If you’ve ever been shopping for a computer, you’ve probably encountered terms like workstation, entertainment, and gaming PC. Unfortunately, the marketing around those phrases can make it more difficult to understand what kind of hardware is actually involved. However, there are significant and substantial differences between a gaming PC, a workstation, and other types of …
Over the last few decades, Americans have become more and more keenly aware of the quality of our indoor air. There are several factors in modern life that can cause our air quality to drop. Obviously, there’s pollution outdoors, but indoor air can be even worse. Upholstery, for instance, can release toxic fumes like formaldehyde. …
In the past few years, the wireless earbud market has seen a massive explosion in variety. This isn’t just a fad or a matter of preference. It actually comes down to the quality of the technology itself. As recently as 2015, wireless earbuds were, to put it mildly, a joke. The sound was tinny at …
Refresh rate and frame rate are two terms that are commonly used interchangeably. Indeed, when you’re shopping for a monitor or display, it can be virtually impossible to tell the difference. As a matter of fact, we’ve used the terms interchangeably many times. And in common parlance, there’s not much of a difference. Both terms …
Just a few years ago, no serious music fan would consider a pair of wireless earbuds. For one thing, older protocols only supported low-bitrate audio. For another thing, you could only get single-channel sound, not stereo. So when Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that the iPhone 7 would be wireless-only, people thought he was crazy. …