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PC Pro • February 2025 Issue 365

Gelsinger’s gone: what next for Intel? • CEO’s departure raises prospect of company being torn apart

AGI edges closer as o1 leaves preview • ChatGPT’s new reasoning model is unleashed in full

The space race for your phone • T-Mobile has teamed up with Starlink to eliminate mobile dead spots in the US. Barry Collins investigates whether it could take off in the UK, too

Is Amazon plotting a UK mobile network?

4 surprising things we learned from IBM Research • While AI and quantum computing were the two big themes at this year’s IBM Research Europe media event, Tim Danton reveals there was also one surprise lurking in the lab

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

Is that the final Trump of doom I hear? • What could possibly be convincing the once liberal owners of big tech, and now multi-billionaires, to switch their allegiance to the new president?

Gap between tech promises and reality is too wide • Technology has been saving us time and supposedly making the world better for decades, so how come it takes so long to book a GP appointment?

How I miss the missing manuals • Forget wikis, YouTube videos and Q&As, application support was so much better in the days of printed manuals

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

Readers’ poll • For this month’s masthead question (see p8), we asked our contributors to make predictions for 2025. And then asked readers to vote which of four predictions were most likely…

WINDOWS in 2025 • With the new year bringing the curtain down on the most used version of Windows, Barry Collins explores where consumers and businesses should head next

The Honeyball view on Windows 10 • We asked Jon to give his very personal view on what to say to people who are still relying on Windows 10 for business or home use

WINDOWS 365

The Apple option

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DAVINCI RESOLVE • Edit and render videos like a pro. Nik Rawlinson shows you how to hit the ground running in the powerful free editing suite

EMULATION MAKING WINDOWS ON ARM GREAT AGAIN • HOW DO THE LATEST LAPTOPS AND MACS RUN INTEL SOFTWARE ON THEIR ARM PROCESSORS? DARIEN GRAHAM-SMITH EXPLORES THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF EMULATION

HOW APPLE BRIDGED THE GAP

HP OmniBook Ultra Flip • A stylish 2-in-1 packed with the latest technology, and the local AI tool shows signs of promise, too

HP AI COMPANION APP LEADS THE WAY FOR LOCAL AI… OR DOES IT?

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Dell XPS 13 (Core Ultra 200V) • Intel’s second-generation Core Ultra 200V chips prove an excellent fit for the ultra-compact XPS 13

Raspberry Pi 500 • A brilliant update to the Pi 400, this “all in one” keyboard computer makes the most of the Raspberry Pi 5’s power

PCSpecialist Nebula Goliath • PCSpecialist gives the best possible platform for Intel’s Core Ultra desktop chips, and the result is a fine PC

Wired2Fire HAL 9000 Compact PC • Don’t be fooled by its size; this is a powerhouse for gaming and all-round tasks – and it runs quietly, too

Bag a software bargain • Don’t pay full price for software when we can offer you huge reductions on genuine products

Eizo FlexScan EV3450XC • A slick...