At one point, Windows was an operating system that you could specifically buy, take home, and install on a PC. And it still is. But more and more, Microsoft sees Windows as a vehicle for its paid subscription services, which Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella rather elegantly spelled out Tuesday afternoon. As part of the…
Lenovo Are you in the market for an inexpensive Windows laptop? Well, today is your lucky day. Office Depot is currently selling a version of the Lenovo IdeaPad 3i with a Tiger Lake Intel Core i3 and 1TB of storage for just $300. That’s a savings of $100. This IdeaPad 3i would be a nice…
A new update to Microsoft Photos brings with it a fairly radical overhaul of the way that Windows’s native image app looks and feels — and with the removal of two features, not always for the better. The new update (2021.21120.8011.0) is rolling out to everyone, and not just the Windows Insiders Microsoft occasionally tests…
Valve Though the Steam Deck runs a highly-customized version of Valve’s Linux-based SteamOS, and uses it to get some rather amazing gaming performance out of its AMD hardware, the gadget is more than capable of running other operating systems. Naturally, people have wanted to install Windows on the Steam Deck ever since the portable PC’s…
On Wednesday, Microsoft announced two new apps that will be arriving on Windows 11 soon—first on test builds for Windows 11, but probably soon on the stable release path, too: Microsoft Family and the Clipchamp video editor. The two new apps are part of the Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22572 for the Dev Channel,…
Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 test build is another substantial one, adding two important features: payment information, and a new security feature called Smart App Control that will watch over new apps and games that you add to your PC. Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22567 for the Dev Channel on Wednesday with other…
Plenty of people like Windows 11, but if you’re not one of them, don’t worry. You can go back to Windows 10. That’s right—even if you bought a computer with Windows 11 pre-installed, you can ditch Microsoft’s latest operating system. The process just varies depending on how you got Windows 11. Scenario 1: Roll back…
Intel When you sell, recycle, or donate any gadget, you wipe your data off it. That’s just basic computer security, right? It’s why the “Reset this PC” option, a staple of Windows for years, includes the option to “Remove everything,” ostensibly wiping the storage drive clean of anything close to personal data. But with the…
Windows 11 brings Auto HDR, first introduced on the Xbox Series X|S consoles, to the PC. The feature promises to make older titles look just as bright and vibrant as newer HDR-compatible releases without a major hit to performance. That’s sure to have PC gamers eyeing an upgrade to Windows 11. Is it worth making…
Ask someone which version of Windows they have, and they might already know if it’s Windows 7, 8.1, 10, or 11. (By the way, if you’re on Windows 7, we recommend upgrading—it’s past its end of life.) But equally important is the edition you have—that is, if you’re running Home or Pro. Some features are…