The November sales may officially be over, but Dell has carried on its incredible Cyber Monday deals for a little longer. There’s up to 40% off selected laptops, 2-in-1s and gaming rigs in this sale, but it all ends at midnight tonight (December 3).
There’s many configurations on sale, and some of these discounted prices are the lowest we’ve seen. Below, you’ll find our top picks with huge price cuts. If you don’t see something you like below, check out the entire sale directly on Dell’s site.
There’s an incredibly low price available on this 15-inch Inspiron, which is now 44% off. It’s outfitted with AMD’s 3000 series Ryzen 5 processor, and backed up by a decent 256GB SSD. It’s all inside a lightweight chassis, so it’s easily portable. Today (December 3) is the last day to grab this laptop at a huge discount, and you can enter the code LOVEKEANU at checkout to save that little bit more.View Deal
It may not have solid-state storage under the hood, but for this price it’s an absolute bargain. You’ll be getting a new 11th Gen Intel i7 chip to keep things running smoothly, and 8GB of memory, which is standard, and enough to keep you going even if you need to multitask. The 1TB HDD gives plenty of space for all your files. Dell has taken 25% off this 15-incher, but you can reduce it even further with the code LOVEKEANU. Ends December 3.View Deal
This deeply discounted laptop is well-equipped. Inside the chassis you’ll find an 11th Gen Intel Core i7 CPU, and a solid 512GB SSD. There’s even an Nvidia MX330 graphics card here to handle a little light gaming. Dell has cut the price by a massive 40%, but you can knock it down further by using the code LOVEKEANU at checkout. Just be sure to do so before midnight tonight, December 3.View Deal
If you’re looking for a cheap laptop to get you through the work day, this deal’s a steal. For AU$569, you can set yourself up with a 10th Gen Intel Core i5 processor and a hefty 1TB hard drive. There’s only 4GB of RAM here, but that’s not too bad for the price you’re paying. Make sure you add the discount codes HOT599 and EPP2020 at checkout to get the laptop down to this price. Sale ends at midnight tonight (December 3).View Deal
Looking for the best Christmas gifts for photographers? Given the cost and complexity involved, snapping up presents for the lens-lover in your life ain't easy. That's why TechRadar is here to help see you through to a photo finish this festive season.
Photography can be a bit of a minefield, honestly: there are accessories, lenses, and lighting systems in all shapes, sizes, and prices, so we're on hand to help you capture the right thing for your resident photo lover.
With this in mind, we've done the hard work for you, cherry-picking a selection of the best photographic products and accessories around, with a range of options to suit just about anyone.
So, whether you're after a few extra photo-themed stocking fillers or a slightly pricier sleigh-stuffer for your loved one (or just a little treat for yourself) you should find plenty of inspiration here.
Billingham Hadley One
Something a bit special
Premium finish
Stylish
Fiddly fasteners
It's not cheap
Billingham's Hadley One is a gorgeous messenger bag that's aimed at those who want to travel reasonably light – perfect for wondering round the city or a short break. The stylish, classic design of the Hadley One certainly looks the part and is beautifully crafted from a premium leather. As well as space for a mirrorless camera or DSLR, there's also a separate 13-inch laptop compartment. If you want to treat someone to something a little bit special then the Hadley One, even allowing for its premium price, won't disappoint.
Manfrotto Pixi Evo
A great take-anywhere tripod
Good payload support
Handy ball head
Does flex
Quite large
Mini tripods are great take-anywhere options, and perfect for those times when you don’t think you’ll need a tripod, but want to bring one just in case. Some can be pretty flimsy though, but the Pixi Evo offers a decent payload support and good flexibility. It comes with a handy ball head and extending legs – not really to extend the height, but to use on uneven surfaces. The limited working height does mean you'll have to position it on a wall or table, but take advantage of the low angle to get some interesting viewpoints.
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Adobe Photoshop Elements 2021
Perfect for the enthusiast photographer
Easy to use
Helpful guided edits
Lacks some advanced features
Might be to basic for some
Adobe’s latest Creative Cloud Photography plan, which includes Photoshop CC, Lightroom CC and Lightroom Classic CC, is perfect for those wanting a host of high-end features, but the monthly subscription payment model isn't for everyone. That's where Photoshop Elements 2021 comes in.
Incorporating many of the advanced features found in the high-end version of the software, including a host of raw conversion controls, Elements 2021 still packs a punch and is perfect for the enthusiast photographer looking for a versatile photo editing program.
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Samsung T5
Still a fantastic external SSD for snappers
Very small and compact
Super fast
A little pricey
May find you need more than one
The Samsung T5 is still regarded as the gold standard for external SSDs among photographers, and it's now even more affordable than ever.
Its tiny form factor makes it particularly suited to life on the road, so you can back up photos while out on a shoot. And it's super-fast too, using a USB Type C connection to get every bit of performance from the solid-state drive inside.
It's available in 250GB, 500GB, 1TB and 2TB flavors, with the middle two now ideally price for Christmas stocking duty.
Fujifilm Instax Share SP-3
Bring your smartphone images to life
Lots of fun
Easy to use
Film can be expensive
A bit bulky
The Fujifilm Instax Share SP-3 lets you bring your smartphone images to life. This great little printer lets you transfer images wirelessly from your phone to the Instax Share SP-3, which will produce square format instant prints (the image is printed 62 x 62mm, with a total size of 86 x 72mm) for you. There’s a handy reprint button, allowing you to share the same print with friends multiple times, while your pics on Facebook and Instagram can also be transferred to the SP-3.
Lastolite Ezybox Speed-Lite 2
Sculpt your light
Delivers nice, soft light
Easy to set-up
Only for portraits
More affordable options
A naked flashgun can deliver some pretty unflattering light, so this mini flat-pack softbox from Lastolite fits neatly on the front of your flashgun to soften the light nicely. It's relatively compact size means it's only really suitable for head and shoulder shots (larger versions are available), but it does mean it easily collapses down to pack away into your camera bag without taking up too much space.
Lee Filters DSLR starter kit
Master those long exposures
Excellent quality
ND and ND grad filters included
Expensive
Needs an adapter
If you know someone who's getting a new DSLR for Christmas, then this is a great addition to their kit. Featuring a Neutral Density and Graduated Neutral Density filters, it helps balance exposures in extreme light as well as allowing you to extend exposures as well, great for blurring water, clouds and people. You'll need an adapter ring to match the lens you're going to use it on, but this kit is a must for the budding landscape photographer.
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Canon Pixma Pro-100
Our number one photo printer is hugely versatile
Stunning print quality
Covers most paper stocks
Ink can be pricey
Not cheap
The Canon Pixma Pro-100 is an excellent printer for the enthusiast or professional photographer, which is why it's our number photo printer.
Thanks to its 8-ink dye system, the Pro-100 offers superb color accuracy along with a print resolution of 4800 x 2400 dpi, the same as its pricier Pixma Pro-1 cousin. It also produces outstanding black-and-white prints and has a decent printing speed, all of which make this a fine all-rounder for the snapper in your life.
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Wacom Intuos Pro Small
Give their image editing a very precise hand
Stylus is highly sensitive
Compact and portable
Small compared to rivals
Lacks free software
If you’re going to be using Photoshop regularly, making tricky selections and modifying parts of your images – dodging and burning for instance, or some precise retouching – then a graphics tablet can transform the way you work. While using a mouse or a trackpad does the job, a graphics tablet like this one from Wacom delivers much more precision and control.
As well as being able to use the supplied pen to make control the cursor, the tablet also supports multi-touch gestures. This allows you to use the Wacom like a smartphone or tablet, with pinch-and-zoom control and gestures supported.
Motif Photo Book
Immortalise your photos in print
Easy to use software
good range of themes
More for family snaps
Mac only
Download the Motif app from Apple's App Store and you can started making your own photo book - whether as a gift or for yourself. It's pretty easy to use and is great for family and holiday snaps.
If you're after making a more 'serious' coffee table book, you'll probably want to look at alternatives like Blurb, which has more advanced templates.
Organizations with high performance graphic workloads will soon be able to run an AMD-powered workstation in the cloud as AWS has announced that it is developing new Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances in the G4 instance family.
These new instances will improve performance while reducing cost for graphics-intensive workloads such as game streaming, animation and video rendering.
AWS' new G4ad instances will feature AMD's latest Radeon Pro V520 GPUs as well as the chipmaker's 2nd generation EPYC processors and they are the first instances in EC2 to feature AMD GPUs.
Last year AWS released its G4dn instances which feature Nvidia T4 GPUs and up until now, they were the most cost-effective GPU-based instances in EC2. G4dn instances are ideal for deploying machine learning models in production as well as graphics-intensive applications.
However, when compared to G4dn instances, the new G4ad instances enable up to 45 percent better price performance for graphics-intensive workloads as well as a 40 percent improvement in performance.
While G4dn instances remain the best option for small-scale machine learning (ML) training and GPU-based ML inference due to included hardware optimizations like Tensor Cores and access to Nvidia libraries such as CUDA, CuDNN and NVENC, G4ad instances benefit from the improved price and performance offered by AMD's CPUs and GPUs.
When G4ad instances become available soon in US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon) and Europe (Ireland), customers will be able to choose from three instance sizes depending on the number of GPUs, GPU memory, vCPUs, memory, storage and EBS and network bandwidth they require.
A new report says that there are no plans for a 2021 edition of the Samsung Galaxy Note smartphone. What happens to the S-Pen? Don't you worry. Apparently, the Galaxy S21 will be there to save the day.
