Hardware
Lexar Play 4TB SSD review: Another good SSD for your PS5
Lexar decided to expand on the success of its NM790 with a second drive that has more PS5-friendly aesthetics with a capacity range that extends up to an whomping 8TB. The Play doesn’t chart a new course from the NM790 otherwise, but it does mean that it’s a great drive for a console or gaming…
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Turbocharges AI, Gaming And Photography For Phones
Qualcomm’s annual Snapdragon Summit is currently underway in sunny Hawaii, and the chipmaker is hitting hard right out of the gate. The company is best-known for its Snapdragon SoCs in smartphones and tablets, and the latest iteration promises to be the fastest and most efficient yet. The Snapdragon 8 Elite bursts onto the scene with…
First Wave of Apple Intelligence Features Appear in macOS 15.1 Sequoia, iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1 | Computer Hardware
Is it time to make your Apple devices smarter? Apple has just released macOS 15.1 Sequoia, iOS 18.1, and iPadOS 18.1 with an initial collection of Apple Intelligence features and a promise of more coming in December. The company is making a big deal about Apple Intelligence, calling it out as a key feature of…
Apple Brings the M4 Chip Family to the iMac, Mac mini, and MacBook Pro | Computer Hardware
Apple has concluded a three-day release of the first Macs to use the M4 chip family, which debuted earlier this year with the iPad Pro. The updated iMac and MacBook Pro retain the same industrial designs as in the past, while Apple took a shrink ray to the Mac mini. These are highly compelling Macs,…
End of the Road: An AnandTech Farewell
It is with great sadness that I find myself penning the hardest news post I’ve ever needed to write here at AnandTech. After over 27 years of covering the wide – and wild – world of computing hardware, today is AnandTech’s final day of publication. For better or worse, we’ve reached the end of a…