You can pay for third-party PC optimization software to make your computer run more smoothly, but Microsoft PC Manager does ...

It’s not uncommon for a laptop to lose some of its pep over time. The good news is that there is often something you can do about it — whether that means updating drivers, goosing the processor ...

Laptops quietly monitor their own health, but most people never tap into the tools that can warn of trouble long before a crash or data loss. Built-in hardware diagnostics sit below the operating ...

We test dozens of laptops every year here at ZDNET, and our testing process employs a dual approach. On one hand, we run a series of benchmarking programs to gather important system data and metrics.

I recently reviewed the Samsung Galaxy Book 5 Pro, a solid laptop that lasted 12 hours and 25 minutes in our Laptop Mag battery life test. As I was writing my review, I found myself dwelling on the ...

Some users encountered high CPU usage in the Task Manager whenever they charged their laptops. This issue also causes several other problems, such as increased CPU temperature and reduced laptop ...