If you're thinking of buying a new computer to replace your mind-bogglingly slow laptop, think again. These simple upgrades ...

A week into testing Intel’s new Core Ultra X9, the numbers are in. The CPU performance is steady, and the Arc integrated ...

Over the past few years a startup called Framework has proven that you can build a modular, repairable upgradable laptop that’s actually a pretty good laptop. And the company has delivered on its ...

Full disclosure: I have never built my own PC, though I have considered it many times. A general unfamiliarity with how the computational sausage gets made and the high price of staying up to date on ...

The CPU (Central Processing Unit, or simply “processor”) is arguably the most important component in a computer, perhaps only second to the GPU if you’re a gamer. However, upgrading to the best ...

Several months ago we upgraded the wife's laptop. He old laptop (an Acer 4730Z) became mine, and I used it for general browsing when needed in the living room. My other laptop (a Thinkpad X60) was ...

The Framework Laptop is one of the most unique tech gadgets out there, as a fully modular and upgradeable laptop. Just how upgradeable is it? Well, to prove its point, the company is now selling a CPU ...

The buzzy Framework Laptop—designed to be fully upgradable—launched to much fanfare last year. We tried its just-released 12th Gen Core upgrade kit, swapping in a whole new mainboard and leading-edge ...

Every year, the same laptops get updated and, in most cases, they’re simply refreshed with the latest chips from Intel, AMD, or Nvidia. If you purchased the previous model, there is not much you can ...

Laptops of yesteryear were never the easiest things to upgrade or repair yourself, but today's machines are even less so. The Framework Laptop is very much designed for user tweaking, and has now been ...

For what it's worth, I'm a very happy FW13 customer. Even setting aside all of the repairable benefits, it's just a really nice laptop. It looks and feels like a lot like a Macbook Pro---just without ...