Intel's 9th-gen mobile Core chips aim for the high end – offering 8 cores at up to 5GHz speeds
These chips should be found in the next MacBook Pro, Dell XPS and other powerful laptops for design and art.
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Best Wacom deals for Easter
We've found the best deals currently out there for drawing tablets from Wacom – and discovered which deals are just old models being flogged cheap on Amazon.
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Apple has upgraded the iMac to make it twice as fast – and given the iMac Pro a quiet bump too
Apple has launched new versions of its 27- and 21.5 inch iMacs with faster CPUs and graphics, which Apple claims makes it up to 2.4x faster than previous models.
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Apple's new iPad Air is a low-cost rival to the iPad Pro
While Apple says that the iPad Air isn’t for pro artists and designers, there are a few features we prefer to the iPad Pro.
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Microsoft launches HoloLens 2 - what does it mean for creatives?
Microsoft launches its new mixed reality headset with double the field view - but its vision for creative applications could be bigger.
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Wacom finally releases an Apple Pencil-style pen
Wacom is releasing a thinner version of its Pro Pen stylus, which may feel familiar to iPad Pro owners – but it's not available everywhere.
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Microsoft has finally released the Surface Studio 2
Announced in October, you can finally buy the Surface Studio 2 – though its components are a generation behind.
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Size doesn't matter - but the Phillips 499P9H monitor has one mammoth display
This new monitor from Phillips has one of the biggest displays on the market, equivalent to two 27" displays placed side by side.
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Lenovo's new PC for artists and designers is the oddest-looking desktop you can draw on
This asymmetrical all-in-one looks like Dieter Rams' take on Microsoft's Surface Studio – which some will love for its retro charm and others despise.
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Wacom has launched a cheaper Cintiq
The new Cintiq 16 is under half the price of the same-size Cintiq Pro and uses the same pen technology – but it has a much lower-quality screen.
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A new MacBook Pro is coming next month
Hidden among the launches of Apple's new iPad Pro, Pencil, Mac mini and Macbook is an upgrade to the MacBook Pro
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iPad Pro 2018 and Apple Pencil 2.0 unveiled: New features and specs to excite the creative community
Apple launch the latest version of the iPad Pro with Liquid Retina display and 1TB storage, and a new version of the Apple Pencil that charges wirelessly on your tablet.
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Designers and illustrators recommend their favourite monitors
Whether working in illustration, graphics or web design, having the right monitor can make all the difference – let leading creatives guide you to the best on the market.
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Intel debuts 9th-generation Core chips, targeting creatives
These should provide a performance boost for video editing, VFX, animation, 3D and VR creation.
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Microsoft launches next-gen Surface Pro 6, Surface Studio 2 and more
The new tablet PC and 'iMac you can draw on' deliver greater performance to your creative apps.
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HP’s Spectre Folio is a stylish, leather-bound take on the Surface Pro
We would have preferred a vegan leather option as well as the real thing, but this new tablet/laptop hybrid has some distinct advantages over Microsoft's Surface.
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Nvidia's GeForce RTX graphics cards are loaded with boundary-pushing tech
Following last week's news of workstation-class Quadro graphics cards offering real-time raytracing at Siggraph, Nvidia's shipped powerful cards for desktop PCs.
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How AI is powering groundbreaking Photoshop and Premiere plugins
Machine learning has allowed the likes of Nvidia to make tasks like object removal, noise reduction and up-rezing much, much easier.
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A mechanical Apple keyboard is now a reality with the Hexgears X-1
Kono's Hexgears X-1 looks likes Apple's Magic Keyboard, but has mechanical switches for a better typing experience – and it works with the Mac, iPads and even Windows PCs.
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New Intel Xeon chips add power to small, cheap workstations
The first workstations using the chips are due in August from Dell and Lenovo.
