The Surface Laptop Ultra finally has a release date — and a starting price of $2,599
 The Surface Laptop Ultra finally has a release date — and a starting price of $2,599

Months after revealing its Surface Laptop Ultra, Microsoft has announced that the Nvidia RTX Spark-equipped device will launch on October 16th. Pricing starts at $2,599 for the base configuration, featuring an 18-core CPU, 24GB of RAM, and 512GB of storage. The Surface Laptop Ultra ships with a 15-inch HDR touchscreen display with up to 2,000 […]

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Windows and Surface live blog: On the ground at Microsoft’s event
 Windows and Surface live blog: On the ground at Microsoft’s event

We’re in San Francisco today to hear what’s next for Windows and Surface. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and Windows and Surface chief Pavan Davuluri will all be holding a “conversation on how local AI will shape the next chapter of the PC.” Microsoft and Nvidia have been working together on the […]

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Windows and Surface event: how to watch and what to expect
 Windows and Surface event: how to watch and what to expect

Microsoft is heading to San Francisco this morning to reveal what’s coming next for Windows and Surface and a “conversation on how local AI will shape the next chapter of the PC.” That conversation will include Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and Windows and Surface chief Pavan Davuluri. I’m expecting to hear […]

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Windows 11 update packs a bug that’s making the lives of gamers a misery
 Windows 11 update packs a bug that’s making the lives of gamers a misery

Gamers complain of a ‘disaster’ of an update for Windows 11 — and Microsoft doesn’t have a solution yet.

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Windows 11 was released five years ago today

Windows 11 was released five years ago, on October 5, 2021. But it feels like it’s been around longer as Microsoft’s latest OS has put users through so much pain.

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How I think Microsoft’s campaign to fix Windows 11 is going after 6 months
 How I think Microsoft’s campaign to fix Windows 11 is going after 6 months

There have been commendable performance, search, and interface tweaks — but those bugs remain problematic.

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Windows 11 26H2 update reportedly improves RAM usage for some users
 Windows 11 26H2 update reportedly improves RAM usage for some users

Has Microsoft pushed through changes to help with RAM usage in the 26H2 update?

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HP’s answer to the MacBook Neo is thinner, lighter, and comes with OLED
 HP’s answer to the MacBook Neo is thinner, lighter, and comes with OLED

HP is announcing a new laptop that’s squarely aimed at Apple’s MacBook Neo. The 2026 HP OmniBook 5 14 starts at $699.99 with an Intel Core 5 315 “Wildcat Lake” processor, 8GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD. Much of that sounds pretty familiar, being in lockstep with both Apple’s Neo and its recent competition […]

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Windows 11’s 26H2 update could trigger the rollout of delayed features
 Windows 11’s 26H2 update could trigger the rollout of delayed features

If you’ve been annoyed that you still haven’t got a Windows 11 feature that was rolled out earlier this year, you might be in luck.

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Microsoft is killing off the ‘Copilot Plus PC’ brand
 Microsoft is killing off the ‘Copilot Plus PC’ brand

Remember when Microsoft wanted everyone to know that “Copilot Plus PCs” were the ones to get, because those were the PCs that that’d have enough built-in AI muscle to get things done? Two and a half years later, Microsoft and Qualcomm seem to be admitting the brand is already dead. Windows Central’s Zac Bowden reports […]

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