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Silver Ergotron HX monitor arm on a pole mount holding a large curved ultrawide monitor above a wooden desk with keyboard and plant.

A 42-pound 49-inch monitor fits the Ergotron HX arm

The Ergotron HX arm holds 42 pounds and 49-inch screens, but net weight and curvature decide the real limit. Run the margin maths before you mount.

Prusa CORE One+ printer with its door open, showing eight numbered INDX toolheads racked along the front and the Smart Head above them

Eight materials print at once on the Prusa CORE One INDX

The Prusa CORE One INDX prints eight materials, each with its own nozzle. How passive toolheads work, and how the kits price against a second printer.

A Cherry MX2A switch with a red stem on a black housing mounted upright on a keyboard PCB, with more switches behind it

Five separate parts changed inside the Cherry MX2A switch

Cherry MX2A redesigns five parts of the MX switch: barrel spring, ring lube, stem, socket dome and glide ribs. See which changes a typist can feel.

A cluster of pale blue HMX linear keyboard switches with cream cross-shaped stems and brass pins on a light desk

HMX Yogurt S beats pricier linears on sound and smoothness

HMX Yogurt S tops 2026 linear switch rankings at around $0.30 each. See how stem tip shape tunes the sound and which HMX switch matches your taste.

Black docking station on a desk with a glowing amber and teal cable arcing to a laptop in front of three monitors

Thunderbolt 5 docks now deliver 140W over a single cable

A Thunderbolt 5 dock delivers 140W to a laptop, and its 120Gbps mode wakes only for heavy display loads. See how to pick the wattage you need.

Two monitors of different pixel density on a desk, one application window sharp on the left screen and stretched into soft blocks on the right

A DPI flag decides whether your Windows 11 apps look sharp

Windows 11 blurry apps come from a DPI awareness flag the app sets at launch. Learn the three modes and how to pick monitors that scale together.