What is happening in computers
A Windows or macOS release arrives with a list of features and no answer to the only question that matters: whether your machine gets it, and whether it will run better or worse afterwards. That is what this section answers, along with when an old laptop is genuinely worth replacing and when it has another year in it.
Computers
Windows 10 support: the quiet one-year extension
No announcement, no keynote. Microsoft just moved the free-updates deadline a year later and left the rest of Windows 10 exactly where it was.
Read ComputersSnapdragon X2 Elite vs Apple M5: what the numbers say
The top Qualcomm part beats the base M5 on multi-core and loses on single-core. Who measured that, which M5 it was, and why the SKU matters.
Read ComputersIntel Panther Lake: what Core Ultra 300 means
The chip is not the confusing part. The three labels Intel put on laptops this year are, and one word decides which silicon you take home.
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