Computer & laptop news and reviews
Whether you need a laptop, desktop, workstation, or even an all-in-one, Pickr covers computers of all types to help make sense of what's out there.
While notebooks and laptops are easily the most searched style of computer in Australia today, we also write about desktops, too, covering both the compact and screen-based all-in-one (such as the iMac), while also detailing workstation news for pros, as well.
If it's made for Mac, Windows, or even the occasional Android or Linux computer, and is coming to Australia, you can expect to find it here.
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Apple’s M5 Pro MacBook Pro 14 inch reviewed: ready for anything
A simple glance will tell you nothing, but look beyond the surface and you’ll see the M5 Pro MacBook Pro is portability made properly powerful.
Asus looks to dual 14 inch screen Duo for a big PC to go
These days, the biggest laptops are 15 and 16 inches. Sometimes 17 inches. But a second-generation concept for Asus will some how make 14 inches bigger, but also letting it work like a 28 inch desktop.
2026 Dell XPS 14 reviewed: a great PC
A return to form with a name that matters, the 2026 Dell XPS 14 impresses in a lot of seriously important ways, while still needing tweaks here and there.
Gravastar Mercury V60 Pro reviewed: Giger-inspired gaming (at a serious price)
A basic $20 keyboard can let you type, but the $399 Gravastar Mercury V60 Pro is a premium keyboard for a premium buyer.
HP Omen 16 reviewed: outclassed
The HP Omen 16 almost feels like a machine lost in time. On the one hand, the specs seem solid, but the speed isn’t there the way it should be.
Mesh goes outside with Eero Outdoor 7
If your WiFi isn’t reaching past the end of the house where your backyard begins, Amazon’s answer could be to expand mesh with a weather-proof solution.
5 curiously clever Apple ideas worth recalling at 50
You probably know all about Apple’s big deal gadgets, but as it turns 50, you mightn’t recollect some of the industry’s most useful ideas, too.
Apple WWDC goes online in June
The next version of every Apple operating system is on the way, and June is when we’ll get our preview, as the Worldwide Developers Conference is dated for another year.
US kicks own goal by banning new foreign-made routers
If you like an internet connection and you live in the US, you might just want to stick with the router you have… largely because you have no choice.
Apple’s 13 inch M5 MacBook Air reviewed: practically future-proof
The M5 MacBook Air improves the formula and offers a long-lasting laptop made to be slim.
