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3 weeks ago | 
rtings.com | Alexander Tozzi |Ryan G. Lim |John Peroramas
Compared To Other Laptops The HP OMEN MAX 16 is an excellent gaming laptop that delivers smooth gameplay in demanding titles. That said, the NVIDIA 50-series GPUs are only a minor upgrade over the 40-series, so it might not be worth upgrading if you already have a laptop with a 40-series GPU, and if you're upgrading from an earlier generation, you can likely find a discounted 40-series model that'll deliver a similar gaming experience, like the ASUS ROG Strix 16 (2024).
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1 month ago | 
rtings.com | Alexander Tozzi |Ryan G. Lim |John Peroramas
Compared To Other Laptops The Lenovo Yoga 9i 2-in-1 Aura Edition is an excellent Windows convertible laptop and among the best in its class. It provides a similar user experience to direct competitors like the HP OmniBook Ultra Flip 14 (2024). The Yoga's USB-A port makes it a little more convenient, as many peripherals still use a USB-A connector, and its battery life is significantly better, lasting around three hours longer in light uses.
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2 months ago | 
rtings.com | Alexander Tozzi |Ryan G. Lim |John Peroramas
Compared To Other Laptops The Apple MacBook Air 13 M4 is one of the best ultraportable laptops on the market. Its build quality, as well as the quality of its touchpad and speakers, is class-leading. Apple's M4 SoC has among the fastest single-thread performance compared to other current-gen chips, and while its multi-thread performance doesn't stand out as much, it's nonetheless very impressive considering the lack of active cooling.
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2 months ago | 
rtings.com | Alexander Tozzi |Duncan MacRae |Yannick Khong
Compared To Other VPNs Private Internet Access has acceptable performance that's on par with most VPN services, but like most, it fails the kill switch test. It's good enough if you're just downloading torrents and browsing the web while protected, but its speeds are mediocre, so don't expect blazing-fast downloads. It's also owned by Kape Technologies, which privacy-minded users tend to criticize due to controversies about ad injection from its past.
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2 months ago | 
rtings.com | Alexander Tozzi |Duncan MacRae |Yannick Khong
Differences Between Sizes And Variants Proton VPN has a free tier and a paid Plus tier, which we bought and tested in this review. We also tested Proton VPN Free separately. PlanMaximum DevicesTorrents (P2P)Country SelectionSpeed ThrottlingSplit TunnellingFree1NoNo (5 available countries, fastest chosen automatically)YesNoPlus10Yes117NoYesIt's also included in Proton Unlimited, a subscription with all of Proton's services.
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2 months ago | 
rtings.com | Alexander Tozzi |Duncan MacRae |Yannick Khong
Mullvad is great for torrenting. It has acceptable security that mostly keeps your IP address and DNS queries within its tunnel, and it's properly configured to protect you from man-in-the-middle attacks. Its kill switch doesn't work properly upon rebooting your system, as some unencrypted traffic leaks past the VPN. You can register without providing personal information like an email address or even a password.
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2 months ago | 
rtings.com | Alexander Tozzi |Duncan MacRae |Yannick Khong
Compared To Other VPNs MEGA VPN delivers broadly comparable performance to most VPNs we've tested but has some significant shortcomings that make it compare less favorably. Firstly, it's pretty barebonesโit lacks many commonplace features like obfuscation, which hides the fact that you're connecting with a VPN and is useful for getting around censorship and services that block VPNs. It also doesn't support OpenVPN, which can be a downside if the protocol's configurability is important to you.
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2 months ago | 
rtings.com | Alexander Tozzi |Duncan MacRae |Yannick Khong
Compared To Other VPNs NordVPN is a full-featured VPN that's one of the biggest names in the industry. It performs comparably to most VPNs on the market in terms of performance, and like most, it fails the kill switch test. That could be an issue if you're concerned about any unencrypted data leaking from your system in case your device restarts or the VPN crashes.
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2 months ago | 
rtings.com | Alexander Tozzi |Duncan MacRae |Yannick Khong
Compared To Other VPNs Norton VPN doesn't fare well in terms of security compared to other VPNs on the market. It leaks some of your DNS queries at the system level, and the kill switch doesn't work properly, so if you're concerned about your internet connection being completely protected while connected to it, it's not a great choice.
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2 months ago | 
rtings.com | Alexander Tozzi |Duncan MacRae |Yannick Khong
Proton VPN Free has acceptable security. It keeps your IP address or DNS queries anonymous while you're connected to it, and it has proper TLS implementation, protecting you from man-in-the-middle attacks. However, its kill switch doesn't work correctly, as it leaks some unencrypted traffic upon rebooting your system, which is a concern if you need all your traffic to be encrypted after a restart. Pros Doesn't leak your IP address or DNS queries.
