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Articles by: Wayne Williams

The best Black Friday office chair deals

Early Black Friday office chair deals 2025: With prices this good you'll need to sit down

By Steve Clark last updated 23 November 25

Black Friday 2025 Top rated office chairs from brands like Herman Miller, Secretlab and FlexiSpot are all on sale now.

Where Apple spends its power: M4 Max CPU consumes just 48W - Why the GPU and memory system define the true cost of your MacBook Pro

By Wayne Williams published 22 November 25

Apple M4 Max’s 48W CPU and M5’s efficiency ceiling reveal how GPU and memory now drive professional MacBook performance.

There's no faster laptop under $700 than this $430 Core i9 monster with a CPU that crushes the M4 in the $999 Apple MacBook Air

By Wayne Williams published 20 November 25

Core i9-12900H powered Hasee X5 15.6 laptop is now just $429.99 for Black Friday, $370 off its usual price.

7 smashing rugged smartphones I'm definitely earmarking for Black Friday

By Wayne Williams published 19 November 25

Black Friday 2025 These are the rugged smartphones I'm keeping a close eye on for Black Friday.

Never mind SanDisk’s tiny SSD: here are five even smaller USB flash drives you can plug into your MacBook Pro and forget

By Wayne Williams published 18 November 25

Black Friday 2025 These tiny USB Flash Drives can be plugged in your MacBook Pro laptop and forgotten about.

Black Friday comes early: grab a standout deal on the best work-and-play standing desks

By Wayne Williams published 18 November 25

Get ahead of Black Friday and save on the best desks for work and play.

The largest microSD cards you can buy right now: 2TB memory cards from as little as $170

By Wayne Williams published 17 November 25

These are the largest microSD cards you can buy right now - 2TB memory cards priced as low as $170.

7 superb Samsung storage deals that I'll be checking on this Black Friday

By Wayne Williams published 16 November 25

Black Friday 2025 Black Friday is nearly here and these are the Samsung SSDs I'm keeping the closest eye on.

Forget Valve's new Steam Machine: here are 5 mini PCs under $500 that can run SteamOS, play games and stream media

By Wayne Williams published 15 November 25

Black Friday 2025 Forget Valve's new Steam Machine, these five mini PCs under $500 can run SteamOS and more.

The world’s fastest hard drive is on sale now, nearly matching SATA SSDs like the Samsung 870 QVO - but it ain't cheap

By Wayne Williams published 15 November 25

You can now buy the world’s fastest hard drive, nearly matching SATA SSDs for speed, but it isn't cheap.

7 exquisite storage deals I'm bookmarking for Black Friday

By Wayne Williams published 15 November 25

Black Friday 2025 Black Friday sales haven't officially started yet - but these are the SSDs I'm keeping the closest eye on.

Don’t wait for Black Friday - Flashforge AD5X drops to just $319 for full-color, high-speed 3D printing

By Wayne Williams published 14 November 25

The Flashforge AD5X offers high-speed, full-color 3D printing - and it's just $319 for Black Friday.

Don’t wait for Black Friday - Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra 3D printer delivers next-level 16K precision printing for just $419.99

By Wayne Williams published 13 November 25

Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra 3D printer delivers next-level 16K precision printing - and it's just $419.99 for Black Friday.

Black Friday comes early for 3D printing fans: Elegoo's Centauri Carbon model is now just $279

By Wayne Williams published 13 November 25

The Elegoo Centauri Carbon is a budget 3D printer priced at just $279.99 this Black Friday.

Black Friday comes early: Save $300 on the Creality K2 Plus Combo 3D printer and get a year's free VIP access to Creality Cloud software

By Wayne Williams published 13 November 25

The Creality K2 Plus Combo 3D printer deal is priced at just $1,199 this Black Friday, and you get freebies thrown in too!

Is the desktop PC on its deathbed? Dell’s cheapest laptop is just $300 for Black Friday - while its most affordable desktop is a mindblowing $500

By Wayne Williams published 13 November 25

The Dell 15 Laptop costs just $299 for Black Friday, while Dell's Slim Desktop is $500.

Black Friday deal alert: This fastest mini PC under $500 rivals Apple’s M4 Pro Mac mini for a fraction of the price

By Wayne Williams published 11 November 25

Black Friday savings start now! Minisforum M1-1295 Mini PC is the fastest compact computer under $500.

Early Black Friday offer makes HP Victus the cheapest laptop with a dedicated GPU at just $549

By Wayne Williams published 11 November 25

Black Friday savings start now! HP Victus 15 is the cheapest laptop with a dedicated GPU and from a known brand.

Act now and you can grab a 4TB SSD for around 5¢ per gigabyte as more early Black Friday deals hit

By Wayne Williams last updated 11 November 25

You can buy a 4TB SSD for as low as 5¢ per gigabyte in early Black Friday deals - here's what we've found.

I used AI to predict prices of Amazon's 20 most popular SSDs for Black Friday and it doesn't look good at all

By Wayne Williams published 10 November 25

Gemini predicts Black Friday SSD discounts will be modest, with few major price drops across Amazon’s top 20 drives.

Early Black Friday bargain: This $199 3D printer from Bambu Lab offers four-color printing and near-silent operation

By Wayne Williams published 7 November 25

This early Black Friday deal drops the price of the Bambu Lab A1 mini 3D printer to just $199.

An Nvidia RTX 5090 against a white background

You can now rent a $3000 Nvidia RTX 5090 GPU from just $0.25/hour, when you need it, for as long as you need it

By Wayne Williams published 5 November 25

Renting Nvidia’s $3000 RTX 5090 GPU now costs less than a dollar an hour as decentralized cloud networks provide affordable access to high-end AI hardware.

Legendary CD-ROM maker has best value SSD pre-Black Friday: RiDATA 2TB Gen4 SSD costs only $106 and, surprise, surprise, has SLC cache

By Wayne Williams published 4 November 25

This $105.99 RiDATA A801 2TB NVMe SSD is one of the best sub-$110 Gen 4 drives available, delivering speeds up to 5000 MB/s and outperforming many pricier models.

Microsoft is finally clamping down on scam attacks with new "scareware" sensor - here's what you need to know

By Wayne Williams published 4 November 25

Microsoft Edge gains a new scareware sensor and default AI blocker to protect users from tech support scams before they spread.

The firm behind one of the best business VPNs around is launching a Gen AI tool - here's what it could do for your company

By Wayne Williams published 4 November 25

Proton introduces Lumo for Business, offering enterprise-grade AI with zero-access encryption and open source transparency.

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