Yes, Windows 10 runs great on old hardware
Can you run Windows 10 on a PC that's eight years old? Oh yes, and it runs spectacularly well.
Can you run Windows 10 on a PC that's eight years old? Oh yes, and it runs spectacularly well.
The company has lined up high-profile partners for an upcoming version of its Windows software designed to be stuffed into all sorts of nontraditional computing gadgets.
All good things, they say, must come to an end. And so, looking at the guts of Windows 8, and casting the runes and sticking a finger in the wind, it's possible to say that the end of Windows (as we know it) is finally in sight.
We've all read the reviews. Many of us have installed Windows 8 in a virtual machine or on a test box. But how is Windows 8 to use, for real, day after day? We asked six users who've been using Windows 8 daily for their opinions. Their answers may surprise you.
Xserve administrators are now looking to Apple for systems management and services for their Mac clients, but Windows and Linux to handle file and web services.
Windows 7 is now out and available and if you have a netbook you probably have heard that it runs quite well on these compact notebooks. There is a bit of reading I recommend you do before jumping right it with wiping out your XP installation and putting on Windows 7 though so check out the post for a few of these tips and links I plan to use for my upgrade.
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On Monday the 4th of February Microsoft announced that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 had been released to manufacturing. Although the code has been finalized, Windows Vista users won't start to get their hands for a few weeks. I've been fortunate to be sent the SP1 installer files, along with a complete copy of Vista with SP1 integrated into it. It's time to fire up a test system and see what happens.
Microsoft wants to make Windows 10 a source of real-time weather and traffic information for users on the move.
What happens when you take your PC in for repairs to a major national computer retailer? Despite paying premium prices, you might not get premium service. In fact, as I discovered this week, you might wind up with a PC full of bootleg software and more troubles than you bargained for.