Microsoft’s Windows 11 beta testers may start seeing ads in the Start menu

[ad_1] Microsoft is exploring the idea of putting ads in your Windows 11 Start menu. To be specific, it’s looking to place advertisements for apps you can find in the Microsoft Store in the menu’s recommended section. I could hear you sighing in defeat if you’ve used Windows 10 extensively before — the older OS … Read more

Is this the worst idea Microsoft has ever had for Windows 11? Ad-related taskbar button concept makes us really nervous

[ad_1] Windows 11 could conceivably get what surely everyone would regard as an unwelcome addition, or at least a very controversial change in terms of a potential new button for the taskbar that’s been uncovered in the innards of the desktop OS. Apparently, Microsoft might just be mulling a ‘recommended’ button for the taskbar, and … Read more

I switched over from Windows to Mac, and these are my three favorite macOS features

[ad_1] I’ve been a Windows user for a very long time, since my very first IT class way back in primary school. It’s the system I’ve used the most, so I was excited – though a little intimidated – when I switched over to using a Mac mini as my regular computer a year ago. … Read more

Microsoft Says Windows Laptops With Snapdragon X Elite Will Be Faster Than M3 MacBook Air

[ad_1] Microsoft will advertise that its upcoming Windows laptops with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite processor are faster than the MacBook Air with Apple’s latest M3 chip, according to internal documents obtained by The Verge. “Microsoft is so confident in these new Qualcomm chips that it’s planning a number of demos that will show how these … Read more

Microsoft is testing small but impactful changes to draw your attention to Copilot AI on the Windows 11 desktop

[ad_1] Microsoft has made a relatively minor but pretty useful tweak for Copilot in testing, as part of the ongoing effort to bring the AI assistant into play more often with Windows 11. This is part of the new Windows 11 preview build 22635 deployed in the Beta channel, and the change to Copilot is … Read more

Microsoft reveals costs of Windows 10 end of life security update — and it might be more than you’d expect

[ad_1] The cost of ditching Windows 10 at your business and upgrading to the latest software might end up being a rather expensive process, Microsoft has revealed. Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, with businesses then needing to pay out for its Extended Security Updates (ESU). The company has now … Read more

Boot Camp lets Mac users run Windows: Today in Apple history

[ad_1] April 5, 2006: Apple introduces the public beta of Boot Camp, software that allows users with an Intel-based Mac to run Windows XP on their machines. Boot Camp will officially arrive in Mac OS X Leopard, which debuts at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference a few months later. Apple’s Boot Camp lets Windows run on … Read more

Microsoft could make a big change to part of the Windows 11 Start menu – one you might love or hate

[ad_1] Microsoft could be reworking a major part of the Start menu in Windows 11, or at least there are changes hidden in testing right now which suggest this. As flagged up by a regular contributor of Windows leaks, PhantomOfEarth on X (formerly Twitter), the Start menu could end up with a very different layout … Read more