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The retail launch for Nintendo's highly anticipated Switch 2 is approaching fast—it's just shy of 3 weeks away. There probably won't be additional movement in the preorder scene, but Best Buy did confirm that it will host a midnight launch event. Additionally, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa provided some...
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On paper, the launch of NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5060 family brought the price of Blackwell to below $500. In practice, the GPU situation is what it is—'frustrating', if summing it up in a single word—but there is reason to be a bit optimistic. We're seeing more models listed at MSRP, availability be damned, and there's...
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In case you haven't been paying attention, Easter Sunday is right around the corner. There's still some time to surprise your tech-loving significant other with groovy gift, and if you're looking to do just that, note that Best Buy is in the midst of its Spring Sale event. We've dug up a handful of discounted...
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Are you ready for a big screen TV upgrade without paying a big price? If so, you'll be happy to discover that going big—as in, really big—does not necessarily have to cost thousands of dollars. Heck, it doesn't even have to cost a thousand (singular) bucks. For a little more than half that much, you can bring home a...
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Nintendo is planning to launch its next-gen Switch 2 console on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, the day after April Fools' Day and the same day Nintendo will hold a special Direct: Nintendo Switch 2 event, according to a Best Buy Canada blog post that went live ahead of schedule. Best Buy has taken the blog post down, but...
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Microsoft released some new Surface Pro systems powered by Intel this week, and while intriguing, pricing starts at $1,499.99 for those models. If you're willing to give Qualcomm's Arm-based Snapdragon X platform a whirl, you can get a great deal on a Surface Pro Copilot+ system for around half the price with some...
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After a months of leaks and rumors followed by weeks of anticipation, NVIDIA's much-ballyhooed GeForce RTX 5090 released to retail this morning, and then sold out in a nanosecond. Maybe even faster. It was a 'blink-and-you-missed' it retail launch, though not an unexpected one—NVIDIA this week warned that it was anticipating "significant demand"
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It's pretty wild to think that gamers (and probably scalpers) are camping out for a graphics card launch days before it releases to retail, yet it's happening. If you don't feel like pitching a tent in front of Micro Center as some have done, however, you can scramble to buy a GeForce RTX 50 series GPU online, with...
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Hot on the heels of NVIDIA unveiling its GeForce RTX 50 series in both mobile and desktop form, OEMs and hardware partners have followed suit with product refreshes of their own, and they're starting to appear at retail. We saw this with the first laptops feature mobile GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs get listed at Best...
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NVIDIA did gamers a solid by unveiling its GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs in both desktop and mobile form, rather than just announcing desktop parts and then waiting weeks or months to unveil the mobile lineup. And according to NVIDIA, gaming laptops rocking its newest generation mobile GPUs will be available in March...
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We're smack dab in the middle of the holiday season, and that means a steady diet of deals. That's great news for anyone who might have been too busy to shop on Black Friday or Cyber Monday, and/or anyone looking to score some last minute bargains in time for Christmas. There are plenty of electronics on sale as...
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You know the drill! It's Black Friday and we're bringing you the best deals from Best Buy. The nation's only remaining nationwide big-box tech store is marking down items to move inventory for all the new stuff that's assuredly already arriving for the Holiday season, and you can reap the benefits.
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The early Black Friday deals continue to pour in, as what used to be a day (and then weekend) of savings has turned into a month-long sales extravaganza at many retailers. Need a new MacBook at below MSRP? There are deals to be had. Same goes for games like NBA 2K25 and big screen TVs. Let's go ahead and add to the...
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You wouldn't know it by all of the early sales, but we're still nearly two weeks away from this year's actual Black Friday, which falls on November 29, 2024. As is usually the case this time of year, retailers are not waiting around, and neither should you. There are some great early Black Friday deals to be had right...
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This is a great time to be in the market for a gaming PC, be it a laptop or a desktop. Why is that? The reasons are two-fold. First, with new hardware on the horizon (like the GeForce RTX 50 series), you can bet that retailers want to make room on store shelves for incoming products. And second, Black Friday (and...
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Yes, we're not yet two full weeks into November, and also yes, the Black Friday deals and promotions have already begun to appear (like discounts on the Galaxy S24 FE and iPhone 16 bargaiins, as well as a massive discount on TCL's 98-inch behemoth of aTV). We suspect things will ramp up this week and as we further...
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Do you need to upgrade your PC gaming battle station with a racing wheel or other peripheral? Or maybe you're in the market for a gaming laptop or handheld, like Lenovo's Legion Go. If so, then consider Best Buy's weekend gaming sale to be fortuitous timing. It's a three-day event that actually began yesterday and...
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Best Buy is one of the last major brick-and-mortar bastions of instant gratification when it comes to shopping for PC hardware, which has the added benefit of seeing and feeling a product in person before committing to a purchase. We bring this up because Fractal Design announced it is partnering with Best Buy to...
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One thing I've gotten in the habit of doing during my daily perusals of the web is to hunt for deals, including whatever happens to be Best Buy's advertised 'Deal of the Day' promotion. These can be hit or miss, though if you're in the market for a secondary laptop to use as a beater—or a gift for mom and pop to knock...
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We're well into the back-to-school season at this point, and if you put off buying a laptop in hopes that some better deals would materialize, you're in luck. That is, if you're looking for a relatively cheap workhorse for general purpose computing chores, like researching projects and hammering out reports. For under...
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Apple has been busy releasing a bunch of new hardware products, including its AirPods 4 earbuds, the iPhone 16, and several color additions to its flagship AirPods Max headphones. As it pertains to the latter, if you don't care about the new color options (midnight, starlight, blue, purple, and orange), then you can...
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Technically, the summer season runs another couple of weeks. Fall is undeniably in the air, however, and the back-to-school season has begun in earnest in many parts of the country. Before we fully embrace the colorful changing of the leaves, crisp and refreshing air, and cool temps that are headed our way, let's...
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