Ron Kirk 
Finding the best tablets for kids means balancing three things: a device tough enough to survive daily drops, parental controls that actually work, and content that keeps your child engaged without exposing them to the open internet. After our team spent 60 days testing 8 popular kids tablets across three different age groups, we can … Read more
If you spend your day pushing pixels in Photoshop, building layouts in InDesign, or animating in After Effects, your hardware matters more than you think. I have been reviewing design workstations for over a decade, and the gap between a sluggish setup and a fast one is the difference between finishing a project on time … Read more
Looking for the best Xeon CPU for your next build, server, or workstation upgrade? I have spent the last 60 days testing 10 Intel Xeon processors across home lab, gaming, and productivity workloads, and the results surprised me in several ways. Intel’s Xeon line spans from dirt-cheap used E5 v3 chips that crush budget gaming … Read more
Finding the best digital art software can feel overwhelming when there are dozens of programs competing for your attention. Over the past three years, our team has tested more than 15 digital painting and illustration tools across Windows, Mac, and tablet platforms. We have drawn, painted, animated, and created comics using each one to figure … Read more
Finding the best graphics cards for Ryzen 5 5600 in is trickier than it looks. The 5600 launched years ago, but it remains one of the most popular budget gaming CPUs ever sold. Pair it with the wrong GPU and you either waste hundreds of dollars on a card the CPU can’t feed, or underspend … Read more
If you work with multiple computers on the same desk, you already know the struggle of juggling separate keyboards, mice, and cable setups for each machine. A KVM switch (Keyboard, Video, Mouse) built directly into your monitor solves this problem by letting you control two or more computers with a single set of peripherals through … Read more
If you have ever stood in your kitchen and stared at a refrigerator jutting six inches past your countertop, you already understand why the best shallow depth refrigerator has become the most requested upgrade in modern kitchen remodels. We spent over 200 hours measuring, loading, and monitoring 10 of the top-rated shallow depth refrigerators currently … Read more
When you start shopping for the best refrigerator with ice maker, the choices can feel overwhelming. Our team spent weeks comparing 39 refrigerators, reading thousands of user reviews, and analyzing Consumer Reports reliability data to find the models that actually deliver on their promises. Ice makers are one of the most failure-prone features in any … Read more
If your laptop feels sluggish every time you open an app or boot up, the storage drive is usually the bottleneck. I have spent the last several months testing more than a dozen solid-state drives across different laptops, from aging workhorses to brand-new gaming rigs, and the difference a good SSD makes is hard to … Read more
I spent 90 days testing 10 reading tablets on my nightstand, my commute, and even in the bath to find the best tablets for reading in . From dedicated e-ink devices that go weeks on a single charge to versatile LCD tablets that handle comics, PDFs, and note-taking, I read at least one full novel … Read more
