The latest hardware won’t support older versions of Windows

When you look at Microsoft’s release cycle, every other product rockets in popularity, shaping the landscape. The ones in between are failures.

Windows 10 now has 200 million users

Windows 10 is the operating system that Microsoft sorely needed. Windows 8 was a complete and utter failure, but more importantly, Microsoft itself was stuck in a position where it dominated a slowly dying industry, and its efforts to become innovative had failed.

Report: Microsoft is building a Surface RT that doesn’t run Windows RT

It is undeniable that Windows 8 was a failure. It was supposed to be. It was supposed to be a beta, a dipping in the waters test for a unified OS that runs uniformly on all devices.

Microsoft announces Windows 10’s Release Date: Over the Summer in 190 Countries and 111 Languages

Windows releases move in a tick tock movement, where the release following a successful release flops. Case in point, look at Vista and Windows 8, and both were flops. 

Wanna try out Windows 10: You’re lucky, Microsoft just released the Preview Edition!

Yesterday Microsoft unveiled Windows 10, the successor to Windows 8. It sported improvements massive in magnitude, enough for Microsoft to skip a number and go from 8 to 10.

If you wanted to check out the new, better Windows, you can do now, as Microsoft has released its Technical Preview, available for anyone to download.

Screenshots of Windows 9 leaks: Yes, the Start Menu is Back

Windows 8 was a big flop, and some critics even went as far as to say that it is the next Vista. It removed the Start Menu, it alienated its PC Users, focused on Touch and skimped out there also. In all manners, Windows 8 was incomplete.

Windows 8.1 came by to fix what Windows 8 destroyed, but a simple point increase could only do so much: Microsoft needed a new OS Update to fix Windows 8.

Toshiba announces the Encore Mini: At $120, it is the cheapest device running Full Windows

With the onslaught of Tablets and Chromebooks, the sales of Notebooks declined greatly, and this also meant a big decrease in Microsoft’s Revenues. Microsoft had earlier promised that it would partner with certain OEMs to creat ultra-cheap devices that run the full version of Windows 8, not that shitty Windows RT Crap.

Toshiba has announced the Encore Mini, and it seems to be the first of those devices. Sure the specs aren’t great, with a 7 Inch 1024×600 Display, a 1.2 Ghz Quad-Core Intel Atom Z3570G Processor, 1GB of RAM and 16GB of Storage(Expandable to 128GB via MicroSD), but what matters is its Price: At $120, it offers the cheapest point of entry to Windows 8.

Even if it is a bit on the slow side, at $120 this thing offers extreme value-for-money. So what if it isn’t Android, it runs full Windows Apps!

We are excited about low-cost Windows Devices. We are a bit worried about performance, though.

What do you think of Microsoft’s Push into the low-end Market?

Rumor: Windows 9 “Threshold” Preview releasing on September 30

We have been hearing quite a lot of rumors about Windows 9 recently: No Charms Bar, Return of The Start Menu, More focus on Desktop Users, Cortana, etc.

It was earlier rumored that Microsoft may release a Public Preview of Windows 9, which is the OS that is supposed to bring back Microsoft after the Windows 8 Flop, is going to release in the next two-three Months.

Rumor: Microsoft is going to release Windows 9 “Threshold” as a Preview as Soon as Next Month

It is no secret that Windows 8 was a Disaster: It removed the Start Menu, which was a Comforting Sight to many users since Windows 95. It also introduced many confusing Design Elements which while being convenient on Touch-Screen Devices, were an absolute nightmare for Desktop Users.

China bans installation of Windows 8 on Government computer

China and the US have been in a bit of a digital war lately. First, the US accuses China of spying on it. Then Snowden documents reveal that it was in fact the USA that was spying on China and other Asian Countries through Huawei. And then finally, the US has accused China of spying on companies in the US and stealing trade secrets.