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Windows turns 35: a visual history

The Verge

From Windows 1.0 to Windows 10 The PC revolution started off life 35 years ago this week. Microsoft launched its first version of Windows on November 20th, 1985, to succeed MS-DOS. It was a huge milestone that paved the way for the modern versions of Windows we use today. At the time, many complained that Windows 1.0

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Android Apps on Windows 11 Could Bring Apple's Seamlessness to the PC

Gizmodo

Windows is my desktop operating system. I feel just as married to it as my Android smartphone, which has been my mobile OS since the dawn of smartphones (or just shortly thereafter). It’s what I’ve been using all my life. But despite the different ways that I can sync the two platforms through apps and browsers, I… Read more.

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The M1 chip saved the MacBook — but now Apple has to win back the Pros

The Verge

It’s been hard to be an Apple power user for the last half-decade. And while Apple’s first wave of M1-powered computers have been excellent, they’ve all been — relatively — low-powered. And while Apple’s first wave of M1-powered computers have been excellent, they’ve all been — relatively — low-powered.

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What to Expect From Microsoft's Windows 11 Event

Gizmodo

It’s about time Microsoft introduced something new, and we’re pretty sure that what’s on the way is a new version of Windows. Specifically, we expect to see Windows 11, because Windows 10X has all but kicked the bucket before it even had a chance. Read more.

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on the business of Windows

The Verge

Microsoft wants to make Windows 11 more flexible and open We’ve got a special episode of Decoder today — I’m talking to Satya Nadella, the CEO and chairman of Microsoft. If you think that sounds like a pretty intense role reversal for Apple and Microsoft, well, you’re not wrong. UWPs, which are Universal Windows Platform apps.

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Getting chippy: ‘I’m a Mac’ guy is now just a guy who likes PCs better in ad campaign from Intel

GeekWire

Apple’s one-time “I’m a Mac” guy is switching his entire persona. The results aren’t pretty for Apple, but they’re pretty funny. Long starred in Apple’s “Get a Mac” advertising campaign from 2006 to 2009. Plenty of people switch between Mac and PC for their computing needs.

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Windows 11 Is the Overhaul Microsoft Needed

Gizmodo

Today Microsoft announced the next big chapter for its ubiquitous operating system: Windows 11 is here, and while there’s some awkwardness to work out (specifically in the way Microsoft is handling Android app integration), Windows 11 feels like the big facelift Microsoft really needed. Read more.

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