Enlarge (credit: Microsoft) For a certain kind of person, the new additions to the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) are some of the best features in Windows 11. And Microsoft has announced that it will be even easier to get new WSL features in the future. The company has posted a preview version of WSL […]
Enlarge / The new Notepad app looks a lot like the old one, with condensed menus and added padding to make the menus more touch-friendly. (credit: @FireCubeStudios ) Windows 11 is out, but the process of updating the operating system’s built-in apps continues. Over the weekend, screenshots leaked for an as-yet-unannounced redesign of the Notepad […]
Enlarge (credit: AMD) Most people shouldn’t rush out to install brand-new operating system versions on day one, and Windows 11 is no exception to that rule. AMD has published information about a pair of bugs that can reduce performance for Ryzen processors running Windows 11 by as much as 15 percent, though how much slowdown […]
Enlarge / Installing and using the Windows Subsystem for Linux is easier and more productive under Windows 11 than it was under Windows 10. (credit: Jim Salter) In our main Windows 11 review posted earlier this week, we covered the majority of new features and design decisions in Microsoft’s newest consumer OS—and it feels reasonable to […]
Enlarge / You name it, we’ve tried installing Windows 11 on it. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Windows 11 is here. And now that you’ve had time to read our full review, you might be thinking about installing the upgrade on your own PC. We think most people should wait a few months to give Microsoft time […]
(credit: Microsoft) Microsoft wanted everyone to use Windows 10. Faced with slow adoption of Windows 8 and the stubborn popularity of Windows 7, Microsoft made Windows 10 a free upgrade for anyone using either version—the offer technically expired years ago, but to this day, old Windows 7 and 8 product keys still activate Windows 10 […]
Enlarge / The Microsoft Store in Windows 11. (credit: Microsoft) When Microsoft introduced Windows 11 over the summer , it also detailed a major shift in strategy for its app store. In an effort to woo more developers and their apps after years of indifference, Microsoft said it would allow all kinds of apps developed […]
Enlarge / The “official” Windows 11 update, complete with the UI that regular people will see, is now available in the Release Preview channel for Windows Insiders. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Yesterday, Microsoft released a near-final build of Windows 11 to Windows Insiders in the Release Preview channel, which (as the name implies) is generally the […]
Enlarge / Microsoft will allow Windows 11 installs on some unsupported systems, but it really would prefer you not. (credit: The Verge ) Officially, running Windows 11 will require a newer PC that meets all of the operating system’s performance and security requirements . Unofficially, running Windows 11 without meeting those requirements will be possible, […]