The 2021 Australian PC Awards
Each year, as we put together the Australian PC Awards, we carefully consider the products, technologies and the companies behind the gear from the year leading up to this. As hardcore tech fans, this is always a most excellent opportunity to pause and reflect on the events of the year passed – but this time we’re looking at 2020, and we all know how impactful that year was.
There are many reasons why these particular awards are notable. They cover the period from the beginning of 2020 to March 30 this year (Covid affected our plans to do it in the usual tidy calendar year). In that time we not only saw generational leaps for almost every component – but the sheer importance of the PC came into a tighter focus than ever, as so many people shifted to working from home, thus placing critical importance on our PCs, and what we asked of them.
We worked on our PCs, and quite likely gamed on them at night to unwind and escape. We needed reliable high-performance machines that we could trust. And, through that period the PC delivered. Some PCs and some gear rose above the rest, though, and that’s why we’re
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