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6 Windows promises that Microsoft broke

Windows features come and go, but Microsoft's habit of breaking promises is forever.

I tested Microsoft’s $2,600 Surface Laptop Ultra with RTX Spark: 8 things I learned

The Surface Laptop Ultra and its RTX Spark brethren are here. I tested Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra for about a week, ...

NVIDIA's RTX Spark is good for Windows, even if you don't need local AI

Last week, I spent two days hearing how Microsoft and NVIDIA are "reinventing the PC" with RTX Spark, the new ...
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Why Windows 11 keeps 64-bit files in System32 and 32-bit files in SysWOW64, according to Microsoft

Windows 11's System32 holds 64-bit files while SysWOW64 has 32-bit ones. Microsoft explains why, and how Sysnative and ...

The Surface Laptop Ultra delivers on most of Microsoft’s promises

Microsoft promises one machine for dev, AI, and gaming, and mostly gets there.

Migrate w32tm settings when moving the PDC emulator—How to verify the Active Directory time hierarchy

The Extended Security Update (ESU) for Windows Server 2012 R2 ended with the monthly update on October 13, 2026. The task of ...
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PS5 Emulation on Xbox Series X Reaches Astro Bot, but It Runs at About 10 FPS

A KytyPS5 fork running in Xbox Developer Mode now boots Sony's own platformer. It's a real milestone, but 10 FPS and dev-mode ...
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HP’s OmniBook Ultra 16: Our First Look at RTX Spark Is a Promising Start

Nvidia RTX Spark laptops are here. See where HP's OmniBook Ultra was strong and on which tests it was less successful.

Surface Laptop Ultra review: a different kind of MacBook Pro

After setting up Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra, I spent five minutes just staring at it. I wasn’t surprised by its MacBook ...

Nvidia’s RTX Spark PCs Aren’t a Revolution, but They May Change Laptops Forever

Get ready for the MacBook Pro-ification of PCs. The real test will be how they perform with all the emulation and AI running ...

Fire up that iPhone 1 emulation and party like it's 2007

While far from a complete implementation, the emulation does enough to evoke happier times, before Apple burdened its mobile operating system with frills and complexities, and spent years (and ...