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Joe Osborne

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Latest publication
Sep 29, 2026
Outlet visibility, for pcmag.com
Top 50K sites
Earliest in this view
Jul 27, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Joe Osborne

    Apple Mac mini M6 vs. M5 Pro: Which Compact Mac Is Best for You? (opens the original)

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    Apple has at last updated its iconic miniature desktop (the last go-around was 2024) and somehow spawned two very different Mac minis in two identical shells. It all comes down to the new processors you'll find in this year’s Mac mini desktops: Apple's starter model now comes with the latest 2-nanometer Apple M6 chip, while a pricier variant comes with the M5 Pro. And that raises a couple of questions. Why is the M5 Pro the more expensive model, given that it houses a last-generation processor?

  2. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Joe Osborne

    Apple's First Budget Laptop Cost More Than Two MacBook Neos (opens the original)

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    Editors' Note: Welcome to our ongoing An Apple a Day series, where we’ll share Apple stories and video from our archives daily from now through late September. In addition to PCMag, this series includes pieces from our sibling sites CNET, Lifehacker, Mashable, and Popular Science. "The Apple iBook is a looker, that's for sure," PC Magazine's Jon Hill wrote in his review of the colorful, translucent laptop in the Dec. 1, 1999 issue. "But can it live up to the hype?" The answer, as you'll see in t

  3. Article · Jul 27, 2026 · Joe Osborne

    Framework Laptop 13 Pro Review: A MacBook Rival You Can Tear Down to the Studs (opens the original)

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    Framework achieved the almost unthinkable with the Laptop 13 Pro: a flagship, top-end laptop you can tear down for upgrades and repairs that also feels like a one-piece, luxury design once assembled. It's a remarkable achievement in hardware design, and impressive to this Framework first-timer. However, with the memory crisis driving up prices for many PC components, Framework's latest flagship laptop almost works better as a statement on what's possible in laptop engineering than as an actual p

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