Monitors are easily the most expensive PC peripherals, but if you want to get the best gaming and entertainment experience, then they’re worth every penny. Thankfully, the 2020 Prime Day deals have arrived following the sale’s summer delay and there are plenty of juicy bargains on offer that are just for the gamers out there — including, of course, some excellent Prime Day monitor deals that can save you serious money. One of the best of the bunch is this discount on our favorite ultrawide gaming monitor, the 34-inch Alienware AW3420DW, which you can score right now for just $650.
For a long time, gamers who wanted more screen real estate than a standard 16:9 monitor could provide had to resort to setting up multiple displays. That has its advantages along with some notable disadvantages; namely, you can’t really get a continuous ultrawide picture due to the image being broken up across several screens with bezels separating the panels. Even with today’s super-slim bezels, the result is not a very clean look. Enter ultrawide monitors like the excellent Alienware AW3420DW, which offer a much more streamlined and immersive experience (not to mention one that results in considerably less cable clutter).
Of all the ultrawide monitors that we’ve spent time with, we picked the Alienware AW3420DW as the best one for gaming thanks to its full suite of gaming-friendly features not found on most PC displays. Its curved 34-inch IPS panel is easy on the eyes (IPS is superior to more common VA and TN panels when it comes to color accuracy and viewing angles), and its ultrawide 3440 x 1440 4K Ultra HD resolution is perfect for everything from gaming to watching movies. That extra screen space means that the Alienware AW3420DW is also great for work and multitasking and not just for entertainment.
The display boasts an enhanced refresh rate of 120Hz (the target for gaming at 60 frames per second — any less and you’re likely to experience lag and stuttering), while Nvidia G-Sync technology delivers a smooth picture that’s free of screen-tearing during fast-paced action. The Alienware AW3420DW has both HDMI and DisplayPort connections as well, but bear in mind that you’ll want to use the included DisplayPort cable in order to get the most out of an Nvidia graphics card.
For Prime Day, Prime members can grab the excellent Alienware AW3420DW 34-inch ultrawide curved gaming monitor on sale for just $650. That’s the best price we’ve ever seen for this display and it’s a worthy addition to any gaming battle station.
The absolutely absurd idea of putting a touchscreen display on a mouse isn't exactly new. Turtle Beach already did it with its Command Series MC7, which features a 2.25-inch control screen. But apparently, even that wasn't ridiculous enough for Arctic Fox Technologies. Its new Super Mouse looks like someone took the chunky old Atari ST mouse, slapped a touchscreen and scroll wheel on it, and called it an upgrade.
The result is a rather unusual-looking mouse that is now on Kickstarter, starting at $199. And as ridiculous as it looks, some of its features are genuinely intriguing.
Apple is less than a day away from launching its highly anticipated OLED MacBook Pro with a touch-sensitive screen. But it appears that the upgrade is going to cost a pretty penny. According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple is reportedly eyeing a starting price of $2,899 for the 14-inch MacBook Pro, while the 16-inch version could start at $3,399 in the US.
"At $2,899, the 14-inch model would mark the highest starting price for a new MacBook Pro model, surpassing the $2,799 Apple charged for a 17-inch version introduced in 2006," says the report. The report claims that Apple is targeting a minimum price hike of $400 for its upcoming redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models.
I've spent a good amount of time digging into the spec sheet of the new M6 MacBook Pro (14-inch), and for all intents and purposes, this is a classic Apple "chip and connectivity" refresh. It's not a full redesign. The chassis, Liquid Retina XDR panel, speakers, ports, and battery, all of them carry over unchanged.
However, the M6 brings more cores, stronger on-device AI, higher memory bandwidth on the larger configs, and modern wireless. Here’s the practical rundown of what actually improved, and whether those gains are worth your money.