How to Choose the Best Laptop for College Finding the best laptop for college doesn’t have to feel like taking a final exam—consider what you’ll use it for and prioritize your needs. Consider "futureproofing" your purchase. Buy a laptop that has headroom for more advanced technology while you're in school. Whether you're heading off to college yourself or trying to help your favorite student, searching for and finding the best laptop for college may seem like a daunting task. Fortunately, this is an open-book test...

Be ready for amazing experiences in gaming, VR, and entertainment wherever your computing takes you with the 8th Generation Intel® Core™ processor family. This new generation of processors extends all the capabilities users have come to love in our desktop platforms with advanced innovations that deliver exciting new features to immerse you in incredible experiences on a variety of form factors. - Exceptional Platform PerformanceThe 8th Generation Intel® Core™ processors redefine mainstream desktop PC performance with up to six cores for more processing power—that’s two...

RAM is a common computing acronym that stands for random-access memory. Sometimes it's called PC memory or just memory. In essence, RAM is your computer or laptop's short-term memory. It's where the data is stored that your computer processor needs to run your applications and open your files.   What is the purpose of RAM? Random access memory (RAM) is the hardware in a computing device that provides temporary storage for the operating system (OS), software programs and any other data in current use so they're quickly...

Every major version of Windows comes in a few different editions. The same applies to Windows 11, which has many editions including Home, Pro, Enterprise, and the specialized Windows 11 SE, made for young students. While there are plenty of editions of Windows 11, technically, you're not really going to see most of them. If you're buying and using your own computer, the choices boil down to Windows 11 Home or Pro, which are the options you'll find preinstalled on most laptops. Before anything else, the...