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Antonio G. Di Benedetto

Antonio G. Di Benedetto

Reviewer, Laptops

Reviewer, Laptops

Antonio is a laptop reviewer at The Verge. Before starting here in 2021 as a deals writer, he worked in the photography industry — and still photographs weddings on the side from time to time. He also plays lots of video / tabletop games, collects vinyl records, buys too many mechanical keyboards, and endlessly professes his love for the great state of New Jersey.

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Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Googlebooks, Googlebooks, Googlebooks.

As I mention in my Googlebook hands-on piece, Google’s new laptop OS has clever ideas about how an Android-based laptop and an Android phone interact. It’s worth checking out in motion, like in our short video that went up today.

We’ll of course be testing and reviewing Googlebooks to see if they actually have the juice. In the meantime, watch me hold a microphone like a goof.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Antonio G. Di Benedetto
MediaTek’s new Dimensity CX C10 Max chip will go into Googlebooks.

MediaTek is announcing its new Dimensity CX C10 Max processor. It’s an Arm-based chip built on TSMC’s 3nm process, with an 8-core CPU, 11-core GPU, and an NPU capable of up to 55 TOPS. This will be MediaTek’s Googlebook chip, as it’s designed for thin-and-light laptops like the five initial Googlebooks that were just announced.

This is the first chip of a new line from MediaTek, yet it still manages to have ā€œMaxā€ in its name.
This is the first chip of a new line from MediaTek, yet it still manages to have ā€œMaxā€ in its name.
Image: MediaTek
The Mac Mini is still mighty, just not as cheap

It remains the best tiny computer you can buy, but $900 stings compared to the $600 of the last-gen.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
I got to see Google’s wild ideas about the future of laptops

Googlebooks are here. And they’re actually interesting (for Android phone users) — but there are still so many questions.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Anamanaguchi has ā€˜too goddamn many’ browser tabs open right now

The chiptune rock band formed in 2004 on forums and remains very online to this day.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Antonio G. Di Benedetto
What should we test on Apple’s ridiculous $12,299 Mac Studio?

That’s not a typo. The M5 Ultra Mac Studio Apple sent us for review is a doozie. It’s got a 36-core CPU and 80-core GPU, 256GB of RAM, and 4TB of storage, making it mind-bogglingly expensive.

Our regular benchmarks aren’t much of a challenge. So what would you like to see us throw at it?

The review configuration of the M5 Ultra Mac Studio, priced out on Apple’s site.
The review configuration of the M5 Ultra Mac Studio, priced out on Apple’s site.
The Dell XPS 13 is the first real competitor to the MacBook Neo

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Verge Score

Even the base XPS 13 is an excellent laptop. But you’re still gonna want the 16GB model.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
iPhone 18 live blog: On the ground at Apple’s biggest event

We’re ready for the long-rumored foldable iPhone, along with any new Apple Watches, AirPods, and other surprises.

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