Continue Reading Windows 12 and the coming AI chip war

Windows 12 and the coming AI chip war

A Windows release planned for next year may be the catalyst for a new wave of desktop chips with AI processing capabilities…

Continue Reading How AWS Can Undercut Nvidia With Homegrown AI Compute Engines

How AWS Can Undercut Nvidia With Homegrown AI Compute Engines

AWS has not put out a lot of details about these AI compute engines…

Continue Reading Microsoft gives up on internet search to build a better AI brand

Microsoft gives up on internet search to build a better AI brand

The company is going all in on generative artificial intelligence, even if that means walking away from its fight over internet search with Google…

Continue Reading Windows-as-an-app is coming

Windows-as-an-app is coming

Who needs a Windows PC when you can run the operating system as a desktop-as-a-service on your Chromebook, Linux box, or Mac?…

Continue Reading Microsoft, can we please just call it Windows 11.1 already?

Microsoft, can we please just call it Windows 11.1 already?

Windows 11.1 and point updates make way more sense than Windows 11 22H2 and Windows 11 2023 Update…

Continue Reading Thanks to AI, Microsoft Cares About Windows PCs Again

Thanks to AI, Microsoft Cares About Windows PCs Again

Redmond’s current obsession with artificial intelligence suddenly puts its operating system front and center, and that’s good news for all PC users…

Continue Reading The end of the standalone application

The end of the standalone application

Microsoft has pulled cloud support from Office 2016 and 2019. The day of the standalone software you actually “own” is over…

Continue Reading Why I will never buy a Mac

Why I will never buy a Mac

When it comes to the question “Windows or Mac?”, opinions differ — and in my opinion, so does common sense. Why I’ll never have a Mac in my house…

Continue Reading Maybe Microsoft should make Windows 11 smartphones

Maybe Microsoft should make Windows 11 smartphones

There’s one big reason Microsoft should consider making its own Windows smartphones again: ChatGPT…

Continue Reading Microsoft invested $13B in genAI — does Copilot for Windows show it’s a bad bet?

Microsoft invested $13B in genAI — does Copilot for Windows show it’s a bad bet?

The much ballyhooed Copilot for Windows doesn’t really add much to the operating system, or do much for users. So where’s the ROI?…

Continue Reading 5 reasons to get an AMD Ryzen CPU for your next PC

5 reasons to get an AMD Ryzen CPU for your next PC

Desktop processors of the Ryzen 7000 (“Raphael”) and Ryzen 7000X3D (“Raphael-X”) series are currently the talk of the town, as they currently offer by far the best symbiosis of high performance and maximum efficiency…

Continue Reading Microsoft Needs to Get Serious About Its Windows 10 Upgrade Problem

Microsoft Needs to Get Serious About Its Windows 10 Upgrade Problem

By October 2025, more than a billion PCs will be running a dead operating system, leaving many computers vulnerable to malware or headed for the trash. What’s Microsoft going to do about it?…