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 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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Trust me, this is the best SSD deal ahead of Prime Day right now — 1TB PCIe for under $52 is unbeatable

By Desire Athow published

Grab this exclusive deal from Orico fast as stocks of this 1TB SSD are limited.

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Best laptop power bank of 2024: Top-rated portable laptop battery chargers and power banks

By John Loeffler last updated

Updated We've rounded up the best portable laptop battery chargers and power banks currently on the market.

Bluetti AC240 during our review process

Bluetti AC240 portable power station review

By Desire Athow published

We went hands-on with the Bluetti AC240 - a powerful portable power station for those on the go, with some room for improvement.

monitors

Early Prime Day monitor deals are now live: grab a touchscreen display for only $39.99

By Desire Athow published

Slash the cost of getting an extra screen for your laptop, desktop or even your smartphone

CTOne T8Pro

Don't wait for Prime Day: this tiny $99 computer is the cheapest PC I would buy right now — and it even comes with Windows 11 Pro

By Desire Athow last updated

Unknown brand launches surprisingly powerful mini PC with Windows 11 Pro.

A Keeptime monitor next to a MacBook Pro

Here's the world’s cheapest 4K monitor, but it’s definitely not what you’d expect

By Desire Athow last updated

A rather cute device with a tiny footprint and a price that’s unbeatable

A person typing on a laptop.

Best data migration tool of 2025

By Desire Athow last updated

Updated We list the best data migration tools, to make it simple and easy to transfer your data from one computer to another.

A Dell XPS 13 (2022) on a wooden table

Best Linux laptops of 2024

By Collin Probst last updated

Buying Guide We compare the best Linux laptops for running your operating system of choice smoothly.

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Best laptop for AutoCAD deals in 2024

By Desire Athow last updated

These are the best laptop for AutoCAD deals to get the most out of the legendary Autodesk software.

WordPerfect review

WordPerfect review

By Desire Athow last updated

Review WordPerfect provides good value for the money

Fossibot F2400 during our review process

FossiBot F2400 portable power station review

By Desire Athow published

Recommended

We tested out the FossiBot F2400 portable power station - a simple power bank for your next adventure?

Close up of an AGI 2TB SSD

Exclusive: An affordable 16TB PCIe SSD is on the way — Chinese firm behind world’s first 2TB microSD card plans another world’s first and, yes, we’re chasing a review sample

By Desire Athow published

AGI is on a roll with the world’s largest PCIe SSD that will appeal to business users.

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Best free software uninstaller of 2025

By Desire Athow last updated

Updated We list the best free software uninstallers, to make it simple and easy to remove all of the files associated from programs that you want to remove.

Microsoft Surface Laptop and Surface Pro devices on a table.

Microsoft, just give up on the whole Windows-on-Arm idea — the fixation on Apple and the Qualcomm dalliance could end up harming the very partners that stood by your side for 40 years

By Desire Athow published

12 years after Windows RT, Microsoft wants to push Arm as an x86 replacement

Dell Latitude 7455 laptop front and back

Dell bets big on Qualcomm processors with new stunning flagship business laptop — Latitude 7455 is Dell’s thinnest Latitude to date but will businesses warm up to Windows on Arm?

By Desire Athow published

Intel and AMD have one more rival to worry about as Qualcomm takes on x86 stalwarts, but are the features enough to woo businesses?

EliteBoook Ultra G1q

HP embraces Qualcomm for its halo business laptop as industry prepares for third force — but mysterious Windows 11 64 NextGen Premium may well be key to the success of WoA circa 2024

By Desire Athow published

HP embraces new Qualcomm AI PC offerings with two new laptops.

Rear of an Apple Xserve server

Apple could revive a legendary product it killed 13 years ago — heir to Xserve to run on M2 Ultra silicon according to reports but no sign of Mac OS X Server yet

By Desire Athow published

Apple throws down the gauntlet at Google and Microsoft in the race toward AI domination

Bluetti AC200L during our testing process

Bluetti AC200L power station review

By Desire Athow published

We went hands-on with the Bluetti AC200L expandable power station - a heavyweight in every sense of the word.

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Best proxy for YouTube of 2025

By Benedict Collins last updated

No more popups saying, "This video is not available in your country.”

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Best Residential Proxy Service Providers of 2025

By Benedict Collins last updated

In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, the need for secure, reliable, and efficient internet operations is paramount.

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Best datacenter proxies of 2025

By Desire Athow last updated

If you’re looking for efficient proxies to conduct market research, protect your business emails, and prevent phishing attacks or scraping, you should consider datacenter proxies.

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Interview: The truth about business AI, data centers, and why startups need support too

By Desire Athow published

We talk AI, data centers, and startups with John Yue, the CEO and Co-Founder of Inference.ai

A man using a tablet in a tunnel that's being engineered

Getac: Rugged mobile technology is stronger than ever, but we're sticking to computing devices for now

By Desire Athow published

Paul Waddilove, Managing Director, UK & Nordics at Getac reveals what to look for when buying a rugged device and why we won't see a Getac rugged phone any time soon

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How to hide your IP address with a VPN

By Desire Athow last updated

VPN Your IP address reveals a lot about your online activity to nosy ISPs, advertisers, and even the government. With a VPN, however, you can hide it.

Honor MagicBook Pro

One of China’s largest phone makers launched a laptop that will turn heads — Honor’s MagicBook Pro 16 has 32GB RAM by default and an Nvidia Geforce RTX 4060 GPU

By Desire Athow published

There’s another player wanting to grab a share of the premium laptop market

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