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Andy Edser

Slapping screens on absolutely everything is the most unnecessary hardware 'must-have' I've seen to date, and I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed

Hyte's booth at Computex 2025, where it showed off brand new colourful PC cases.
Andy Edser, Hardware writer
(Image credit: Future)

This month I've been testing: Two new mice at the same time—one of which is very heavy, one of which is very light. As a result, I now have one forearm bigger than the other. Stop writing your own punchlines, I beg of you.

Hardware fashion trends, they come and go. Some of them even stick around, like case windows, RGB lighting, or hidden cable internal designs. But there's one relatively modern trend that I think is starting to turn from the sublime into the ridiculous, and that trend is slapping screens on components that really, really don't need them.

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