If you can’t—or don’t want to—upgrade to full Windows 11, consider this lightweight version of Microsoft’s operating system ...

TL;DR: Windows 11 is finally poised to surpass Windows 10 in desktop market share, having risen to 47.66% in June 2025 while Windows 10 declined to 49.03%, according to StatCounter. This is hardly ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

Time may be running out for your Windows 10 computer. After Oct. 14, Microsoft will stop providing free security updates for the operating system. First, you need to find out where you stand. The ...

The end is here—at least, it is for Windows 10. Microsoft officially stopped supporting the decade-old operating system on October 14, 2025. There's one hiccup, though: Even though Windows 11 is a ...

Windows 11 is now the most popular operating system on the desktop, according to the latest market share figures at Statcounter. It took the first week of July for Windows 11 to reach that point, ...

Google’s $3 ChromeOS Flex kit sold out. Here are five lightweight operating system alternatives for older Windows 10 PCs.

It can still compute, after all.