Hardware Reviews

Review After more than 50 hours of playtime, I'm finding it easy to recommend Civilization 7 to friends and readers. Here's what I found after 50 hours of play.

Review The Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro is a Copilot+ PC that offers very good performance and can even handle a bit of gaming. Our review.

Review The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 13) is thinner and lighter than its predecessor without compromising on anything, but new Intel chips don't fix all the weaknesses.

Review NVIDIA's redesigned RTX 5080 Founders Edition is the new king of the hill for PC gamers as the sensible enthusiast GPU if you can find it at its intended price.

Review The RTX 5090 FE sees a bump of +25% MSRP for around +30% performance and a gorgeous GPU redesign, but even if you find one, does anyone really need it?

Review The Lenovo ThinkPad X12 Detachable (Gen 2) is a durable enterprise tablet that offers a good user experience, but it feels a few years behind the competition.

Review The Acer Swift 14 AI has an indicator that lets you know when AI processes are happening locally on the laptop. Our review.

Review The latest Dell XPS Desktop is a sleek, minimalist tower PC packed with some of the most powerful internals you can find, perfect for creators and gamers alike.

Review The HP OmniBook Ultra Flip 14 takes over for the iconic Spectre x360 convertible laptop, except now it's thinner, lighter, lasts longer, and boasts more AI features.

Review The dBrand ROG Ally Killswitch and ROG Ally X Killswitch case provide a kickstand, rubber casing, protective front covering, and thumb grips, but are they worth buying? Our review. 👇