Laptops & Tablets
Laptops and tablets, old and new: what still works, what to buy and what to skip.
- Will Apple make a 17-inch MacBook again?Probably not soon. Apple dropped the 17-inch MacBook Pro in June 2012, and as of October 2026 its biggest laptop is the 16-inch MacBook Pro, from $2,999 with…
- Which Amazon Fire tablet should you buy?For most people in October 2026, the answer is no longer a Fire tablet: it's the new Amazon Alexa Tablet 11 ($329.99), which runs Android with the full…
- Does Dell still make tablets?Not the kind most people mean. Dell stopped selling Android tablets in 2016, and its current lineup has no cheap consumer tablet. As of October 2026 it sells…
- Is the iPad 2 still usable in 2026?Only for a few offline jobs. The iPad 2 tops out at iOS 9.3.5 (or 9.3.6 on cellular models), and its last security fix came in August 2016.…