W The main reason most users are still on Windows XP and Windows 7 is app compatibility. Many older apps, primarily those developed during the early days, are not compatible with newer OS iterations.

Valve ended official support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.x in the Steam client just a year ago, forcing gamers clinging to ...

Windows honcho Steve “Don’t Blame Me For Vista, I Was Running Office At The Time” Sinofsky hinted that he would whip out an impressively low-powered device to show how skinny Windows 7 can get. Sure ...

Yes, it's true. Windows 7 can run natively on Valve's (usually Linux-based) Steam Deck, the world's most popular handheld gaming PC. Why? Well, it comes back to that age-old question that hobbyists ...

When Microsoft launched Windows 10, it made one thing very clear: DirectX 12 and its support for low overhead draw calls and better overall CPU utilization would be reserved strictly for Windows 10.

Well, they’ve succeeded in coming in at under $630, but even so the €400 ($542) price rumored for the Slate is still too much when it’s coming up against the ...

Though still just in beta, Windows 7 is already accumulating kudos around the industry (or the blogosphere, at least) as being faster and more stable than Vista with Service Pack 1. The developers at ...

Windows Vista never was particularly speedy in most people's eyes. Whether it deserved the reputation or not, the word on the street was that Vista was both slow and bloated. Given that, it's no ...

Windows 7 may be brand spanking new, but that doesn't mean you can't find free or cheap tools to tweak its settings, add features, or smooth an upgrade from XP or Vista. We've compiled a list of ten ...