Choosing a Gaming Monitor: What Actually Matters
Refresh rate, response time, resolution and panel type, in the order that affects your experience.
Tag: hardware
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Which Part of Your Gaming PC to Upgrade First
One component is usually the bottleneck. Identifying which saves money on the others.
Wearables Are Moving Off the Wrist
Rings, earbuds, patches and clothing are competing with the watch for the job of continuous sensing.
VR Gaming Is a Genre, Not a Platform
Headsets got good. The audience is loyal and small. The reasons it stayed niche are about the experience itself.
Spatial Computing: An Honest Assessment After the Hype
Headsets got dramatically better and the audience did not arrive. The reasons are about use, not technology.
Screens Are Diverging Instead of Converging
Foldables, electronic paper and micro-LED are each solving different problems. One screen type is not going to win.
What the Next Console Generation Is Actually Competing On
Raw performance stopped being the differentiator. Where the machine sits and what runs on it matter more.
Handheld PC Gaming Grew Up While Nobody Was Watching
A category that looked like a novelty three years ago now has real software, real battery life, and real competition.
The Smartphone Is Done Evolving. What Replaces It Is Not Obvious
Annual upgrades stopped mattering years ago. The device is finished, and the interesting question is what absorbs its functions.
How to Choose a Laptop Without Reading Specifications
Four decisions determine whether you will be happy with it. Everything else is detail.