Kick Ass Tech Guides , News & Reviews
Kees Friesland
Our computers are only as useful as the software we load on them, but buying or subscribing to a software license is expensive. Thankfully we have many options in the for of Open Source alternatives to paid software. You can get the functionality you need without having to pay and without breaking the law through piracy. … Read more
I’ve never been a fan of gaming laptops. So the question of what a good gaming laptop may be isn’t one I’ve thought about much. These days, however, it’s clear that things have changed. The biggest change that swayed my mind towards the idea that a good gaming laptop is even possible is the fact … Read more
We’re hearing loud and clear from various places: the iPad is dead. As a fan of the iPad from day one, my immediate reaction is to say this isn’t true. I still use my iPad every day of my life. But when you look at the actual sales figures for iPads things don’t look good. Is … Read more
The Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti has dropped into the GPU market like an atomic bomb. It has plenty of people incredibly excited, but it’s also created a good deal of buyer’s remorse for a lot of high-end customers. The question we have to ask is whether the GTX 1080 Ti is the best card money … Read more
It’s finally here, after the pleasant surprise that was Ryzen 7 there are now AMD Ryzen 5 chips on sale. The Ryzen 7 chips have been very easy to recommend for users that need the high thread counts of i7s from Intel. These chips have been eating Intel’s lunch at a fraction of the price. … Read more
Thanks to smartphone cameras everyone is taking photos these days. The cameras in smartphones are becoming better and better, but the photos are not. So can you take better smartphone photos? I remember my first smartphone with a camera. It was an old Samsung flip phone with a truly terrible VGA camera. Yet I loved … Read more
Things have been weird at Apple since Steve Jobs passed away in 2011. A company is known for reinventing its products almost annually went into iteration mode and we haven’t seen much that’s “new” in their products since. At first glance, the new 2017 Apple iPad looks to continue that trend, but looks can be … Read more
The PS4 Pro has been out for a while now and if you own an original PS4 you may be thinking about the PS4 Pro upgrade. If, on the other hand, you don’t own a PS4, well there’s nothing to think about. For new owners, you should buy the Pro if you care about performance … Read more
Nothing sucks more than realizing too late that you’ve deleted a file that you later end up needing. The good news is that there are many different ways to recover deleted files on Windows computers that you may have thoughtlessly gotten rid of and regretted it later. I’ll go over the most common ones and … Read more
Siri was one of the first truly useful AI personal assistants and it’s hard to believe that this is the Sixth year the plucky little helper has been inhabiting our iPhones and iPads. For me, Siri has transformed how I do a lot of things, from work to play. So I thought I’d share how … Read more