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Linux is great for laptops, but it still struggles with these 5 hardware features
Linux loves laptops until the fingerprint reader clocks in.
Your laptop's SSD is probably running in the wrong mode, and it's slowing you down
Most laptops ship with RAID as default, a storage configuration you don't really need,
This HP laptop might just be the ultimate executive convertible
The HP EliteBook X Flip G2i packs serious AI muscle, top-tier security, and a garage-stored stylus—though its SSD speeds could be faster.
I deployed OpenClaw on a laptop and learned exactly where it hits its limits
Capable, but nowhere as powerful.
I stopped trusting CPU model names after seeing how much power limits actually matter
Two laptops with the same CPU can perform completely differently — here's why.
Changing this display setting is the easiest battery win on Windows laptops
One buried Windows setting can buy your laptop an extra hour of battery.
The MacBook Neo could finally be getting some serious competition from Lenovo
We don't know its exact specs or price yet, but the IdeaPad Vibe could offer users far more color options than the Neo — and five more ports.
I turned off Windows Update background tasks and my battery improved overnight
Windows was doing more work in the background than I realized, and stopping one process gave my laptop noticeably better battery life.
Windows proved my laptop wasn’t actually sleeping when I closed it
My laptop spent the night asleep in the same way a toddler does.
Why your laptop battery stops at 99Wh — and it has nothing to do with chemistry
Blame aviation, not lithium-ion.
Windows has two different power plan controls, and they don't do what you think
Microsoft doesn't seem to want you to play around with the power settings anymore.
I turned Bluetooth off on my PC and three things improved, including my Wi-Fi
One toggle I ignored was slowing my whole PC down.
I wasted years optimizing my SSD for nothing — Windows was already doing it
I was making Windows slower, and the drive was barely benefiting.
USB-C this, USB-C that, give me back my barrel jack
USB-C's promise of 240W PD is still nowhere to be seen.
Microsoft is finally fixing my biggest complaint with Windows
Windows sleep might actually work now.
Windows 11 now overclocks your CPU to open the Start menu — and somehow that's a good thing
Windows 11 now spikes your CPU just to open the Start menu, and the fact that it works makes it worse.
I replaced liquid metal with a thermal pad and my laptop finally stopped throttling
All hail the new king of thermal solutions.
MakeUseOf's Computex 2026 picks: the tech we can't stop thinking about
The biggest PC hardware event of the year never fails to deliver.