You can format an external drive quickly and easily in Windows, without the need of any third-party tools. But before you format your USB drive, you need to consider which file system to use. File systems are methods of organizing data on a storage medium…
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Does your laptop feel sluggish? Do you have to wait five minutes after rebooting the laptop before it responds? Does it struggle to switch between browser tabs even when you have less than half a dozen open? A slow, frustrating laptop may have you shopping…
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Is it really possible to make current graphics cards from AMD’s Radeon RX and Nvidia’s GeForce RTX series with just one click? Yes, it’s possible, and quite simple, as I will demonstrate in this easy-to-understand step-by-step guide. The key to quickly optimizing your graphics card…
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At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Incredibly lightweight Excellent battery life Great port selection Solid everyday performance Cons Cheap-feeling build Display only 60Hz LCD No discrete GPU Our Verdict The LG Gram 17 packs a lot into an incredibly lightweight chassis, but you’ll have to…
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If you’re used to working with multiple computer monitors at your desk, traveling with a laptop can be tough. Suddenly, you’re back to the single-screen lifestyle, and on a cramped laptop display to boot. Fortunately, though, there’s a free way to use old iPads, Android…
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Anyone who frequently installs and uninstalls new software, tests beta versions of programs, or tinkers with the registry in Windows, often reaches the point where they have to completely re-install their operating system. With the help of a virtual machine, you can save yourself the…
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Even if you’ve got a long-lasting notebook, sometimes you need to preserve every last bit of your laptop’s battery to help it survive the day. And if your laptop’s getting older, its battery life may be dropping fast. Recently, my house suffered from extended power…
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MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) and MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) mice are no ordinary devices, but precise tools for gamers looking for that competitive edge. They have customizable sensitivity settings, multiple programmable buttons, and ergonomic designs. It turns out that these features are also beneficial…
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At a glance Pros Very good gaming performance in Full HD Full HD camera Fan not too loud Relatively light Large numeric keypad Cons Only FHD resolution Mediocre display brightness No fast USB ports No card reader Our Verdict The bargain alarm clock rings here!…
Nerdy Geeky
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Text messages annoy me. Well, more precisely, sending text messages can be irritating. Some people get along fine with on-screen keyboards, but not me. I don’t like gesture typing’s many poor guesses, much less auto-correct. On PC, I can avoid some of this headache by…
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Wine is not an emulator like Qemu or a virtualization environment like Virtualbox, but a runtime environment that aims to emulate the Windows API on Linux. This API mapping is not complete, but it is comprehensive enough for many Windows programs to run on the…
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Closing every possible program can help you eke out more endurance when your laptop is running low on battery. But not every program fully closes when you exit its window, and sometimes background processes can suck up a surprising amount of computing power. Fortunately, the…