HP Spectre x360 13″ OLED review

Spectre x360 in tablet mode

Almost perfect for me, just a couple of minor compromises I bought this convertible laptop after my previous purchase of a Dell XPS 13 9350 died and had to be returned to the manufacturer. This laptop had the slight compromise of no USB type-C port, and only 8GB of RAM, rather than 16, but had… Continue reading HP Spectre x360 13″ OLED review

The Holidog ‘Happy Box’; free automatic renewals and poor customer care come as standard

Holidog have been streaming a torrent of direct marketing towards me since I registered with the site a couple of years ago just to get a feel for the service.  These emails continue sometimes daily despite me having never used the site either as a pet sitter, or for pet sitting services.  However, when they… Continue reading The Holidog ‘Happy Box’; free automatic renewals and poor customer care come as standard

Dell XPS 13 9350 Review

Dell XPS 13 9350

A noisy machine that will mutate into an expensive paperweight I’m very sad to report that my Dell XPS 13 9350, with core-i7 CPU, 16GB of RAM and 512GB SSD has had to be returned to the manufacturer (at their insistence, I’d rather have had it fixed under the warranty I bought with it). Most… Continue reading Dell XPS 13 9350 Review