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PC Pro • November 2025 Issue 374

Google grapples with good cop, bad cop • Vastly differing remedies for anti-competitive behaviour in the US and the EU create huge uncertainty

Apple Airs new iPhone • Slender new iPhone revealed

Hard truths on green PCs Emmanuel Fromont, Acer • We tackle Acer’s EMEA president on everything from green promises to the success of AI PCs

The A-List • The best products on the market, as picked by our editors

Controversial Haidt is hard to love • Sorry, OpenAI – you’ll never achieve AGI unless you can inject machines with the mish-mash of emotion and biology that define human intelligence

Put on your headphones – sometimes • Playing music out loud in public spaces is annoying and selfish, but not as foolish as ignoring the rest of the world

The laptop that won’t stop • Apple Silicon has completely redefined hardware lifecycles for the better, but how annoying when you’re tempted by something new

Readers’ comments • Your views and feedback from email and the web

Readers’ poll • Apple, Google and Samsung have all released glitzy new phones recently, but what features do you really care about?

WIPE ALL YOUR DEVICES • Don’t discard your devices without securely erasing their data first. Barry Collins reveals how to wipe a wide range of tech

WINDOWS PCs

APPLE MACS

CHROMEBOOKS

MEMORY CARDS

iPADS & iPHONES

MORE DEVICES THAT ARE WORTH A WIPE • If you’re passing on any of the following devices, returning them to the vendor or even just sending them for recycling, it’s well worth performing a factory reset first. If you’re passing them on, it might prevent the recipient running into setup problems. If not, you’ve done the best you can to ensure that no sensitive data leaks.

ANDROID DEVICES

BEST OF IFA 2025 • WE SHARE OUR 29 FAVOURITE PRODUCTS LAUNCHED AT THE “WORLD’S BIGGEST TECH EVENT” IN BERLIN

MINI PCs & WORKSTATIONS

LAPTOPS

PHONES & TABLETS

MONITORS

GEEKY & GAMING

PERIPHERALS & NETWORKING

Build a home security system for under £20 • Protecting your home or workplace doesn’t need to be expensive. Nik Rawlinson shows you how it’s done

MYSTERIES OF IP EXPLAINED • We rely on IP every day, yet most of us are hazy on the details of how it works. Darien Graham-Smith tackles common questions about addressing, routing, ports, packet sizes and more

Lenovo ThinkBook G6 Plus Rollable • A brilliant innovation from Lenovo, the only question being whether it’s worth the price in pounds (in both senses)

How we test

What our awards mean

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Gen 10 Aura Edition • Yet another classy ThinkPad X1 with excellent battery life, but consider the X1 Carbon instead

Lenovo Chromebook Plus Gen 10 (14in MediaTek) • The best Chromebook yet thanks to its gorgeous OLED screen, strong performance and AI-enhanced skills

Asus ExpertBook P3 • Look past the drab screen and this business workhorse will satisfy for both speed and battery life

Acer Aspire 16 AI (A16-11M) • A fine debut for the latest Snapdragon X chip in terms of speed and battery life, but don’t expect frills

Bag a software bargain • Don’t pay full price for software when we can offer you...