Hardware
7 articles from the 19 Computing workshop on hardware.
Articles about Hardware
Microsoft 365 Down: Outlook and Teams Outage — Is It Your Machine or Microsoft's?
Outlook and Teams went down worldwide on 12 November. Before you spend an afternoon "fixing" a machine that was never broken, here's our two-minute triage.
How to Disable AI in Bing on Windows 11 — and Why Your Laptop Is Still Slow
Microsoft has finally added a way to turn AI answers off in Bing. Here's what changed, what it actually fixes — and why your machine is probably still slow.
Is It Worth Upgrading Your PC Right Now? Yes — and the Window May Be Closing
PC shipments just fell 20%, yet circuit-board orders are stretching to 30 months and RAM supply was already under pressure. If you were going to upgrade anyway, November 2026 beats January 2027.
Windows 11 End of Support: Which Machines Upgrade and Which Are End-of-Life
Windows 11's 25H2 stops getting security updates in October 2027 — and 24H2 already fell off last month. Here's the hardware line that decides whether your machine upgrades or retires.
How Much Does a Laptop RAM Upgrade Cost? (And Can Yours Even Be Upgraded?)
The price is the easy part. The real question is whether your laptop has a RAM slot to upgrade at all — and that splits every laptop into one of three camps.
AMD's SSD Write Bug Is Fixed — But How Much Life Did Your Drive Lose?
AMD has patched the bug that kept Radeon cards writing to your SSD in the background. The fix stops the damage — but if the bug ran on your machine for weeks or months, the wear it caused is already done.
RTX 5070 and 5070 Ti in 2026: The Settled Verdict at 1440p
The launch reviews are long done — here's what the RTX 5070 and 5070 Ti actually deliver at 1440p in late 2026, what they cost now, and whether either belongs in your next build.
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