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Tom's Guide
23-07-2025
- Business
- Tom's Guide
M4 Mac mini drops to its lowest ever price, $400 off Dell 14 Plus Laptop and more — Power Picks
Today's power picks are real headline grabbers — the M4 Mac mini is cheaper than ever with up to $153 off, the latest and greatest Dell 14 Plus Laptop is $400 off, you can bag over $200 off a new gaming PC packing AMD Radeon RX 9060XT power, and much more. The list of computing deals is jam packed with savings that look like savings, but actually aren't. But with a little bit of investigative work, I've sourced the price cuts that retailers don't want you knowing about! Plus, all power picks from yesterday are still available! That means you can still get up to $70 off the Meta Quest 3S and the M4 MacBook Air is still at its lowest ever price. But for now, let's get into today's top deals. Maybe you don't need the full laptop experience of a MacBook, and that's where the M4 Mac mini comes in — a tiny puck of a powerhouse sporting that same zippy M4 chip. We absolutely loved the Mac mini, and with 10% off the price, it's an absolute steal. Also, shoutout to getting over $150 off the M4 Pro version too, for those who want some additional horsepower for creative tasks like complex 4K edits. Dell's rebranding from XPS and Inspiron to Plus and Pro has been confusing to get a grasp of, but that hasn't stopped the company launching some damn good laptops. The Dell 14 Plus is a fantastic all-rounder packing an Intel Core Ultra 7 256V chipset, 16GB DDR5 RAM and a 1TB SSD, alongside plenty of ports and a gorgeous 14-inch 2.5K display. All for $400 off! For $350 off, you can get this rather impressive 2-in-1 with the latest Intel Core Ultra power, a solid FHD+ touchscreen display, 16GB RAM and a 1TB SSD. With a ton of battery life and real versatility, this is a great option for college students to work by day and binge by night. The RTX 5060 Ti is one of my personal favorite mid-range GPUs, and its been built into this all-round beast of a gaming PC that is now $350 off with code SS10PER4. Alongside the GPU, in this Cyclone case, you've got an Intel Core i7-14700F CPU, 32GB of DDR5 RAM and a 1TB M.2 SSD. This is a packed PC ready for 1440p gaming. For the price, this is a phenomenal monitor for gaming enthusiasts from MSI — packing a WQHD panel with buttery smooth 180Hz refresh rate, HDR support for a great immersive depth of color and contrast, and a slimline profile for fitting nicely into every setup. Follow Tom's Guide on Google News to get our up-to-date news, how-tos, and reviews in your feeds. Make sure to click the Follow button.
Tom's Guide
22-07-2025
- Business
- Tom's Guide
Get up to $70 off Meta Quest 3S, M4 MacBook Air still at its lowest price and more — Power Picks
Today's power picks are massive — not only can you get up to $70 off the Meta Quest 3S, the M4 MacBook Air is still at its cheapest price (so is the Mac mini on that note), there's over $200 off a beasty RTX 5060 Ti gaming PC and more. History shows the biggest savings almost always happen at the beginning and end of every week, so to get all these Prime Day-matching or beating prices on a Tuesday is bonkers to me. Oh, and remember those power picks from yesterday? They're still available too! That means you can still get the impressive Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3x with Snapdragon power for just $549, and $650 off a beasty AMD RX 9070 XT gaming tower. But for now, let's get into today's top deals. Whenever anyone asks 'what's the best VR headset for me to buy?' My immediate answer is 'Meta Quest 3S.' The system really does everything you'd want a headset to do with a huge library and plenty of performance, all at a low price. Now, it's even lower — with the 128GB version being $50 off and the 256GB model being $70 off for a limited time! Yes, this $150 saving is still on! Either Apple's forgotten this discount continues to exist or it's all part of the plan. Whichever way, this is a great chance to save big on one of the best laptops you can buy. That M4 chip is a screamer through any level of productivity, and it's crammed into a slim, lightweight chassis with a massive battery life to boot. Maybe you don't need the full laptop experience of a MacBook, and that's where the M4 Mac mini comes in — a tiny puck of a powerhouse sporting that same zippy M4 chip. We absolutely loved the Mac mini, and with 10% off the price, it's an absolute steal. Also, shoutout to getting over $150 off the M4 Pro version too, for those who want some additional horsepower for creative tasks like complex 4K edits. The RTX 5060 Ti is one of my personal favorite mid-range GPUs, and its been built into this all-round beast of a gaming PC that is now $350 off with code SS10PER4. Alongside the GPU, in this Cyclone case, you've got an Intel Core i7-14700F CPU, 32GB of DDR5 RAM and a 1TB M.2 SSD. This is a packed PC ready for 1440p gaming. My personal favorite (and top-ranked best gaming laptop) has dropped to its lowest price with a huge $350 saving. Alongside that beasty RTX 5070 Ti, you've got an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 CPU, 32GB RAM and a 1TB SSD — all in a sleek aluminum chassis with a mesmerizing OLED display. Follow Tom's Guide on Google News to get our up-to-date news, how-tos, and reviews in your feeds. Make sure to click the Follow button.
Gizmodo
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
This Dock Is the Only Way to Play the Switch 2 in AR. It Was a Very Awkward Experience.
I should be used to sticking odd contraptions on my head during plane flights. I've planted a Meta Quest 3S and Apple Vision Pro over my eyes as my in-flight entertainment and tried not to get motion sick while imagining what other passengers think of my sci-fi asshattery. On my latest six-hour, cross-country flight, I took my Nintendo Switch 2 out of my bag, then dug in for a USB cable, two pairs of augmented reality (AR) glasses, and finally a large power brick that was supposed to make this entire tedious experience work together. Two players can indeed play multiplayer with two AR glasses on one system, and it was a wild ride in my sardine can-sized seat. Getting to that point just requires a rainforest's worth of cables and gadgets thick enough to choke any constrained space—let alone the three inches of legroom airlines grant you for economy these days. See Nintendo Switch 2 at Amazon Viture Mobile Dock If we're trying to figure out new use cases for AR Glasses, multiplayer gaming is the oddest one yet. Pros Cons The $130 Viture Pro Mobile Dock may be the weirdest way I've ever used to play on handhelds. It's a device that takes the screen output from devices like the Steam Deck, Switch 2, a smartphone, or even an HDMI TV stick and pushes out duplicated pictures for up to two AR glasses at once. It can prove very useful for using AR glasses with more devices, or if you need to replace a screen with AR glasses. For example, Nintendo's handhelds don't natively support AR glasses via their USB-C port, but the Switch 2 and the original Switch can thanks to the dock. Viture even sells a $20 mount to hook the dock to the Switch 2, which also operates as a limited external battery. In very specific use cases, the dock can ensure you and a friend can play split-screen multiplayer together without an extra screen. It's nominally useful for when you're on a long plane flight where you and a partner want to play the same game side-by-side without needing to squint at an 8-inch screen propped up precariously on a rumbling tray table. It will also make you question just how close your friends are willing to get to you. See Viture Pro Mobile Dock at Amazon The dock also supports 3D content, but I was mainly interested in how it could change how I play on the go. I've messed around with the dock by myself and alongside a buddy, and it's an odd experience either way. The dock itself includes an incredibly short USB-C charging cable that also allows video passthrough. There are two other ports that hook up any working pair of AR glasses. For review, Viture gave me two pairs of its $500 Luma Pro XR glasses. Each has a magnetically attached 3-foot cable that is normally fine for playing with a device right in front of you but is not nearly enough for the Pro Mobile Dock. At least setup is dead simple. All you need to do is plug each device into the other, and the dock will split the image so both players see the same screen at once. There's no lag or latency I could perceive, enough that I couldn't blame the glasses as a friend kicked my keister in Street Fighter II Turbo. For gaming, this entire apparatus seems best used on Switch 2, a handheld built for multiplayer thanks to its Joy-Con 2 that can each act as independent controllers. It also has the capability to make a Steam Deck into a multiplayer-friendly device. Playing the few local multiplayer games on my Steam account, like Hellish Quart, works perfectly well. You just need to be willing to sit very close to your friend when futzing about on the same system. I know you're already screaming at me: why would I bother with this when I can just plug it into a TV? Hey, random citizen, you're perfectly correct. This dock and glasses combo is for the few edge cases where you don't have an HDMI dock for passthrough and you still want to play with friends. The problems mount when you're using it for too long. The dock promotes that it can extend the device's battery life since it doubles as an external battery pack. The problem with that is that it needs to power both the handheld and up to two glasses at once. On a plane, I squeezed out two more hours from my Switch 2 before the Pro Mobile Dock died. Nintendo's handheld will normally last a little more than two hours, so all in all, I doubled my system's battery life, but half of that lacked the AR glasses. The dock only has one port for USB charging, meaning you can't daisy chain your outlet through to your device, either. For those of you confused why you would use a pair of glasses above the Switch 2's native screen, it's for the sake of your spine. Glasses mean you're not hunched over like Gollum, treating your handheld display as your latest 'precious.' The Luma Pro aren't the 'Beast' glasses with '4K-like' 1200p screens that are coming in October, but they have a pair of bright panels with a 52-degree field of view. Images looked crisp, though only after I found the right size of nosepiece that didn't cut off parts of the screen and didn't screw up the automatic PPD—or pixels per degree, which help clarify the displayed image based on your pupillary distance, or PD. The glasses lack the Xreal One Pro's ability to resize the screen in your field of view, which also reduces eye strain. These glasses take what is already the excellent 720p organic light-emitting diode display of the Steam Deck OLED and replace it with a fairly good-looking micro-OLED screen with a higher brightness. When compared to a Switch 2's 1080p IPS LCD, it offers better contrast and deeper blacks, though it lacks the HDR qualities of Nintendo's handheld. It's not the type of device you should get just to have a nice display, especially at the $570 sticker price. The audio from the glasses' built-in speakers could offer a fine experience with some spatial capabilities for pseudo surround sound, but it would not replace a quality pair of headphones. Viture also sent along its $80 mobile controller it made in conjunction with 8BitDo. The device is essentially the same thing as the $50 8BitDo Ultimate Mobile Gaming Controller, with its Hall effect sticks and triggers to avoid future stick drift issues, but this version comes with a USB-C port specific for these glasses. The device feels great—perhaps even more comfortable than the $170 Backbone Pro controller (a device that includes Bluetooth connectivity to act as a regular controller as well). But again, it asks for more money for a very specific case. I could use it to make sure nosy neighbors don't see what I'm playing on my screen. If the plan was to avoid scrutiny for your gaming habits, the mess of cables and ginormous spectacles won't attract any less attention. See Viture x 8BitDo Controller at Amazon The glasses are still the star of the show. That is, they are still very expensive considering the cost of the devices you're meant to use them with. It greatly broadens what you can do with your AR glasses, but perhaps there's a reason we're not thinking of glasses first for handhelds. It may be handy for those few times you don't have or don't want a screen, but it's not as if you're not carrying around more gear. I'm loaded down with enough stuff when I travel as it is, and if I had to leave anything behind, it would be the dock first.
Gizmodo
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
Meta Quest 3S Bundle Hits Prime Day Specials as an Amazon Exclusive, but This Deal Ends in a Few Hours
It's the last day of Prime Day, and it's a great excuse to treat yourself to something nice. TVs, laptops, home appliances, and more are all on sale with some amazing discounts right now, but so are some less practical things like games consoles and clothes. Sometimes you just need to treat yourself, and right now, that's a lot cheaper than normal. Just take the incredible Meta Quest 3S, which is Meta's lower-end take on their wire-free virtual reality headset. Normally, this headset costs $300, but thanks to a 17% discount, you can currently snap it up for just $249, and it even comes with some bonuses for the amazing Gorilla Tag game. Act fast though, as this deal isn't likely to last long. See at Amazon It's hard to describe just how impressive virtual reality is now. The Meta Quest 3S is literally the less powerful version of the standard Meta Quest 3, but it still boasts incredibly crisp visuals, amazing reactivity, and a library of games so large you'd struggle to ever get through it all. The controllers allow you to easily interact with the worlds you'll be exploring, but you can also just use your hands for a few games. This comes with some premium bits for the free-to-play Gorilla Tag, an immensely physical multiplayer game where you move around by using your arms, trying to catch other players. Along with that, you also get three months of Meta Horizon+, which grants access to some monthly games alongside a few other benefits. It's not like you can only use this headset for gaming either. You can actually use it to watch concerts that are specially filmed for virtual reality, but also to do things like watch TV shows and films, and even browse the web if you want to. You can have meetings, hangouts, and so many other things, all inside this one little headset, and there are no wires to be found anywhere. You can even use your gaming PC via it to massively boost the battery life and graphical abilities of your VR games as well. All of this is a genuinely preposterous value proposition at $300, so the ability to grab all of this for just $250 instead is staggering. There's no way this deal lasts for long, so if you do want to make the most of it, make sure you're quick to avoid missing out on it. See at Amazon
CNET
11-07-2025
- CNET
Prime Day Deal: Last Chance to Get a Meta Quest 3s at Its All-Time Lowest Price
A VR headset doesn't need to break the bank. CNET's Scott Stein praised the Meta Quest 3S when he reviewed it because of it being an affordable entry point into VR. On Prime Day, it's an even better bargain. Right now, you can get theMeta Quest 3S 128GB for $249. That's its all-time low and $50 less than its normal price. It includes the Gorilla Tag Cardboard Hero bundle and three months of Meta Horizon Plus (an ever-growing collection of games), a value of $45. What's more, if you want to scoop up the Meta Quest 3S with 256GB storage, you can save $71, as it's down to $329 on Amazon right now. Not only that, but it includes a free copy of Batman: Arkham Shadow and three months of Meta Horizon Plus, which has an added value of $70. While the standard Meta Quest 3 is undoubtedly the better headset, the Quest 3S isn't as far behind as you might think. It's still a top pick for the best VR headset and features the same internal hardware as the upgraded Quest 3. So, you won't be limiting your game or app selection. It also has some solid capabilities in mixred reality, letting you blend real-world video and VR graphics, similar to Apple's much more expensive Vision Pro. Hey, did you know? CNET Deals texts are free, easy and save you money. The Quest 3S even has improved hand-tracking abilities in low-light settings. However, the 3S features the same lenses and LCD found on the previous-gen Quest 2, which means the visuals won't be quite as crisp and detailed. If you've been shocked by the $3,499 price tag on the Apple Vision Pro, the Quest 3S is a great option. Meta makes some of the best VR headsets on the market, and the Quest 3S is no exception. Don't miss your last chance to get this deal. Why this deal matters The Meta Quest 3S is one of the best headsets on the market right now, and it's an affordable way to start exploring the VR world. We've seen occasional gift card offers in the past, but straightforward discounts are rarer. A few months back, we saw this for $30 off, but the current price cuts are the lowest we've seen. With tariff concerns and potential price increases on tech, this is a great deal if you want to pick up an affordable VR headset.
