PC Pro – July 2025 (Issue 370)

PC Pro July 2025: Where AI Meets Practical Computing 💻

PC Pro Issue 370 lands with a cover feature that turns one of the year’s biggest talking points into a hands-on project: building apps with ChatGPT. Rather than debating whether AI can code, the magazine walks through the process step by step, showing how ideas can become working software even for readers who have never written a line of code.

Create Apps with ChatGPT — A Guide for the Curious and the Code-Phobic

The main feature puts ChatGPT to work as a development partner. It covers the practical realities of AI-assisted coding, including where the approach shines and where it can lead beginners astray. The result is a guide aimed at both experienced programmers curious about new workflows and non-coders who want to turn a concept into something usable.

Hardware on the Test Bench

This issue’s reviews section is packed with buying advice across desktops, laptops, monitors and mobile devices. Highlights include:

• Motorola Razr 60 Ultra — a flip phone that aims to eliminate the usual compromises in battery life, camera quality and speed.
• Gaming and creative laptops — new RTX 5080 and 5090 systems from Asus, HP, Lenovo and others, plus models like the Asus ROG Strix Scar 16, Gigabyte Aorus Master 16 and Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 10.
• Desktop PCs — including the Alienware Area-51 Gaming Desktop and CyberPowerPC Ultra 3D5090.
• Monitors — Dell’s 32 Plus 4K and UltraSharp 32 4K Thunderbolt Hub displays.
• A Wi-Fi 7 router — the Netgear Nighthawk RS100.
• Desktop scanners and NAS devices — for paper-lite offices and home storage setups.

VPN Group Test: Free vs Paid 🔐

Twelve VPN services face a thorough comparison, covering ExpressVPN Ultimate, NordVPN, Proton VPN Plus, Surfshark, Mullvad, Private Internet Access, TunnelBear and others. The feature examines which free options are genuinely useful and which paid subscriptions justify their cost, with attention to speed, privacy and value.

ePaper, Microsoft Designer and Next-Gen Connections

Three additional features widen the issue’s scope. One tracks the rise of ePaper displays beyond e-readers, another explores how AI has boosted Microsoft’s Designer app for quick social media images and design work, and a third looks at the ports and technologies likely to appear on the next generation of computers.

Interviews, Opinion and the Wider Tech World

Regular sections bring news analysis, reader letters and columns from PC Pro’s contributing editors. The issue also includes an interview with Phil Zimmermann, creator of PGP email encryption, and a conversation with Susan Postlethwaite about the Robotics Living Lab at Manchester Metropolitan University and its work in fashion production.

Why This Issue Belongs in Your Digital Library

PC Pro July 2025 balances practical tutorials with independent hardware reviews and thoughtful commentary. It is suited to technology enthusiasts, IT professionals, students and anyone who wants a clear-eyed look at the tools and trends shaping personal computing.