steam isn't the best-looking app in the world but with this impressive theme, you can make it look much more Windows 11-friendly.

OBS Studio 29 launches with AV1 encoding for AMD and Intel Arc
By Richard Devine published
AV1 OBS Studio version 29 is now available to all and the headline feature is support for AV1 encoding on AMD and Intel Arc GPUs.

Graphics card prices are ridiculous — that's (one reason) why I'm backing Intel
By Richard Devine published
Team Blue Graphics cards are ridiculously expensive nowadays and the market leader, NVIDIA, is very happy with that. But I'm not, and I'm backing Intel to help solve it.

AMD reveals a heap of Ryzen 7000 laptop CPUs and it's kind of confusing
By Richard Devine published
So many AMD has revealed its 2023 laptop CPUs and if you can parse the range successfully there's a lot of good stuff going on.

ASUS is bringing the first glasses-free 3D OLED display to two of its 2023 laptops and it's amazing
By Richard Devine published
3D is back 3D might actually be good this time.

ASUS updates its ROG Zephyrus gaming laptops with NVIDIA RTX 40 series graphics
By Richard Devine published
Two screens ASUS has also updated its ROG Zephyrus family of gaming laptops at CES with Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA-supplied upgrades and the Zephyrus Duo is still unmatched.
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