Why does your laptop overheat in Malta, and what can you do about it?
A laptop that gets louder is usually not getting old. In Malta, dust, humidity and dried-out thermal paste are the usual causes, and most of it is fixable in an afternoon.
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Apple M1 to M6: how Apple Silicon evolved, and what each M, Pro, Max or Ultra is for
Six generations in six years, and four tiers in each. This is what actually separates an M from a Pro, a Max and an Ultra, and which one is worth paying for.
Apple Silicon: why Apple left Intel behind, and why ARM became so important
Apple did not simply swap Intel for another supplier. It moved the CPU, GPU, memory and AI hardware onto one chip, and that is what changed how a Mac behaves on battery.
BitLocker: When the Machine Works, but Your Data Doesn't Want to Talk
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Running AI Models Locally: Why VRAM Decides What a Machine Can Do
Why a gaming card and an AI card are not the same purchase, how model size and quantisation decide what fits, what happens when it does not, and the cases where renting is simply cheaper.
SSD Upgrades: SATA, NVMe and What M.2 Actually Means
What separates SATA from NVMe, what the M.2 notch actually tells you, why a drive can fit the slot and still stay invisible, and the four ways cloning Windows goes wrong.
Memory Tuning: Where XMP Ends and the Fun Begins
XMP is one button. What happens after you press it is a different story. Timings, Gear modes, Command Rate, voltages and why four modules are not always better than two.
DDR4 and DDR5: More Than Just a Bigger Number on the Box
A workshop veteran breaks down the real differences between DDR4 and DDR5: voltage, dual channels, PMIC, On-Die ECC, compatibility, XMP versus EXPO, LPDDR, and which one is worth buying.
10 reasons why your Gaming laptop is hot
Let us tell you 10 reasons why your Gaming laptop become too hot! Of course, we don’t only collect the reasons, but we also want to give you advice on how you can prevent overheating.
MacBook pro recall program
Apple has announced a recall for “a limited number of older generation” 15-inch MacBook Pro models due to a possible fire risk.