A component upgrade might seem an easy fix, but laptop design and performance can be complicated. Here are the 'upgrades' you should question, from SSDs to AI.

Plenty of companies have promised to produce a gaming laptop that could be upgraded over time. If we’re honest, nobody has managed to properly deliver on that pledge until now, as Framework launches a ...

Adding more memory or storage, or swapping in a new battery or wireless card, can help squeeze a few more years out of that aging laptop. Here's how to figure out what you can upgrade, and how to do ...

If you feel your laptop is slowing down, you might consider upgrading its components yourself. A new CPU can breathe new life into a PC, even if you don't swap out anything else, and is a lot cheaper ...

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 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 ...

In addition to crashing the desktop PC party, Framework has announced a substantial upgrade for the Framework Laptop 13, highlighted by the powerful AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series and several notable ...

The Framework Laptop 13 falls behind similarly priced systems in many ways, making it a bit of a hard sell for buyers looking to get a new machine. But its reparability and more affordable upgrade ...

The upcoming X220 tablet hits a sweet spot for me in terms of features, but I'm not wild about the fact that it tops out with the dual-core 2620M. I'd really prefer a quad-core - I do a lot of ...

We were fans of the Framework Laptop when we reviewed it last year. This was partly because its modular design prioritizes repairability and upgradeability when most other laptops don’t. But we also ...