The promise of USB-C is that one cable carries video, data, network and power between a laptop and a desk. The reality is that USB-C is a connector shape, not a capability, and two ports that look identical can differ…
The screen is the part of a laptop you look at for every second you use it, and it is also the part manufacturers quietly downgrade first. A listing will shout about 32 GB of memory and then bury the…
Memory and storage are the two specifications most likely to decide whether a laptop still feels usable in year four, and they are also the two most likely to be misrepresented on a listing. The useful questions are not how…
A laptop processor name carries three separate pieces of information, and most buyers only read one of them. The brand tier tells you where the chip sits in the lineup. The generation number tells you how old the design is.…
The gap between a business laptop and a consumer laptop is usually not raw speed. Two machines can carry a similar processor, the same amount of memory and the same screen size, and still be built for different jobs. The…
Connectivity decides two things about a printer: who in the house can print to it, and how often somebody has to go and fix it. Those are usually more important day to day than pages per minute. The interfaces are…
A label printer is a cheap machine attached to an expensive habit. The hardware decision takes an afternoon; the media decision follows you for as long as you own the thing, because the roll or cassette a label printer accepts…
Three quiet decisions set what a printer costs you after the first month: how much toner or ink is in the box, whether the machine will accept a supply that did not come from the manufacturer, and what the chip…
Cost per page is one division: the price of the cartridge divided by the number of pages it is rated for. The trap is that almost nobody reads the second number carefully, and the second number carries more fine print…
The number printed on the box is the smallest number in this decision. Across three or four years a home office usually spends more on toner, ink and drums than on the machine that consumes them, and the two printing…