Is this $450 laptop from an unknown brand too good to be true?
Is this $450 laptop from an unknown brand too good to be true?

Finding a good laptop under $500 was hard enough before RAMageddon. They nearly always had cheap hardware and underpowered, often outdated chips. That’s what made the MacBook Neo so disruptive: It offered great build quality and good-enough performance starting at $599. Windows laptops couldn’t touch it. Even though it’s gone up to $699, it’s still […]

This is getting embarrassing now — Microsoft sabotages its good work in fixing Windows 11 with this baffling OneDrive Photos app misfire
This is getting embarrassing now — Microsoft sabotages its good work in fixing Windows 11 with this baffling OneDrive Photos app misfire

Microsoft needs to sort out Windows Update — we don’t want random OneDrive apps shoved onto our PCs without asking.

Microsoft quietly stops recommending 32GB of RAM, as even Apple reportedly struggles to secure memory for iPhones and MacBooks
Microsoft quietly stops recommending 32GB of RAM, as even Apple reportedly struggles to secure memory for iPhones and MacBooks

32GB is the ‘no-worries zone’? Not anymore as Microsoft backtracks on past RAM recommendations, while Apple’s seemingly having troubles of its own.

VPN provider built a script to block Microsoft’s hidden GDID tracking on Windows — Windscribe’s “deGDID” erases existing identifiers and blocks new ones from being created
VPN provider built a script to block Microsoft’s hidden GDID tracking on Windows —  Windscribe’s “deGDID” erases existing identifiers and blocks new ones from being created

You can run the deGDID script on your computer to delete cached GDID keys and prevent Microsoft’s servers from minting new ones in the background. The firewall you put up with this script will break certain Microsoft services and features, however, but you can always reverse it.

Microsoft quietly purges 32GB of RAM recommendations from its website — company reels from the effects of the memory shortage as it released 8GB base models for Surface laptops this year

Microsoft once recommended 32GB of RAM as a future-proof “no worries” upgrade for gamers, but it seems that it wants you to forget that it ever gave that suggestion. That’s because laptop manufacturers, including Microsoft itself, has once again started selling models with a base configuration of 8GB of RAM as companies memory prices skyrocket out of control.

Is Windows 11 spying on you via a new background process? No, it isn’t, but the controversy around this clearly shows Microsoft must do better with privacy
Is Windows 11 spying on you via a new background process? No, it isn’t, but the controversy around this clearly shows Microsoft must do better with privacy

Windows 11 process sparks controversy and user accusations of ‘spying,’ which are false — but still point to a wider issue around privacy for Microsoft.

Apple is working on iPhone-to-Windows copy-paste
Apple is working on iPhone-to-Windows copy-paste

Apple is working on a feature that will allow users in the European Union to copy content on their iPhone and paste it onto their Windows PC (or vice versa), as spotted earlier by MacRumors. The move comes in response to an interoperability request from Microsoft that asks Apple to open up its Universal Clipboard […]

Microsoft acknowledges how dire the RAM crisis is by promising to reduce Windows 11’s ‘memory footprint’ on 8GB laptops — but it should have been this way from the start
Microsoft acknowledges how dire the RAM crisis is by promising to reduce Windows 11’s ‘memory footprint’ on 8GB laptops — but it should have been this way from the start

‘There needs to be a mechanism to prevent this from happening’: Microsoft vows to make Windows 11 run better on 8GB, but users complain something else needs fixing — rogue software installs.

Bazzite has been an excellent OS for my second gaming PC, but I can’t replace Windows 11 with it on my main rig — here’s why
Bazzite has been an excellent OS for my second gaming PC, but I can’t replace Windows 11 with it on my main rig — here’s why

Bazzite is almost the perfect Windows 11 replacement for my main gaming PC, but I can’t make the jump just yet.

Microsoft vows to make Windows 11 fly on 8GB RAM amid memory shortage — optimizations to reduce OS memory footprint have begun
Microsoft vows to make Windows 11 fly on 8GB RAM amid memory shortage — optimizations to reduce OS memory footprint have begun

While the company’s minimum OS specifications officially say 4GB, most PC builders know that 16GB is the bare minimum for a smooth experience on Windows 11. However, the memory chip shortage and the resurgence of 8GB laptops are likely forcing Microsoft to optimize Windows.