I was picked to write PCMag's 40th Anniversary "Most Influential PCs" feature because I'm the geezer who remembers them all—I worked on TRS-80 and Apple II monthlies starting in 1982 and served as editor of Computer Shopper when it was a 700-page monthly rivaled only by Brides as America's fattest magazine. I was later the editor in chief of Home Office Computing, a magazine about using tech to work from home two decades before a pandemic made it standard practice. Even in semi-retirement, I can't stop playing with toys and telling people what gear to buy.
Muscle up! Today's biggest-screen notebooks are formidable desktop alternatives for work and play alike. Here's how to choose the best 17- or 18-inch laptop, gaming rig, or workstation, along with our top lab-tested picks.
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Your photos deserve to exist as more than mere bits and bytes. Here's how to pick the right photo printer—whether for humble snapshots or big, bold art prints—and our top lab-tested picks.
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Full HD 1080p is passé. For peak productivity and creativity, consider a laptop with a super-sharp 4K screen. Check out the best we've tested, plus a breakdown of 4K's pros and cons for gaming, productivity, and entertainment.
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An ultraportable with a lot to like but frustrating shortcomings
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Need major mobile muscle for design, creative, or scientific work? These über-laptops with serious specs take the toughest professional applications on the road. Check out the best models we've tested.
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Meet the most serious PCs on the planet: desktop workstations, certified to crunch through the most demanding design and rendering jobs and process the most intimidating datasets. Here's what you need to know as you shop for a genuine heavyweight (even if it's small in size).
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Shuffling to and from your desk with your trusty Apple laptop? Here are the best ways to turn your MacBook Pro or MacBook Air into a productivity hub.
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Heard of the spy who came in from the cold? Here's the laptop that came in from the road. Our guide to desktop docking solutions will keep you ultra-productive when you're in the office—whether that's at your desk at home, or visiting corporate HQ.
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You don't need to spend four figures to get a reliable home PC—many of our budget desktop favorites are under $600. Check out our top labs-tested picks among conventional towers, mini PCs, all-in-ones, gaming rigs, and more.
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Today's tethered virtual reality headsets demand a powerful PC. Don't want to rely on a bulky desktop? These are the top notebooks we've tested that have the chops to handle VR.
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Catching a flight cross-country, or just shuttling from home office to den all day? You need the lightest laptop possible. We've tested, well, tons of them. Here's how to land the right one.
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Ordinary notebooks are 98-pound weaklings next to these drop-tested survivalists. Whether you're getting wet or getting your hands dirty, the top rugged laptops we've tested stay productive in the harshest environments.
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