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MSI Summit E13 Flip Evo review: A flip in the right direction

Enlarge MSI Summit E13 Flip Evo $1300 at Costco $1599 at Amazon $1599 at B&H (Ars Technica may earn compensation for sales from links on this post through affiliate programs.) A 2-in-1 laptop may seem like the ultimate device for people who want portability and versatility without giving up too much power. You get the […]

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Drop Signature Series Islay Night hands-on: A $349, arrow-free experience

Enlarge (credit: Scharon Harding) You can often tell a custom-made mechanical keyboard when you see it. The keycaps have a selection of colors, shapes and/or heights that you haven’t seen united before. The owner swears the mechanical switches are something special, and they’re all housed in a chassis of their favorite color, topped off with […]

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Klipsch Cinema 1200 impressions: Powerful, junior-sized Atmos—with compromises

Enlarge / The Klipsch Cinema 1200 set includes a sound bar, two satellite speakers, and a subwoofer. Hidden within a few of these are the key differentiators: upward-projecting speakers. (credit: Klipsch) I’m a longtime apartment dweller in a dense city, so home theater space is hard to come by. I have to decide what I […]

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The new MacBook Pro seems to have an HDMI 2.0 port, not 2.1

Enlarge / Farthest right: The HDMI port on the MacBook Pro. (credit: Lee Hutchinson) The newly announced 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models have HDMI ports, but they have a limitation that could be frustrating for many users over the long term, according to Apple’s specs page for both machines and as noted by Paul […]

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Shipping times for Apple’s $19 Polishing Cloth slip to late November

Enlarge / If you wanted to polish your Apple products, bad news: you’ll need to wait at least a month to get Apple’s Polishing Cloth. (credit: Apple) Between ongoing supply chain issues, chip shortages, and pent-up demand, Apple’s new MacBook Pros were always going to be hard to get. They’ve been up for preorder for […]