Solid gaming performance. Really bright, 240-Hz display. Convenient ports in the back. Responsive touchpad. Battery life is decent. Keyboard and palm rests get warm. Cheaper gaming laptops perform ...

Gaming laptops are an interesting market, and there are a ton of great options to choose from. The Alienware 16X Aurora is just one of them, and it’s the smaller cousin to the Alienware 18 Area-51 I ...

Four years after the launch of Windows 11, Microsoft is finally ending support for Windows 10, but what does that mean? Peter is a writer and editor for the CNET How-To team. He has been covering ...

In theory, this should work with any version of Windows 10 version 2004 (20H1) and above. This is because every update since then has been very minor, and the build number even still shows as 19041 ...

Tiny10 is a stripped-down Windows 10 that requires less than half of Windows 10's recommended system resources. It has been developed by NTDEV. Tiny10 doesn't have ...

The Extended Security Updates (ESU) program for Windows 10 provides customers with a more secure option to continue using their Windows 10 PCs after October 14, 2025, while they transition to Windows ...

You can stop the annoying "Get Help" pop-up by tweaking some settings in the Registry Editor, especially helpful to avoid interruptions while gaming or working. Use the search bar with AI, the "Get ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Anshel Sag is an industry analyst covering XR, 5G, mobile and PCs. Alienware designed the m16 R2 gaming laptop with one thing in ...

Windows 10 is slowly on its way out, as Microsoft has announced it'll stop issuing free software updates after Oct. 14, 2025. At the same time, there are plenty of reasons why you might be hesitant to ...