Gareth Halfacree
Gareth Halfacree is an experienced tech journalist and IT professional, and has been writing since 2006. In addition to contributing article for ITPro, Gareth has been featured in publications such as PC Pro, Techmeme, The Register, The MagPi, and Tom’s Hardware.
In addition to his digital articles, Gareth is the author of several best-selling books. These include the Raspberry Pi User Guide, an essential text for those looking to get started with their Raspberry Pi, as well as The Official Raspberry Pi Beginner’s Guide. Gareth also wrote the Official BBC micro:bit User Guide, a comprehensive guide to setting up the pocket-sized computer, learning to code on it, and even creating your own hardware addons.
Gareth studied Information Technology at Lancaster University, used to work as a systems engineer at FrogTrade, and before that worked as a Network Manager at Bradford Girls’ Grammar School. His insight into the field has been used by the BBC, The Guardian, ComputerWorld, and Wikipedia.
Latest articles by Gareth Halfacree
Jetway JBC420 review: Roll your own networking gear
By Gareth Halfacree, Adam Shepherd published
Reviews Designed with network appliance use in mind, the Jetway JBC420 is a power-sipping marvel
QuietPC UltraNUC Pro 7 Fanless review: You’ve got no fans
By Adam Shepherd, Gareth Halfacree published
Reviews An old-style Intel NUC wrapped in a new, fanless housing
Intel Hades Canyon NUC review: Dead impressive
By Gareth Halfacree, Adam Shepherd published
Reviews If you don’t mind the weird design, Intel’s Hades Canyon packs a lot of power into a very small space
QuietPC Mini Multi Display PC review
By Gareth Halfacree, Adam Shepherd published
Reviews Powered, unusually, by an AMD Ryzen Embedded processor, this powerhouse can drive four displays
ASRock DeskMini 310 Series review: Bigger on the inside
By Gareth Halfacree published
Reviews As close as you’ll get to a full-size PC without a full-size chassis – as long as you don’t need a discrete GPU
QuietPC AMD Sentinel Fanless review: Silent but deadly
By Gareth Halfacree published
Reviews Based on AMD’s Ryzen family, is this the ultimate fanless mini PC for mainstream users?
Neat features aside, the Tiny doesn’t have much to shout abo
By Gareth Halfacree, Adam Shepherd published
Reviews Neat features aside, the Tiny doesn’t have much to shout about
Raspberry Pi 2 review: Raspberry Pi 2 gets OpenGL support
By Gareth Halfacree, Adam Shepherd published
Reviews Microcomputer adds drivers for 3D rendering technology behind classic FPS'
TP-Link Archer D9 AC1900 ADSL2+ Modem Router review
By Gareth Halfacree published
Reviews It's nothing spectacular but offers solid performance nonetheless
Hootsuite review
By Gareth Halfacree published
Reviews Is this social networking middleman right for you?
Raspberry Pi Model B+ review
By Gareth Halfacree published
Reviews The Model B+ squeezes more USB ports and 40 GPIO pins onto the handheld form-factor
Nvidia Jetson TK1 review
By Gareth Halfacree published
Reviews With 192 Kepler GPU cores, the Jetson is king of the ARM-based developer boards
Raspberry Pi: 3 essential add-ons reviewed
By Gareth Halfacree published
Reviews We take a look at the PiFace Control & Display, Fuze and GertDuino modules.
Sony Xperia Tablet Z review
By Gareth Halfacree published
Reviews A beautifully crafted 10in Android tablet, which is waterproof, but has Sony left it too late?
Smartphone processor head-to-head: Intel Atom vs Nvidia
By Gareth Halfacree published
Vs We run the four processors through a battery of benchmarks to find out which one can claim to be the best overall...
HTC Desire X review
By Gareth Halfacree published
Reviews Can HTC's latest budget-friendly Android smartphone with its Snapdragon S4 chip, fend off the competition from Motorola's Atom-based Razr i handset?
Synology DS213air review
By Gareth Halfacree published
Reviews This NAS box is powered by an Intel Atom chip and comes with a capacity of up to 8TB. But is the DS213air worth the £250 price?
Android browser head-to-head: Chrome vs Dolphin vs Firefox
By Gareth Halfacree published
Vs We put the most popular Android browsers up against the default offering to see which offers the best performance and HTML5 compatibility.
Encrypt your files for free with TrueCrypt
By Gareth Halfacree published
Tutorials Create a secure hard drive with these 5 steps.
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