Morning Overview on MSN

Windows 11 came in last for speed, but the test has a twist

Windows 11 just came in last in a six‑way speed showdown against its own predecessors, a result that seems to confirm every ...
PCGamesN

No more free upgrades for Windows 7 and 8 users, says Microsoft

Anyone looking to finally upgrade to Windows 11 from Windows 7 and 8 is out of luck, as Microsoft has announced that it is ending free upgrades for those still running the old operating systems. The ...
XDA Developers on MSN

I installed Windows 11 without TPM or Secure Boot, and it's been fine for years

Since there were already a bunch of workarounds doing rounds to install Windows 11 on unsupported PCs, I made some quick ...
Hackaday

Benchmarking Windows Against Itself, From Windows XP To Windows 11

Despite faster CPUs, RAM and storage, today’s Windows experience doesn’t feel noticeably different from back in the 2000s ...
Liliputing

Microsoft ends free upgrades from Windows 7 or 8 to Windows 10 or 11

When Microsoft launched Windows 10 in 2015, the company promised that users running Windows 7 or Windows 8 would be able to upgrade to Windows 10 for free until July 29, 2016. In its announcement, the ...
TweakTown

Winception sees NTDEV running five versions of Windows at the same time, from 7 to 11

NTDEV is the developer behind the popular Tiny10 and Tiny11 versions of Microsoft's latest Windows Operating Systems, which reduces the overall footprint of each OS in terms of their physical size in ...
Ars Technica

Windows 11’s adoption continues to lag Windows 10’s, but it’s hard to compare

As we’ve written before, Windows 11’s adoption among PC users has been a bit slower than Windows 10’s, and that has continued into the operating system’s second year. Internal Microsoft data obtained ...