If you want to get the most performance out of your laptop or PC, then an NVMe SSD will give unparalleled speeds for the majority of tasks you’re going to run into, including editing and gaming. Of course, that speed tends to come at a premium, and this Samsung 980 Pro sits in a great place between price and performance, especially since you can grab it from Best Buy for just $220 rather than the usual price of $280 — a $60 discount.
There’s a reason that the Samsung 980 Pro tops our list of best SSDs, and that’s because it delivers some of the best NVMe SSD performance that you’ll find outside of commercial use or that won’t cost you an arm and a leg. It can deliver a read speed of 7,000 MB/s and a write speed of 5,000 MB/s, both blazingly fast, and can be up to 12 times faster than a standard SATA connection, which of course, depends on the hard drive you’re using. The 980 Pro also has excellent thermal protection that involves a nickel-plated heat spreader and smart internal thermal control software that helps spread out the heat and disperse it evenly, which helps extend the life of the SSD, as well as keep the performance high.
The 980 Pro is also coming in at a larger size, with the deal from Best Buy netting you 2TB, which is huge compared to the 500GB it used to max out at when it first came out. Granted, it costs a little bit more per GB, especially compared to these external hard drive deals, but if you want that extra performance, you have to pay the premium.
Overall, the 980 Pro balances price with performance quite well, especially with the new large 2TB capacity and the $60 discount from Best Buy bringing it down to $220; it’s an absolutely viable NVMe SSD for you to pick up for your laptop or PC. That said, if you don’t want to deal with the hassle and want something a bit simpler, there are many great desktop computer deals you can check out, and a few of them can even be upgraded with NVMe SSDs like the 980 Pro.
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.