Desire Athow

Desire Athow

Managing Editor, TechRadar Pro

Désiré has been musing and writing about technology during a career spanning four decades. He dabbled in website builders and web hosting when DHTML and frames were in vogue and started narrating about the impact of technology on society just before the start of the Y2K hysteria at the turn of the last millennium.

Then followed a weekly tech column in a local business magazine in Mauritius, a late night tech radio programme called Clicplus and a freelancing gig at the now-defunct, Theinquirer, with the late Mike Magee as mentor. After an eight-year stint at ITProPortal.com, where he discovered the joys of global techfests and transformed the publication into one of the biggest tech B2B independent publishers, Désiré moved to TechRadar Pro where he has been the editor for nine years.

He has an affinity for anything hardware and staunchly refuses to stop writing reviews of obscure products or cover niche B2B software-as-a-service providers. He is an avid deal hunter and can be found lurking around on various deals forums.

Articles by: Desire Athow

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Game over! No Windows laptop can come close to what Apple has done to the 14-inch MacBook Pro — and I’m a hardcore Microsoft fan

By Desire Athow published

If you have the means, then Apple offers the absolute best in terms of all-day performance

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Mysterious Pro 695 chipset appears on AMD website — is the Threadripper Pro CPU about to go dual?

By Desire Athow last updated

Updated The five new workstation-class processors all support an unknown chipset on top of the two existing ones

Apple

Apple could become a $100 billion software-and-services business in 2024 — more than Salesforce, SAP and Adobe combined

By Desire Athow published

SaaS is now the second biggest revenue generator for Apple, behind $200 billion iPhone business.

A 32-inch epaper display

The world’s largest ePaper color display is gorgeous and a boon for businesses —but it won’t come cheap

By Desire Athow published

You will have to wait till 2024 to see the first 32-inch ePaper color display in the flesh

Western Digital 20TB HDD

Western Digital is preparing 40TB Ultra SMR hard drive as race to first 50TB HDD heats up

By Desire Athow published

CEO confirms that company has a clear roadmap into the 40TB range but didn’t provide with a timeline

Seagate CORVAULT

Seagate confirms that 30TB hard drives are coming in early 2024 — but you probably won’t be able to use it in your PC

By Desire Athow published

CEO confirms that the company will begin “aggressively ramping” HAMR-based drives of 30TB and more

velocity micro server

This GPU server packs up to eight Nvidia RTX GPUs, 192 AMD EPYC cores — but it's not meant to play Cyberpunk 2077

By Desire Athow published

In the race for the world’s fastest computer, this 384-thread server has a place of its own.

Pictures of the Xiaomi HyperOS

Superfast and unbreakable — I hope Xiaomi’s new HyperOS operating system brings to life two extraordinary technologies that the original UK-based HyperOS pioneered

By Desire Athow published

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the new platform somehow integrated those revolutionary features?

Teamgroup Pro MicroSD card on a counter top

Teamgroup Pro+ 1TB microSD card review: A newcomer in a crowded market

By Desire Athow published

The latest microSD card from Teamgroup looks like a winner on paper but not on closeup

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Exclusive! Get award-winning NordPass password manager free for two years

By Desire Athow published

The world’s best free password manager deal is exclusive to TechRadar

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Oh, hello Threadripper Pro 7995WX — AMD launches world’s fastest desktop CPU ever but things are about to get very, very confusing for power users

By Desire Athow published

Professionals and creatives can now choose between Ryzen, Ryzen Threadripper, Ryzen Threadripper Pro and Epyc.

Ultimea Thor T60 main product image

Ultimea Thor T60 triple laser 4K projector review

By Desire Athow published

Recommended

New kid on the proverbial block bides time to shine in the UST limelight

22TB hard drive from Toshiba

Finally! Toshiba launches its first 22TB hard drive — while Seagate and WD race towards 30TB

By Desire Athow last updated

Japanese company unveils 10-platter monster as rivals contemplate next step.

Three phones on an orange background showing Google apps

7 unsung Google apps and tools that we love (and you should use too)

By Mark Wilson published

Do you use Google Keep, Family Link, Flights and more? If not, we're here to explain why these unsung apps could be for you.

LG monitor smart

LG to launch new smart monitors that can open documents without a PC —but shame they’re not 4K

By Desire Athow published

Cheaper smart monitors are on the way but with a lower resolution.

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The world’s most powerful laptop is now on sale — here is where you can buy or preorder the Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 X3D

By Desire Athow published

The only laptop with a Ryzen 9 7945HX3D processor and an Nvidia RTX 4090 GPU is here.

Eweka

Eweka review

By Desire Athow last updated

Updated No frills, no hassles, just speedy newsgroup access for a fair price.

OWC Jellyfish Nomad

OWC unveils 64TB mobile storage server — it’s a SSD NAS complete with padded carry case

By Desire Athow published

Great for digital image technicians, independent 3D contractors and VFX studios

Intel Xeon 5th gen scalable processors emerald rapids

Intel unveils 288-core Leviathan 5th-gen Xeon CPU — but there could be an even bigger beast coming

By Desire Athow published

144, 288 and more cores on the horizon but just remember that they’re single-threaded

Solidigm P5430

This SSD vendor wants to use software to boost storage performance for free - here’s how

By Desire Athow published

Interview: Solidigm tells us why it looks to software to optimize SSD performance

AMD EPYC SIENA

AMD unleashes intriguing new EPYC server CPUs — and its main feature could be key for Ryzen’s future

By Desire Athow last updated

EPYC 8004-Series 'Siena' processors bring 64 cores and 128 threads to the table

"Thunderbolt 5, for creators and gamers"

Apple could be the big winner of Intel’s Thunderbolt 5 announcement - here’s why

By Desire Athow published

External GPU I hear you say? There’s a solution that could work.

Netac Z Slim portable SSD outside during our test and review process

Netac Z Slim review: Too slow and too expensive for what it offers

By Desire Athow published

The SSD vendor needs to go back to the drawing board to deliver something more convincing.

The Sandisk Professional G-RAID Mirror External HDD

Western Digital launches new 22TB and 44TB Sandisk Professional external hard drives

By Desire Athow published

Thunderbolt 3-based storage devices emerge in Amsterdam during IBC2023

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

New 96-core AMD Threadripper Pro 7995WX tested on unannounced Dell Precision 7875 workstation

By Desire Athow published

Core boost and higher clock frequency should ensure continuing AMD domination.

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