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PC Pro

Feb 01 2022
Magazine

The UK’s biggest selling PC monthly magazine, and your source of professional IT news, reviews and tests. Combining in–depth industry comment and analysis with rigorous product testing.

Intel’s chips may have been down, but they were never truly out

CONTRIBUTORS

PC Pro

Google reboots Android tablets • New version of Android pitched specifically at bigger screens

Zuckerberg takes Facebook into the metaverse • Facebook tries to shed its boomer problem with a move to the metaverse

The Facebook files

Big tech’s internal uprising • The big tech firms are struggling to cope with mutiny in their ranks, reveals James O’Malley

The A-List • The best products on the market, as picked by our editors

Molten metaphor keeps coming back for Moore • As long as Moore’s Law continues to hold, Dick will continue to plumb the depths of lead-based metaphors to describe the progress of technology

Zuckerberg’s metaverse is doomed to fail • Sorry Mark, but even PowerPoint is better viewed in the real world than via a VR headset

It’s time to bench the subs • The software industry may have grown addicted to subscriptions, but that doesn’t mean that we all need to follow blindly along

Star letter

Readers’ comments • Your views and feedback from email and the web

Readers’ poll • We provide our 2022 predictions on p34, and asked readers which were most likely…

22 CRACKING CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEAS • Stuck for a gift idea this Christmas? Here is our handpicked selection of gifts covering everything from cheap stocking fillers to lavish treats. Plus, there’s a selection of gifts any supply chain shortages can’t spoil!

STUFF THE SHORTAGE SCAN’T RUIN

PC PRO PREDICTS 2022 • The PCPro team give their tech predictions for the year a head, with a little help from the real experts

WHAT THE ANALYSTS PREDICT • PC Pro’s staff don’t have the monopoly on tech expertise. Of course, if expertise were a commodity, we’d be investigated by the competition authorities, but we concede there are others out there who know a bit. So, in the spirit of generosity, here are some of the predictions being made by the leading analysts as to what will happen in 2022.

Is the Computer Misuse Act fit for purpose? • The UK’s Computer Misuse Act is now over 30 years old. Does that make it a danger to organisations it purports to protect? Davey Winder investigates

The birth of the Computer Misuse Act • from those who were there

Ditch the MONTHLY PAYMENTS • Fed up of all those subscriptions nibbling away at your bank balance? Nik Rawlinson finds the best free or buy-once-alternatives

Corei5-12600K& Corei9-12900K • Not a knock out punch to AMD’s Ryzen family, but Alder Lake chips are the most potent choice for gamers and Windows 11 users

Scan 3XS Vengeance Ti • If you want the absolute peak of performance, this beautifully built PC is the obvious choice

Cyberpower GBC Next Day PC • A more modest spec and price than the Scan, but still a heavy weight in every sense of the word

Chillblast Create Core Pro Editing PC • The name of this PC says it all: not a great choice for gamers, but a brilliant one for photo and video editors

Apple MacBook Pro14in (2021) • Calling all video editors, programmers, music producers and photographers–you won’t find a better laptop than this

M1 PRO vs M1 MAX

Apple MacBook Pro 16in(2021) • An extraordinarily powerfull machine for creative professionals who need big screen to work on

DellXPS 15 OLED (2021) • If the beefy specs don’t convince you to upgrade, the glorious 3.5K OLED display surely will

Microsoft Surface Go 3 • Still one of our favour Surface devices, offering the full...


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 132 Publisher: Future Publishing Ltd Edition: Feb 01 2022

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The UK’s biggest selling PC monthly magazine, and your source of professional IT news, reviews and tests. Combining in–depth industry comment and analysis with rigorous product testing.

Intel’s chips may have been down, but they were never truly out

CONTRIBUTORS

PC Pro

Google reboots Android tablets • New version of Android pitched specifically at bigger screens

Zuckerberg takes Facebook into the metaverse • Facebook tries to shed its boomer problem with a move to the metaverse

The Facebook files

Big tech’s internal uprising • The big tech firms are struggling to cope with mutiny in their ranks, reveals James O’Malley

The A-List • The best products on the market, as picked by our editors

Molten metaphor keeps coming back for Moore • As long as Moore’s Law continues to hold, Dick will continue to plumb the depths of lead-based metaphors to describe the progress of technology

Zuckerberg’s metaverse is doomed to fail • Sorry Mark, but even PowerPoint is better viewed in the real world than via a VR headset

It’s time to bench the subs • The software industry may have grown addicted to subscriptions, but that doesn’t mean that we all need to follow blindly along

Star letter

Readers’ comments • Your views and feedback from email and the web

Readers’ poll • We provide our 2022 predictions on p34, and asked readers which were most likely…

22 CRACKING CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEAS • Stuck for a gift idea this Christmas? Here is our handpicked selection of gifts covering everything from cheap stocking fillers to lavish treats. Plus, there’s a selection of gifts any supply chain shortages can’t spoil!

STUFF THE SHORTAGE SCAN’T RUIN

PC PRO PREDICTS 2022 • The PCPro team give their tech predictions for the year a head, with a little help from the real experts

WHAT THE ANALYSTS PREDICT • PC Pro’s staff don’t have the monopoly on tech expertise. Of course, if expertise were a commodity, we’d be investigated by the competition authorities, but we concede there are others out there who know a bit. So, in the spirit of generosity, here are some of the predictions being made by the leading analysts as to what will happen in 2022.

Is the Computer Misuse Act fit for purpose? • The UK’s Computer Misuse Act is now over 30 years old. Does that make it a danger to organisations it purports to protect? Davey Winder investigates

The birth of the Computer Misuse Act • from those who were there

Ditch the MONTHLY PAYMENTS • Fed up of all those subscriptions nibbling away at your bank balance? Nik Rawlinson finds the best free or buy-once-alternatives

Corei5-12600K& Corei9-12900K • Not a knock out punch to AMD’s Ryzen family, but Alder Lake chips are the most potent choice for gamers and Windows 11 users

Scan 3XS Vengeance Ti • If you want the absolute peak of performance, this beautifully built PC is the obvious choice

Cyberpower GBC Next Day PC • A more modest spec and price than the Scan, but still a heavy weight in every sense of the word

Chillblast Create Core Pro Editing PC • The name of this PC says it all: not a great choice for gamers, but a brilliant one for photo and video editors

Apple MacBook Pro14in (2021) • Calling all video editors, programmers, music producers and photographers–you won’t find a better laptop than this

M1 PRO vs M1 MAX

Apple MacBook Pro 16in(2021) • An extraordinarily powerfull machine for creative professionals who need big screen to work on

DellXPS 15 OLED (2021) • If the beefy specs don’t convince you to upgrade, the glorious 3.5K OLED display surely will

Microsoft Surface Go 3 • Still one of our favour Surface devices, offering the full...


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