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Microsoft won’t stop you installing Windows 11 on older PCs

The Verge

Microsoft is announcing today that it won’t block people from installing Windows 11 on most older PCs. This means anyone with a PC with an older CPU that doesn’t officially pass the upgrade test can still go ahead and download an ISO file of Windows 11 and install the OS manually. Windows 11 will now run on older CPUs.

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Windows 11 has a release date: Microsoft to start ‘phased and measured’ rollout Oct. 5

GeekWire

Windows 11 in dark mode, with the new centered Start menu. Microsoft announced this morning that it will release Windows 11 on Oct. 5 as a free upgrade for existing Windows 10 machines, and pre-installed on new computers. We expect all eligible devices to be offered the free upgrade to Windows 11 by mid-2022.”

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Windows 11 will leave millions of PCs behind, and Microsoft is struggling to explain why

The Verge

Microsoft’s big security push is complicated Microsoft has had six years to prepare for the launch of Windows 11, but the company is still struggling to explain its new hardware requirements. It’s an unusual surprise if you purchased a new PC for Windows 10, or perhaps you have a perfectly capable machine that’s even older.

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CES Day 1: TCL takes its shot and Intel hunkers down

The Verge

One of the things that usually happens at CES in Las Vegas is you get a sense that one company or another is really going hard. Now that CES is online-only, it’s a little harder for companies to puff their chests out and declare that they (or their products) have hit the big time. This year, the company has pulled out all the stops.

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Kano’s second-generation buildable Windows 10 PC has a faster processor and USB-C

The Verge

Kano is releasing a second-generation model of its buildable Windows 10 PC, which keeps the $299.99 The main difference is the jump from the old Intel Atom x5-Z8350 processor to a new Intel Celeron N4000 — jumping from a 2W chip to a dramatically more powerful 6W processor. inch touchscreen, 64GB of eMMC storage, and 4GB of RAM.

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Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop Go will start at $550, as pandemic puts PCs back in the spotlight

GeekWire

Microsoft will release a budget version of its Surface Laptop, the Surface Laptop Go , looking to appeal to quarantined home and student users with a 720p video camera and an advanced speaker system that the company describes an ideal combo for video calls, remote learning, and video streaming. The new laptop, with a 12.4-inch

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Asus’ new Zenbook 13 offers an OLED display for a previously unthinkable $800 price

The Verge

In addition to that 13-inch 1080p OLED screen (one of the first 1080p OLEDs I can recall on a laptop) with its 100-percent DCI-P3 color gamut, you can configure it with up to Intel Core i7 or AMD Ryzen 7 processors, 16GB of storage and 8GB of RAM. With Intel, you get a pair of Thunderbolt 4 ports instead of plain ol’ USB 3.2

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