Computers Archive

What makes one keyboard different from another? There are about a dozen different things. And those factors make up the divide between gaming keyboards, and ordinary keyboards. They make up the difference between entry-level, and mid-shelf. Depending on what you’re looking for, and how much you’re willing to spend, different boards will be better for different people. The improvement between keyboards isn’t linear. For instance, …

For many years, resolution was the only thing anyone cared about on a monitor. But we’ve reached a point of visual clarity where resolution is no longer king. Depending on the size of your screen, improving other aspects of design can take precedence. So developers are starting to focus on new kinds of features. Which brings us to the latest kind of features that have …

Motherboards are the core of any PC build. While it’s easy to overlook them because they’re not often the source of high performance standards, they’re still essential in other important ways. They help determine the kind of connections your PC will be able to make, now and in the future. And they help determine what happens if some kind of electrical incident occurs. If you …

Many notebooks and laptops are no longer being constructed with Ethernet ports. And it’s understandable why. The port itself is pretty large and unwieldy. Plus, it allows for an ingress of dust when unplugged. They’re sometimes prone to damage, and when damaged on a laptop, there’s generally no replacing them. Perhaps worst of all, they just don’t fit neatly on the slimmer I/O that is …

Picking a gaming mouse can be as tricky as picking a chair. Because you’re going to spend a lot of time in physical contact with the device. Seemingly small issues become inflated when your hand will persistently encounter those issues, and finding something that fits you perfectly can be challenging. To make matters more challenging, when a new feature comes out, trying it adds another …