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Whether you want to buy a new PC or build one yourself, squeezing the most out of your budget is a challenge akin to four-dimensional chess. Every decision you make has repercussions, some of which ma

Workstations are the most powerful desktop PCs around. But there are always budgetary constraints, which means you will need to choose your components wisely based around your workloads and budget. It

We always want to give the broadest possible workstation advice, so we use a wide variety of software for testing – and this year we’ve added even more with a huge new test suite from SPEC (the non-pr

I enjoyed Lee’s article “Windows 11: All Your Questions Answered” (see issue 372, p26). Here’s another suggestion for extending the life of a laptop. Many that cannot move to Windows 11 have a DVD dri

Thank you to everyone who replied on Facebook and X. You gave us a brilliant selection of responses and we’re sorry we can’t print them all. Let’s start with some desktop love, as that topped our char

Administration isn’t just for corporate IT departments. If you’re responsible for the stability and security of any sort of computer network – even a few computers at home – you’re an administrator, w