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Mild-mannered geek/tech journalist. Frequent walker. Internet cranky pants.
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PSA: Your watch band may be messing with your laptop – magnetic clasps can cause lid sensors to lock your PC

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By Matt Safford Verified
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Your watch band may be messing with your laptop. I’ve used thousands of laptops over the years, between testing and trade shows, so it isn’t often that an issue pops up that I haven’t encountered before. But that’s exactly what happened recently while working with Acer’s Swift Go 16 AI (review coming soon).
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PSA: Your watch band may be messing with your laptop – magnetic clasps can cause lid sensors to lock your PC

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By Matt Safford Verified
| Gear Open
I’ve used thousands of laptops over the years, between testing and trade shows, so it isn’t often that an issue pops up that I haven’t encountered before. But that’s exactly what happened recently while working with Acer’s Swift Go 16 AI (review coming soon).
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Testing old drives as external storage to avoid price hikes — hard drive, SATA SSD, and NVMe in enclosures up to 80 Gbps, tested

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By Matt Safford Verified
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Of course, the drive you have and the enclosure you choose will dictate how fast your DIY external drive will be. But speed doesn't matter much if you're just doing simple backups or transferring a few files. And even a SATA SSD is pretty speedy for most mainstream tasks.
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