🛒Goodbye, 2022! What a Year! Here’s to 2023!
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It’s the end of the year, and time we reflect aloud on our personal highs and lows. My 2022 has …
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Synology DS923+ Review: An Excellent NAS Server to Start 2023 Off with a Bang
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If you ask me for the one gadget to safely put in the shopping cart right now before hitting that …
Chromecast with Google TV Review (vs. Amazon Fire TV): A Formidable Contender
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The $50 Chromecast with Google TV (4K), released in September 2020, and the new yet lesser HD version that came …
GT-AX11000 Pro Review (vs. GT-AX11000): ASUS’s Ultimate Tri-band Wi-Fi 6 Router
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In many ways, the ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 Pro is the upgrade to ASUS’s GT-AX11000 that came out more than three …
ASUS RT-AXE7800 vs. NETGEAR RAXE300: Same Same, yet Can’t Be Any More Different
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This is the ASUS RT-AXE7800 vs. NETGEAR RAXE300 matchup I promised in the review of the former. Asus’s latest Wi-Fi …
ASUS RT-AXE7800 Review (vs. GT-AXE11000): A Wi-Fi 6E Router that Makes Sense
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The RT-AXE7800 is not ASUS’s first Wi-Fi 6E Tri-Band router—far from it. Before this, the company already had the GT-AXE11000, …
SanDisk Professional PRO-G40 SSD Review: Rugged, Fast, Versatile, and Expensive
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Per conventional wisdom of portable storage: If you get a Thunderbolt 3 (or 4) drive, it won’t work with USB …
NETGEAR Orbi RBK860 Review (vs. RBK850): Much Hype, Little Wi-Fi Substance
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The Orbi RBK860 series—first unveiled on October 11, 2022, as a 3-pack model RBK863S—is the latest member of NETGEAR’s popular …
ASUS RT-AX86S vs. RT-AX86U vs. RT-AX86U Pro: What’s the Deal?
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This post is a quick comparison of the ASUS RT-AX86S, RT-AX86U, and RT-AX86U Pro. Together, they make up confusing dual-band …
Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus-G vs. Rocket 4 Plus Review: A Pair of Speedy PCIe 4.0 SSDs
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I’m new to the Sabrent brand, and the Rocket 4 Plus and Plus-G are excellent first impressions. They are both …
