Time for another chase. Fresh off the hunt for a 15” Digital Content Creation rig (posted 5 days ago), the 'WERKz is now out trying to chase down the best 15” gaming notebook available. Price target is no more than $1500. Today, we will restrict this cha… more »

This will be the first in an ongoing new series on the 'WERKz. From time to time I get requests for recommendations on laptops needed for various purposes. Liberal Arts students, engineering students, families with kids on the way, adults going back to s… more »

I've seen it noted in a few places. Sometimes by the tech media. Sometimes in a forum post. Sometimes mentioned by friends of mine. And I have never understood why people care about whether a battery is oversized and bulges out from the main frame of the… more »

I have yet to hear back from MSI and my queries in response to their rejection of my RMA request. It is pretty ridiculous. As of mow I am writing them off, and standing by my negative recommendation of the MSI X340, and any product from MSI. Turns ou… more »

The MacBook Pro is a neat little piece-of-kit. I guess that was true of this product line even before the unibody manufacturing process became the standard. My own unit is an early 2008 model. All silver, pure aluminum; backlit keys. When you are working… more »

Just because someone is a gamer, does not necessarily mean that they are a power-user. A lot of people are out there playing on antiquated rigs. They may be struggling; they may have to tweak their system like it was a Windows98 rig (remember TweakUI?);… more »