Generally speaking, upgrading to a new OS can be a problem on older PCs. Any new operating system is going to be better able to take advantage of new technologies than its predecessor was. Unfortunately, this often means that optimizing performance on older hardware is viewed as less important. With Microsoft making the push into [...]
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For the most part up until now Apple’s main tablet competition has been mobile operating systems. By releasing a full desktop OS optimized for tablets, Microsoft may have changed the game. The big question becomes whether Windows 8 is really as prepared to meet the needs of a truly mobile device user as iOS 6. [...]
Realistically, how many people perform regular backups of their system? Offhand, I would expect very few average home users are even aware of exactly how to go about it. Apparently Microsoft’s information backs that up. They indicate in a recent Building Windows 8 blog that fewer than 5% of all Windows users ever take advantage [...]
There are a lot of improvements that have come along with Windows 8. Performance is probably the biggest one. Tests are fairly consistently showing that even though we’re not using the finished product yet, the Windows 8 Release Preview outperforms Windows 7 in every area that matters. What really matters, however, is what you will [...]
Since Windows was just beginning to be something more than a crutch for people who didn’t want to learn to use the DOS command line, Windows Media Player has been able to play DVDs. Version 6.1 introduced the feature to Windows 95 and it has been standard ever since. All that will soon be changing, [...]
