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Atlantic.net review

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Atlantic.net is one of the older brands in the web hosting industry. Founded in 1994, its history stretches even further back than common consumer-oriented hosts like GoDaddy and IONOS. It was also among the earliest providers of cloud hosting. Today, Atlantic.net boasts formidable infrastructure, operating from data centers spanning the globe and covering multiple regions from New York to Singapore. Unlike most mass-market web hosts, Atlantic.net focuses on the more technical end of the spectrum. It offers cloud hosting, dedicated servers, GPU hosting, and specialized managed services. You can also get specialized options here, such as HIPAA and PCI hosting. What types of hosting does Atlantic.net offer? Aside from some typical hosting products most will recognize, like cloud hosting, the rest of Atlantic.net's product line is best described as either high-performance or meant for control and compliance. These primarily affect companies with specific regulatory, privacy, or ...

I tested the BenQ PD2706QN for 3 months - and it's a beautifully color-accurate QHD designer monitor poised to surprise you with its quality

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I’ve been reviewing monitors for a long time, and I think we may be officially in the era of 4K monitors being standard or near-standard, given how popular they are now. It’s hard to find monitors that aren’t 4K these days; however, that also means companies have been chasing the 4K badge for a while now, and in that race, some have lost focus on color accuracy. For business users who don’t care about their red looking like the perfect red or their blacks being perfect black, or their magenta having the perfect hue, this may not be a big deal, but for those who work in the creative space, particularly in design, where colors are your world, accuracy and factory calibration are massive. BenQ saw this and cares about this space, so they created the BenQ PD2706QN, focusing on achieving color accuracy in their pixels, making each pixel count rather than just chasing density. For creatives and designers who work in photo editing, illustration, graphic design, and more, this is not just ...

Haworth Fern office chair review: Incredibly premium ergonomics with great all day comfortability

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The Haworth Fern has two main design styles. One model has a headrest and a unique, adjustable lumbar support that moves up and down to help make it more comfortable for users. However, even though, on paper, this was great for some, it was not as popular as expected. So, Haworth released a new variant with no headrest and no middle lumbar support, offering only the comfort built into the chair's backrest. I’m very glad that Haworth released the newer version. I was part of the group that wasn't a huge fan of the first model, but when I met the second model, I became a much bigger fan. I have a love-hate relationship with headrests on ergonomic chairs, but for this one, it just wasn’t working with me. I also really appreciate the change-up for the lumbar support. The first one was good; some of my team even preferred the first version, but I am a bigger fan of the second. Haworth Fern: Price and availability (Image credit: Collin Probst // Future ) The Haworth Fern...

I tested the Lenovo ThinkPad T14s 2-in-1 Gen 1 - a fresh spin on my favorite portable business laptop

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The Lenovo ThinkPad Lineup has been tried and true for generations of laptop variants, all scoring fairly well in reliability, durability, features vs. price, and all-day usability. The ThinkPad T14s 2-in-1 Gen 1 is a big jump for Lenovo, putting a convertible form factor into their popular T-series lineup and risking cannibalization of their X-Series lineup. But, before we get there, let's dive into this laptop and how it performs on its own, without considering other devices. The ThinkPad T14s 2-in-1 Gen 1 is a 14-inch laptop with a screen that can flip all the way around, converting the standard laptop shape into a more traditional tablet shape, all while running the same version of Windows 11. Additionally, this device supports Yoga Pen compatibility, providing another input option if you want to draw, mark up documents, sign contracts, or edit in other ways. This computer has an Intel Core Ultra 200U series processor, also known as Arrow Lake, balancing performance and effi...